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A Trespass and Nevisport store is the latest addition to Ripon‘s high street.
The outdoor clothing, footwear and accessories specialist, which sells brands including The North Face, Rab and Berghaus, opened its doors on Saturday morning in a prime retail location at Market Place East.
The premises were previously occupied for many years by Barclays Bank, whose Ripon branch closed in August 2022.
The Trespass brand was created in 1984 by long-established Glasgow firm Jacobs & Turner Ltd, which still owns it. The first Trespass store in mainland Europe opened in the Netherlands in 2014 and others have since opened in Poland, France, Germany and Austria.
Nevisport was founded near Ben Nevis in Scotland in 1970 and was acquired by Jacobs & Turner Ltd in 2007.
New Christmas market at Ripley
Real Markets, which runs markets across Yorkshire, has announced a new Christmas market at Ripley Castle.
Real Markets at Ripley Castle on Sunday, December 10 will feature a “special visitor from the North Pole” and carols from local schoolchildren. Visitors will also have free access to Ripley Castle’s grounds and gardens on market day.
Lucy Allen, director of Real Markets, said:
“We hope our special Christmas market brings a little magic in this fairytale setting. We’re thrilled that our specially curated local market will continue to be in the castle grounds once a month, every month next year too. It offers free access to Ripley castle’s grounds and gardens, so a fantastic day out for all ages.”
The monthly market at Ripley Castle. Photo: Real Markets.
Real Markets runs a number of long-standing Yorkshire markets, including monthly markets and farmers’ markets in Ilkley, Grassington, Otley and Harrogate, as well as at Ripley Castle on the last Sunday of each month excluding January. Its ethos is to support local, small, specialist and independent businesses to benefit the local community and help local producers thrive.
The Real Markets Christmas market at Ripley Castle will take place from 10am to 3pm on Sunday 10 December. Admission is free.
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Wine shop with local ethos opens in Knaresborough
A new wine shop has opened in Knaresborough with a pledge to showcase Yorkshire’s artisan suppliers.
Reuben & Grey is a new retail brand that plans to open a chain of wine shops and delicatessens in Yorkshire.
The shop, in Old Town Hall in Market Square, will sell hundred of wines from around the world as well as local beers and spirits.
Luke Morland, the Knaresborough-born co-founder of Reuben & Grey, was part of the front-of-house team at Goldsborough Hall and also ran the Bay House Inn gastropub in Goldsborough for five years.
The company plans to open a complementary delicatessen in the coming months, and is looking for premises in the Knaresborough and Harrogate area.
The wine shop opened in the refurbished Grade Two listed building on Saturday.
Mr Morland said:
“Over the last year, we’ve seen a real shift in the way people shop and eat. Consumers are shopping more intelligently and wisely – they want to know the story behind what they buy.
“They are now concerned with picking items correctly and ensuring that they have been locally sourced, and we want to be a vehicle to enable them to do this.
“Our plan is that the Reuben & Grey name will be synonymous with the best of local, ethically-produced food and drink. We believe that there is real public support for an initiative like this.”
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Mr Morland will manage the Knaresborough shop, which is expected to create two more jobs.
He added:
“We are fortunate that Yorkshire has become a centre of excellence for artisan food and gin producers and we want to celebrate this by offering well-sourced products.
“People seem to have re-discovered their love of fine food and wine over the last year, and we are looking forward to helping them to continue that journey.”
The wine store will be open Monday to Saturday from 10am-5pm, and on Sunday from 11am-4pm.