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The city of Ripon on the River Ure in north Yorkshire, to the east of the Yorkshire Dales National Park is a good base for touring North Yorkshire. Enjoy the Dales, weathered stone villages, cobbled Grassington and other nearby towns for a day out.

Ripon itself has much to offer the tourist; there's a fine cathedral in its fourth incarnation, a Georgian courthouse and other fine period buildings, regular markets, a fascinating Police and Prison Museum, a Workhouse Museum, Ripon Races, parks and gardens, canal walks, Lightwater Valley theme park for children and young-at-heart adults.

Related Ripon self-catering pages:

• self-catering accommodation in Yorkshire
• self-catering accommodation for walkers in Yorkshire