Editing Middleham (section)

==Middleham today==
[[File:The Richard III Hotel, Middleham - geograph.org.uk - 1032819.jpg|thumb|The Richard III Hotel]]
Today's Middleham is a centre of [[horse racing]] and home to Middleham Trainers' Association. The first [[horse trainer|racehorse trainer]] at Middleham was Isaac Cape in 1765. Today there are several, including [[Mark Johnston (racehorse trainer)|Mark Johnston]], Jedd O'Keefe, [[James Bethell]], and Ben Haslam. Racing is the foremost employer in the town and tourism the second. The castle is a ruin, having been dismantled in 1646, but the [[keep]], built by Robert Fitz Ralph in the 1170s, survives, as do the 13th-century chapel and 14th-century gatehouse.

Middleham has four pubs, a village shop, a fish and chip shop, a tea room, several bed and breakfast suppliers, a primary school and nursery and a community centre called Middleham Key Centre. The picture depicts the ''Richard III Hotel''. The building next door was a tearoom called The Nosebag. It is now a [[Racing Welfare]] office providing support and guidance to hundreds of stable staff based in and around the town.