Editing Richmond, North Yorkshire (section)

=== Sport ===
The town's football club, [[Richmond Town F.C.]] was founded in 1945 and they currently play in the [[Wearside League]] in level 7 of the [[National League System]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Club Page|url=https://www.wearside-football-league.org.uk/core/clubs.aspx?clubID=163|website=www.wearside-football-league.org.uk|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>  with their games being held at the Earl's Orchard ground, the pavilion was officially opened in March 1975 by then [[Middlesbrough F.C.]] manager [[Jack Charlton]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Warm tributes paid to popular former mayor|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northyorkshire/17302316.warm-tributes-paid-popular-former-richmond-mayor-oliver-blease/|work=The Northern Echo|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>

Richmond is also home to Richmondshire [[Rugby union|Rugby Union Football]] club, currently playing in [[Durham/Northumberland 3]].

Richmondshire Cricket Club play in the [[North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League]], where they have won the league title a total of five times<ref>{{cite web|title=Highest Individual Score in each Season|url=http://www.dcc.darlingtoncc.co.uk/nysdl/stats/A_Div_Prem/a_prem_winners.aspx|website=www.dcc.darlingtoncc.co.uk|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref> and the [[ECB National Club Cricket Championship]] once, in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richmondshire CC|url=http://richmondshire.play-cricket.com/|website=richmondshire.play-cricket.com|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>

Richmond was also the starting point for the third stage of the [[2018 Tour de Yorkshire]] road cycling race.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tour de Yorkshire route 2020: full route revealed|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-yorkshire-route-stages-168714|last=Ballinger|first=Alex|date=17 January 2020|website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>

The town's [[Richmond Racecourse|racecourse]] opened in 1765 and closed in 1891, but the site is still used for horse training and by the public for walking.<ref>{{cite news |last=Reid |first=Mark |title=Willance's Leap & Richmond Racecourse |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/files/32204 |access-date=23 May 2020 |work=The Northern Echo |date=12 June 2014}}</ref> The poor condition of the grandstand led it to appear on [[Historic England|Historic England's]] [[Heritage at Risk]] register in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heritage at Risk |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/har-2019-registers/ne-yo-har-register2019/ |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=23 May 2020 |page=76 |format=PDF |date=2019}}</ref>