Ripon Museum Trust is offering discounted tickets for its three heritage attractions.
The cost of entry to the Workhouse, Prison & Police and Old Courthouse museums, will be reduced by 15 percent from today until Sunday.
Visitors with a valid National Lottery ticket or scratch card, will be able to claim the discount.
The offer is being provided to mark National Lottery Open Week.
This recognises the the £30million raised for good causes every week by players of Lotto and associated games.
The Prison & Police Museum – one of Ripon’s heritage attractions
Helen Thornton, director of Ripon Museum Trust, said:
“We’re delighted to be taking part.
“We’ve been fortunate to receive funding from the National Lottery, which has helped us save the main Workhouse building for posterity and to carry out essential repair works to our historic buildings during lockdown.
“By taking part in the campaign, we’re saying a huge thank you to all the lottery players who helped make this work possible and have supported so many good causes.”
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In July, the trust received £40,100 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This was used to safeguard its heritage buildings.
It also provided much-needed support for essential costs during the coronavirus crisis.
In addition, the trust, which maintains and operates Ripon’s museums, received two grants totalling £186,850 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
The National Lottery is offering a ‘Ticket to Your Happy Place.’ It includes special offers at participating venues across the UK.
Further details are available on https://riponmuseums.co.uk/terms_and_conditions
Also taking part in the initiative is Artizan International, which helps those with disabilities earn a living through crafts.
Ripon bids to create ‘magic roundabouts’ to attract visitorsRipon City Council has devised plans to create a series of brightly-lit ‘magic roundabouts’ to attract more visitors.
Under the proposals, lighting that can change colour according to the occasion will be installed on trees on five roundabouts on Ripon bypass.
The lights could, for example, turn red on Valentine’s Day, green on St Patrick’s Day and red, white and blue for national celebrations, such as the Queen’s birthday.
Roundabouts on the stretch of bypass from the McDonald’s restaurant on Harrogate Road to the junction with Dishforth Road have been targeted for the scheme.
Council leader Andrew Williams, whose idea received unanimous support at a virtual full council meeting this week. told the Stray Ferret:
“We don’t want passing motorists to miss out on the attractions of Ripon and this offers a magical way of encouraging them to come and stay awhile amid the city’s ancient charms – as we say on our boundary sign.”
One of the roundabouts that could be lit up through the new scheme.
The council, which has an underspend available from its 2020-2021 budget, agreed to allocate £10,000 towards the bypass scheme.
North Yorkshire County Council is responsible for roads and street lighting so it has to approve the idea.
Ripon City Council spent an additional £65,000 on the city’s Christmas lights – diverting money from its events budget to pay for the scheme.
That funding, which was criticised by some on social media, became available because the money could not be spent on a series of community and civic events — such as celebration of the 75th anniversary of VE Day — due to covid.
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Cllr Williams added:
“In the run-up to Christmas, workmen from North Yorkshire County Council did a fantastic job putting up our festive lighting.
“The adaptations they made to the lamp posts will stand us in good stead for the future.”
“We may also be able to receive financial support from businesses located close to the bypass – such as Marks & Spencer on Rotary Way.”
Councillor Stuart Martin “fully supported” the roundabouts idea. He added:
“You can imagine the lit-up trees on the roundabouts featuring in special celebrations for the Queen and to promote events in Ripon.”