The village and castle are privately owned.[4] A castle dating from the 15thcentury, Ripley Castle, has been the home of the Ingilby family for 700 years.[5] The present owner is Sir Thomas Ingilby, 6th Baronet (see Ingilby Baronets), the 28th generation. The castle, which has a priest hole, is open for public tours.[6] The landscaped castle grounds and ornamental lakes are also open to the public.[7]
Ripley has 55 Grade II Listed buildings and two that are Grade I Listed: Ripley Castle and the "Gatehouse Approximately 80 Metres South of Ripley Castle".[8]
A 19thcentury Ingilby tore down the old village, except for the castle and the church, and modelled it after an Alsatian village with Ripley Town Hall designed in the style of a French "hôtel de ville".[9]
In March 2017, the village was named number 17 out of the 20 Best Villages in Britain to live in (one of only two in the North of England).
Transport
There have been two railway stations serving Ripley, now both long closed. From 1848 to 1962 the village was served by Ripley station, renamed Nidd Bridge station in 1862, on the Leeds-Northallerton railway, 1 mile east of the village. From 1862 to 1951 the village was served by Ripley station, renamed Ripley Valley station in 1875, on the Nidd Valley Railway, 0.5 mile south of the village.
There is a cycle and foot path between Ripley and Harrogate called the Nidderdale Greenway, which uses part of the old route of the Nidd Valley Railway. It is part of the National Cycle Route 67.[10][11]
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