Man with a Van Ripon

Man and van in Ripon, from Bradford

Man With Van Long Wheelbase is one driver and one Ford Transit long wheelbase van, based in Bradford, 30 miles from Ripon (50-65 minutes by road). Jobs in Ripon are quoted as one fixed figure, agreed before we set off, with the drive already in it.

Moving in Ripon: what to know first

The cathedral city has a compact medieval core. Market Place is setted, with the obelisk in the middle, and the streets running off it, such as Westgate, Fishergate, Duck Hill, High Skellgate and Kirkgate, are narrow and partly one way, with Kirkgate paved for walkers up to the cathedral. Stalls go up on Thursdays from 7.30am to 3pm and on a smaller Saturday market until 2pm, so a flat over a shop there is loaded from a side street on those days.

North of the River Ure, Ure Bank is reached over North Bridge on the A6108. Ure Bank Terrace and Ure Bank Top are older rows, and Station Drive and Station Close sit near where the city's railway station once stood. West of the centre, Bishopton runs along the River Laver, with Bishopton Lane, Ash Bank Road and the Doublegates closes, and Lark Hill and Kirkby Road sit next to the army barracks on Clotherholme Road.

The south side is mostly estate housing. Quarry Moor, off Harrogate Road, has Moorside Avenue, Greystone Close and Kingstonia Gardens, and Hell Wath lies further west, next to the Taylor Wimpey streets at Fountains Walk on West Lane. Between them, Whitcliffe and the roads named after royals, Windsor Road, Balmoral Road and Sandringham Road, are wider suburban roads, where the van has more room at the kerb than in the centre.

Parking and access in Ripon

North Yorkshire Council runs the city car parks: Cathedral car park on Victoria Grove with 193 spaces, Marshall Way with a three-hour limit, St Marygate, the Arcade, and Market Place on Queen Street with 56 spaces and a one-hour stay. None of the council entries lists a height barrier, but at about 2.5m the van will not clear a 2.1m barrier anywhere, so a bay or the kerb outside is looked at first.

• Market Place is setted, and Westgate, Fishergate, Duck Hill, Queen Street and High Skellgate are narrow and partly one way, so the van stops where the street allows and pieces are carried.
• The market fills Market Place on Thursdays from 7.30am to 3pm and on Saturdays until 2pm, and the council's Market Place car park on Queen Street is closed on Thursdays until 6pm.
• Ure Bank is reached over North Bridge on the A6108 North Road, which carries the Masham and Thirsk traffic, so the van turns off into Ure Bank Terrace or Station Drive to load.
• Florentines Court in the centre has a 2.3m height limit, too low for the Transit at about 2.5m, and the roads inside the Claro and Deverell barracks are private.
• The A61 Ripon Bypass runs east of the centre past Dallamires Lane, and Boroughbridge Road (B6265) carries racecourse traffic on race days.

Local details checked 24 October 2026.

Man and van services we offer in Ripon

Across HG4 the van does house removals in Ripon, flat moves from above the Market Place shops, student moves to halls in York, Leeds or Durham, deliveries to the Dallamires Lane trade counters and Marketplace collection from sellers in the city and the villages round it, each at one price fixed first.

Every service we offer in Ripon

All 11 of our services run in Ripon, each with its own page covering how that job actually works here.

Parts of Ripon we cover

City centre, Market Place, Ure Bank, Bishopton, Ash Bank, Doublegates, Lark Hill, Clotherholme, Quarry Moor, Moorside, Hell Wath, Fountains Walk, Whitcliffe, Aismunderby, Gallows Hill, Bondgate, Low Mill, Skelldale, Fisher Green, Agnesgate, Spring Bank, Little Studley, and everywhere in between. If your street isn't listed, it's almost certainly still covered.

Common Ripon routes

• Ripon → Bradfordthe A61 south to Killinghall, the B6161 through Leathley, then the A658 over Pool Bank, about 30 miles
• Ripon → HarrogateKnaresborough Road out of the city, then the A61 south, about 12 miles
• Ripon → Yorkthe B6265 to the A1(M), the A59 and the York ring road, about 27 miles
• Ripon → Thirskthe A6108 over North Bridge, through Sharow towards Dishforth and on by the A168, about 12 miles

Frequently asked questions: man with a van in Ripon

Where the local details on this page come from

Checked on 24 October 2026 against:

• Ripon (Wikipedia): cathedral city in North Yorkshire, population 16,589 at the 2021 census
• Ripon Grammar School (Wikipedia): selective state school on Clotherholme Road, HG4 2DG, ages 11 to 18, about 920 pupils
• Ripon Racecourse (Wikipedia): flat racing on Boroughbridge Road, 16 fixtures in 2026, Great St Wilfrid Stakes in August
• Stray Ferret, 8 December 2025: Homes England has outline consent (April 2025) for 1,300 homes on the Claro and Deverell Barracks site
• Stray Ferret, 20 January 2022: Taylor Wimpey reserved matters for 390 homes off West Lane, Ripon, for Homes England
• New-home listing: Taylor Wimpey, Fountains Walk, West Lane, Ripon HG4, two-bedroom Mapleford house type
• North Yorkshire Council, Ripon market: Market Place, Thursdays 7.30am to 3pm, smaller Saturday market 7.30am to 2pm
• North Yorkshire Council, Market Place car park, Queen Street HG4 1BN: 56 spaces, one hour maximum, open Thursdays only from 6pm, no height limit listed
• North Yorkshire Council, Cathedral car park, Victoria Grove HG4 1LX: 193 spaces, charges 8am to 6pm, no height limit listed; directory also lists Marshall Way (187 spaces)
• North Yorkshire Council, bulky waste collections in the Harrogate area including Ripon: beds, sofas, fridges, washing machines; from 37 pounds for up to two items, booked online
• OpenStreetMap: street map and driving routes
• postcodes.io (ONS data): postcode, ward and parish lookups for HG4 1BZ, HG4 2LQ and HG4 1AJ