Ripponden is a village and civil parish on the River Ryburn near Halifax in West Yorkshire, England. Historically it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Its population was 6,412 at the time of the 2001 Census, and 7,421 in 2011.
Notable people
• James Walton, inventor and industrialist, born in Ripponden in 1803. • Sir Norman Howard Bottomley, Air Chief Marshal of the RAF and Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command in 1945, was born in Ripponden in 1891. • Nobel Prize–winning American physicist Prof Richard Feynman was a regular visitor to the village in the 1960s–1980s, with his third wife Gweneth Howarth, who was born locally. He also spent significant time in nearby Mill Bank. ==Sport==
Sport
The village has a football team Ryburn United FC, they are a Charter Standard Community football club, and provide football for all ages, their grounds are on Ripponden Wood Playing Fields. Stones Cricket Club play near the village and are members of the Halifax Cricket League. ==See also==