Richmond Information Centre, Useful links

Useful links

• Accessible Richmond: free, downloadable FAQsheet, with useful information for visitors with mobility problems
• Addiction resources: drugs, alcohol, etc: Rehab4Addiction | OK Rehab
• Angling: Richmond & District Angling Society will help you find somewhere to fish.

• Backpacker accommodation (bring own light tent) in Brompton-on-Swale and Colburn
• B&Bs
• Books and Boots (walking and literature festival)
• Bowes Museum: magnificently over-the-top museum in nearby Barnard Castle
• Bunk barns on the Coast-to-Coast Walk: Low Row | Grinton | Brompton-on-Swale | Osmotherley

 

• Camping, caravanning, pods, bunks, etc.
• Car parking in Richmond: handy link to a map of car parks, and details of rates and free disc parking. Free leaflet also available.
• Children - how to keep them entertained?
• Cinemas: Empire, Catterick Garrison | Station Cinema, Richmond
• Circular drives near Richmond: free, downloadable FAQsheet.
• Citizens' Advice Bureau 
• Coast-to-Coast Walk.
• Councils: Richmond Town | Richmondshire District | Hambleton District | North Yorkshire County
• Cycling: Catterick Garrison Bike Library | Dales Bike Centre 

 

• Dales Countryside Museum, in Hawes
• Dog-friendly Richmond: free, downloadable FAQsheet

 

• Electric car charging:
  • Nearest rapid chargers: Catterick Garrison Tesco | Scotch Corner | Scotch Corner (Tesla) | Darlington | Bedale
  • Slow chargers (7 kW): Catterick Garrison Tesco | Aysgarth Falls | Hawes | Grassington
  • Running low in Richmond? Paul Blacklock may be able to help; email, or call him on 01848 824686

 

• Georgian Theatre Royal
• Green Howards Museum

 

• Herriot Trail: downloadable leaflet of locations from 'All Creatures Great and Small'
• Horse riding: Tunstall | Catterick Garrison | Holly Hill
• Hotels and inns
• Hudswell Woods: the National Trust's own guide to these lovely woods is now out of print - but you can find it here.

 

• Kiplin Hall, a fine Jacobean house near Richmond (HHA)

 

• Local news: Richmondshire Today | Northern Echo | Richmond Yorkshire Forum (Facebook)

 

• Public Footpaths map, North Yorkshire: can be zoomed, scrolled, and tweaked to show bridleways, Sustrans and other cycle routes.. 

 

• Rainy day activities ☔️
• Restaurants, cafes, pubs, food shops, takeaways... Also see Vegan, Vegetarian link below.
• Richmond Castle (English Heritage)
• Richmondshire Museum

 

• Samaritans; follow link or call Freephone 116123
• Self-catering
• ​The Station
• Street-maps: Richmond central | Richmond Gallowfields Estate | Catterick Garrison | Leyburn | Bedale; all can be scrolled. 
• Swale Way
• Swaledale Festival
• Swaledale Museum ​
• Swimming: Catterick Garrison | Richmond

 

• Taxis 
• Town Trail Audio Guide (produced by Original Richmond Business and Tourism Association)
• Trains (nearest stations are Darlington and Northallerton)

 

• Vegan, Vegetarian cafes, restaurants, suppliers...

 

• Walking groups: Richmondshire Ramblers | Swaledale Outdoor Club
• Walking guides and maps - or visit RIC in Richmond Market Hall for a good selection.
• Wensleydale Creamery
• Wensleydale Railway
• Wheelchair users: see Accessible Richmond above.

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• Yorkshire Dales National Park​ - also see National Park Information Centres