St Wilfrid’s Procession 2022

The origins of the procession are rumoured to date back to around 1108 when King Henry 1st granted a royal charter to the City Of Ripon to hold an annual fair in honour of a patron saint, although it is debatable whether it was to honour St Wilfrid or St Peter but due to the annual feast being held, it is more likely to be the former.

Over the past 50 years, the procession has gone from strength to strength, survived a global pandemic that has seen it cancelled in the traditional sense twice & attracted attention from all over the world with entrants travelling from as far as Australia & the United States of America to take part.

With the end of the pandemic hopefully in sight and with it being the Platinum Jubilee year for Queen Elizabeth II, there has never been a better excuse to party.

This year the procession is back with a BANG!