Welcome to Ripon Cathedral

A house of prayer since AD672

Welcome to our website. We look forward to greeting you in person when you come to visit us.

On these pages you can find out more about Ripon Cathedral, its history and heritage, as well as all the many things that are happening here today.

We hope you enjoy your visit.

Service Times

Sundays

  • 8.00 Eucharist
  • 9.30 Mattins (said or sung)
  • 10.30 Sung Eucharist
  • 12.30 Eucharist (BCP)
  • 5.30 Evensong

Weekdays

  • 8.30 Morning Prayer
  • 9.00 Eucharist
    also Wed 11am, Fri 12 noon
  • 5.30 Evensong
    (or said Evening Prayer)

Download our Music List

For details of all our services.


Current Appeal

Please support our 'repairs & renewals' project to maintain the fabric of this great cathedral!


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The Very Reverend Keith Jukes, Dean of RiponAn Introduction by The Very Reverend

Keith Jukes, Dean of Ripon

Ripon Cathedral is one of the oldest sites of continuous Christian worship in Britain.

This website introduces you to the church founded over 1300 years ago by St Wilfrid, but it's not all about the past. Ripon Cathedral is a vibrant centre at the heart of the local community and across the region. These pages will give you a glimpse of the Cathedral's busy life, as well as highlighting our ongoing duty of hospitality to all our visitors and our witness to the Christian faith embodied in this place and lived out through the centuries of its existence.

We hope you will want to discover all this for yourselves at first hand. If you have not yet visited Ripon and its magnificant Cathedral, come soon; and if you have, come again!

We look forward to welcoming you.


New Seasonal Programme Published

The new seasonal programme, listing all the major events and services from January-April up to and including Easter has now been published. It is available in the Cathedral and various locations around Ripon.

Highlights of the season include the new series of Thursday Lunchtime Concerts, starting 12th January, Candlemas on Thursday 2nd February, the new series of St Wilfrid Lectures, starting on Thursday 23rd February, as well as exhibitions, special services, and much more. Pick up a copy today, or browse our online events calendar here on the website.


Come and see us at
Ripon Cathedral

Ripon Cathedral is open to visitors every day from 8.30 am to 6.00 pm. Entrance is FREE.

Visitors have followed the pilgrim trail here for over 1300 years. Whether you are coming to enjoy some special music, explore the ancient crypt, light a candle or simply to enjoy the atmosphere of this holy building, you are most welcome.

Guides and Welcomers are on duty in the Cathedral daily between 10 am and 4.30 pm. Please come and talk to us - we will be delighted to answer your questions.


Questions of Right and Wrong

Speakers include Clare Short, Rt Revd Nick Baines, Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali, Dr Elaine Storkey, Professor Lisa Isherwood and Dr Peter Vardy.

For more information, click here.

Latest News From The Cathedral


Forthcoming Events


Who's Who At The Cathedral

Click here for staff contact details and information about who does what at the Cathedral.

  • Ripon Cathedral Office, Liberty Court House, Minster Road, RIPON, North Yorkshire, HG4 1QS, United Kingdom