River Laver - Izeria

The River Laver is a tributary of the River Skell, itself a tributary of the River Ure in North Yorkshire, England. The name is of Brittonic origin, from labaro, meaning "talkative", i.e. a babbling brook. The Afon Llafar in Wales shares the same name. The Laver is noted as a fly fishing river, especially for brown trout and grayling.

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Outwood Academy Ripon

Outwood Academy Ripon is a small mixed secondary school with academy status situated in the city of Ripon, in North Yorkshire, England. It provides for ages 11 to 18, and has an enrolment of around 700 pupils. The school is operated by Outwood Grange Academies Trust and the current principal is Rachel Donohue. It is one of over 11 secondary schools in the local area, including nearby selective Ripon Grammar School, and the more distant Thirsk School and Sixth Form College and Boroughbridge High School.

Ripon Community Hospital

Ripon Community Hospital is a longstanding NHS community healthcare facility located in the cathedral city of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. The hospital serves residents in Ripon and surrounding rural areas, providing a range of outpatient services, minor injury treatment, and rehabilitation care.

Ripon Spa Baths

The Ripon Spa Baths are a grade II listed building in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. It was built between 1904–05 as a spa but failed to compete with the larger facilities at nearby Harrogate. In 1936 a new pool was constructed to the rear and the facility converted to a swimming baths. The building is noted for its ornate terracotta-clad frontage and received listed building protection in 1980. Harrogate Borough Council proposed selling the building for housing development in 2008 on the grounds that it required significant structural repair. The sale was cancelled but in 2021 the council made a new proposal to sell the structure.

Park Street Gazebos

The Park Street Gazebos are a historic structure in Ripon, a city in North Yorkshire, in England. The two gazebos were probably built shortly before 1719, in the garden of a house on Park Street, owned by the Baynes family. They were designed to provide a viewpoint over the surrounding area, and as a banqueting house. Perhaps in the mid 19th century, a wall with a raised walkway was constructed to connect the gazebos, although Historic England describes the wall as being apparently of the same date as the gazebos. The house was later divided into two properties, and the gazebos fell into ruin, the roofs having collapsed. Harrogate Town Council used a compulsory purchase order on the building and restored it in 1986. The building has been grade II* listed since 1949. The gazebos are built of red brick, with stone dressings, and pyramidal pantile roofs with ball finials. They consist of two-storey pavilions with plaster coves, stone bands and rusticated quoins, and a door on the upper storey. Between them is a two-storey gallery, the ground floor with four bays containing semicircular arches with rusticated jambs and voussoirs. The upper floor has a balustrade, and piers with ornamental carving. At the rear are four niches with rusticated surrounds.