This tiny street in Ripon is fascinating. Kirkgate has 3 Italian restaurants, 2 cafes, 1 Chinese restaurant, 1 Indian restaurant, 2 dress agencies, 2 antique shops, 1 pub, 1 florist, 1 estate agent, 1 fair trade shop, 1 tailors, 1 art gallery & is opposite a tapas bar. 

According to a local guide; 
The narrow, winding street known as Kirkgate has always been of great importance in the life and history of Ripon as it is the main thoroughfare between the commercial world of the Market Place and the Ecclesiastical world of the Cathedral.