Prison & Police Museum

The Prison & Police Museum is a museum in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The building housing the museum was constructed in 1685, as a prison.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum in Ripon, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Prison and Police Museum”, “Ripon Prison and Police Museum”, and “Ripon Prison And Police Museum”
Address: St. Marygate, Ripon, HG4 1LX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ripon Cathedral and Courthouse Museum.

Ripon Cathedral

Church

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The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. Ripon Cathedral is situated 730 feet southwest of Prison & Police Museum.

Courthouse Museum

Museum

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

The Courthouse Museum is a museum in a historic building in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The court house was constructed to house the Quarter Sessions for the Liberty of Ripon. Courthouse Museum is situated 650 feet southwest of Prison & Police Museum.

Workhouse Museum

Museum

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The Workhouse Museum is a museum in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. In 1776, William Aislabie donated a house known as "Old Hall" for the use of the poor of Ripon. Workhouse Museum is situated 970 feet northwest of Prison & Police Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ure Bank and Sharow.

Ure Bank

Neighborhood

Ure Bank is a suburb of the city of Ripon, in North Yorkshire, England. It developed as a small settlement in the nineteenth century before being officially included as part of the city in the early years of the 20th century, and is located 1 mile north of Ripon city centre, across the River Ure.

Sharow

Village

Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sharow is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 1 mile north-east of Ripon. The name Sharow derives from the Old English of 'Scearu' and 'Hōh' which translates as boundary hill-spur or a share/division of a sharply projecting piece of land.

Hutton Conyers

Village

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hutton Conyers is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the River Ure and 1-mile north-east of Ripon. The parish extends from the River Ure to the A1 motorway, and includes the village of Nunwick.

Prison & Police Museum

Categories: police museum, prison museum, independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Ripon, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.13678° or 54° 8′ 12″ north

Longitude

-1.5185° or 1° 31′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C6W4FPJ+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 362728243

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q113355622

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