North Yorkshire

Local Authority District in England

North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

§ This page gives an overview of the North Yorkshire local authority district, bringing together key facts, maps, and data to help you quickly understand the area. One of 361 district profiles on Baseview.

Overview ⁞ North Yorkshire is England’s largest county district, covering vast areas of countryside, coastline, and historic towns. It is home to two national parks: the Yorkshire Dales, with its limestone cliffs, valleys, and villages like Grassington and Hawes, and the North York Moors, with heather moorlands, forests, and dramatic coastal scenery around Whitby and Robin Hood’s Bay. Market towns such as Harrogate, Ripon, and Northallerton combine Georgian and Victorian architecture with bustling centres, while Scarborough and Filey are traditional seaside resorts. The district also features Fountains Abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Castle Howard, and the rolling Howardian Hills. Its landscapes range from rugged uplands to fertile plains, framed by rivers, dales, and a striking eastern coastline.

The administrative boundary of North Yorkshire can be viewed on OpenStreetMap: District Boundary of North Yorkshire.

Map of North Yorkshire — Administrative Boundary of North Yorkshire (Local Authority District)

Key Facts about North Yorkshire

What region is North Yorkshire in? North Yorkshire is in the Yorkshire and The Humber of England, a region within the UK.

What county is North Yorkshire in? North Yorkshire is in the county of North Yorkshire.

Is North Yorkshire a city? Yes, North Yorkshire is a city. North Yorkshire holds official city status as one of the 76 designated cities in the UK.

Who governs North Yorkshire? The local government for this district is: North Yorkshire Council (Unitary Authority).

▶ Official website of North Yorkshire Council 🔗 northyorks.gov.uk

Which police force covers North Yorkshire? Policing in North Yorkshire is provided by North Yorkshire Police 🔗 northyorkshire.police.uk, which serves 2 local authority districts: North Yorkshire ⁞ York.

North Yorkshire in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, North Yorkshire is one of ITLs Level 2 area that contains the following 2 ITLs Level 3 areas:

(ITL 1) Yorkshire and The Humber
(ITL 2) ⇒ North Yorkshire
(ITL 3) ⇒⇒ York ⁞ North Yorkshire

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.

This district page, North Yorkshire, is a sub-page of this county page: North Yorkshire and this region page: Yorkshire and The Humber. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in North Yorkshire

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 54 of them are in Yorkshire and the Humber region. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is divided into 89 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

Aire Valley
Aiskew & Leeming
Amotherby & Ampleforth
Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton
Barlby & Riccall
Bedale
Bentham & Ingleton
Bilton & Nidd Gorge
Bilton Grange & New Park
Boroughbridge & Claro
Brayton & Barlow
Camblesforth & Carlton
Castle
Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale
Cawood & Escrick
Cayton
Cliffe & North Duffield
Coppice Valley & Duchy
Danby & Mulgrave
Derwent Valley & Moor
Easingwold
Eastfield
Esk Valley & Coast
Fairfax & Starbeck
Falsgrave & Stepney
Filey
Glusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven
Great Ayton
Harlow & St. Georges
Helmsley & Sinnington
High Harrogate & Kingsley
Hillside & Raskelf
Hipswell & Colburn
Huby & Tollerton
Hunmanby & Sherburn
Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley
Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate
Kirkbymoorside & Dales
Knaresborough East
Knaresborough West
Leyburn & Middleham
Malton
Masham & Fountains
Mid Craven
Monk Fryston & South Milford
Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske
Newby
North Richmondshire
Northallerton North & Brompton
Northallerton South
Northstead
Norton
Oatlands & Pannal
Osgoldcross
Ouseburn
Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale
Pickering
Richmond
Ripon Minster & Moorside
Ripon Ure Bank & Spa
Romanby
Scalby & the Coast
Scotton & Lower Wensleydale
Seamer
Selby East
Selby West
Settle & Penyghent
Sherburn in Elmet
Sheriff Hutton & Derwent
Skipton East & South
Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby
Skipton West & West Craven
Sowerby & Topcliffe
Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith
Stokesley
Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone
Tadcaster
Thirsk
Thornton Dale & Wolds
Thorpe Willoughby & Hambleton
Upper Dales
Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate
Washburn & Birstwith
Wathvale & Bishop Monkton
Weaponness & Ramshill
Wharfedale
Whitby Streonshalh
Whitby West
Woodlands

In the UK, a ward is a subdivision of a local authority area, used mainly for electoral and statistical purposes. Defined by the ONS, wards represent the primary unit for local elections, each returning one or more councillors to the local council. Wards are also used as a key geography for presenting population and census data.

Parishes in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is part-parished: 711 civil parishes (listed A-Z below) alongside 5 unparished areas.

Acaster Selby
Acklam
Ainderby Miers with Holtby
Ainderby Quernhow
Ainderby Steeple
Airton
Aiskew and Leeming Bar
Aislaby
Akebar
Aldbrough
Aldfield
Aldwark
Allerston
Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton
Alne
Amotherby
Ampleforth
Angram Grange
Appleton East and West
Appleton Roebuck
Appleton Wiske
Appleton-le-Moors
Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe
Appletreewick
Arkendale
Arkengarthdale
Arncliffe
Arrathorne
Asenby
Aske
Askrigg
Askwith
Austwick
Aysgarth
Azerley
Bagby
Bainbridge
Baldersby
Balk
Balne
Bank Newton
Barden
Barkston Ash
Barlby with Osgodby
Barlow
Barnby
Barton
Barton-le-Street
Barton-le-Willows
Barugh (Great and Little)
Beadlam
Beal
Beamsley
Beckwithshaw
Bedale
Bellerby
Beningbrough
Bentham
Bewerley
Biggin
Bilbrough
Bilsdale Midcable
Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton
Birdforth
Birdsall
Birkby
Birkin
Birstwith
Bishop Monkton
Bishop Thornton, Shaw Mills and Warsill
Bishopdale
Blubberhouses
Boltby
Bolton Abbey
Bolton Percy
Bolton-on-Swale
Boroughbridge
Borrowby
Bradleys Both
Brafferton and Helperby
Brandsby-cum-Stearsby
Bransdale
Brawby
Brayton
Brearton
Bridge Hewick
Brompton
Brompton-on-Swale
Brotherton
Brough with St. Giles
Broughton
Broxa-cum-Troutsdale
Buckden
Bulmer
Burn
Burneston
Burniston
Burnsall
Burrill with Cowling
Burton in Lonsdale
Burton Leonard
Burton Salmon
Burton-cum-Walden
Burton-on-Yore
Burythorpe
Buttercrambe with Bossall
Byland with Wass
Byram cum Sutton
Caldbergh with East Scrafton
Caldwell
Calton
Camblesforth
Carkin
Carleton
Carlton
Carlton Highdale
Carlton Husthwaite
Carlton Miniott
Carlton Town
Carperby-cum-Thoresby
Carthorpe
Castle Bolton with East and West Bolton
Castley
Cattal
Catterick
Catterton
Catton
Cawood
Cawton
Cayton
Chapel Haddlesey
Church Fenton
Clapham cum Newby
Claxton
Cleasby
Cliffe
Clifton-on-Yore
Clint cum Hamlets
Cloughton
Colburn
Cold Kirby
Colsterdale
Colton
Commondale
Coneysthorpe
Coneythorpe and Clareton
Coniston Cold
Conistone with Kilnsey
Cononley
Constable Burton
Copgrove
Copt Hewick
Cotcliffe
Coulton
Coverham with Agglethorpe
Cowesby
Cowling
Coxwold
Cracoe
Crakehall
Crambe
Crathorne
Crayke
Cridling Stubbs
Croft-on-Tees
Cropton
Crosby
Cundall with Leckby
Dacre
Dalby-cum-Skewsby
Dalton
Dalton-on-Tees
Danby
Danby Wiske with Lazenby
Darley and Menwith
Darncombe-cum-Langdale End
Deighton
Denton
Dishforth
Downholme
Draughton
Drax
Dunsforths
Easby
Easingwold
East Ayton
East Cowton
East Harlsey
East Hauxwell
East Layton
East Rounton
East Tanfield
East Witton
Eastfield
Eavestone
Ebberston and Yedingham
Edstone
Eggborough
Egton
Eldmire with Crakehill
Ellenthorpe
Ellerbeck
Ellerby
Ellerton Abbey
Ellerton-on-Swale
Ellingstring
Ellington High and Low
Elslack
Embsay with Eastby
Eppleby
Eryholme
Escrick
Eshton
Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby
Exelby, Leeming and Londonderry
Faceby
Fadmoor
Fairburn
Farlington
Farndale East
Farndale West
Farnham
Farnhill
Farnley
Fawdington
Fearby
Felixkirk
Felliscliffe
Ferrensby
Fewston
Filey
Finghall
Firby
Flasby with Winterburn
Flawith
Flaxby
Flaxton
Folkton
Follifoot
Forcett
Foston
Fountains Earth
Foxholes
Fryton
Fylingdales
Ganton
Gargrave
Garriston
Gate Helmsley
Gateforth
Gatenby
Gayles
Giggleswick
Gillamoor
Gilling East
Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury
Girsby
Givendale
Glaisdale
Glusburn and Cross Hills
Goathland
Goldsborough
Grantley
Grassington
Great and Little Broughton
Great Ayton
Great Busby
Great Langton
Great Ouseburn
Great Ribston with Walshford
Great Smeaton
Great Timble
Green Hammerton
Grewelthorpe
Grimston
Grimstone
Grinton
Gristhorpe
Grosmont
Habton
Hackforth
Hackness
Halton East
Halton Gill
Halton West
Hambleton
Hampsthwaite
Hanlith
Harmby
Harome
Hartlington
Hartoft
Harton
Hartwith cum Winsley
Harwood Dale
Haverah Park
Hawes
Hawkswick
Hawnby
Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre
Hazlewood with Storiths
Healaugh
Healey
Hebden
Heck
Hellifield
Helmsley
Hemingbrough
Henderskelfe
Hensall
Heslerton
Hetton-cum-Bordley
High Abbotside
High and Low Bishopside
High Worsall
Hillam
Hinderwell
Hipswell
Hirst Courtney
Holme
Hood Grange
Hornby
Horton in Ribblesdale
Hovingham
Howe
Howgrave
Howsham
Huby
Huddleston with Newthorpe
Hudswell
Humberton
Hunmanby
Hunsingore
Hunton
Husthwaite
Hutton Bonville
Hutton Buscel
Hutton Conyers
Hutton Hang
Hutton Mulgrave
Hutton Rudby
Hutton-le-Hole
Hutton-Sessay
Huttons Ambo
Ilton-cum-Pott
Ingleby Arncliffe
Ingleby Greenhow
Ingleton
Irton
Kearby with Netherby
Kelfield
Kellington
Kepwick
Kettlewell with Starbotton
Kilburn High and Low
Kildale
Kildwick
Killerby
Killinghall
Kiplin
Kirby Grindalythe
Kirby Hall
Kirby Hill
Kirby Knowle
Kirby Misperton
Kirby Sigston
Kirby Wiske
Kirk Deighton
Kirk Hammerton
Kirk Smeaton
Kirkby
Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote
Kirkby Malham
Kirkby Malzeard
Kirkby Overblow
Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford
Kirkbymoorside
Kirklington-cum-Upsland
Knaresborough
Knayton with Brawith
Landmoth-cum-Catto
Lands common to Fylingdales and Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre
Langcliffe
Langthorne
Langthorpe
Langton
Lastingham
Laverton
Lawkland
Lead
Leake
Leathley
Leavening
Lebberston
Levisham
Leyburn
Lillings Ambo
Lindley
Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
Linton
Linton-on-Ouse
Little Ayton
Little Busby
Little Fenton
Little Langton
Little Ouseburn
Little Ribston
Little Smeaton
Little Timble
Littlethorpe
Litton
Lockton
Long Drax
Long Marston
Long Preston
Lothersdale
Low Abbotside
Low Worsall
Luttons
Lythe
Malham
Malham Moor
Malton
Manfield
Marishes
Markenfield Hall
Markington with Wallerthwaite
Marrick
Marske
Marton
Marton cum Grafton
Marton-cum-Moxby
Marton-le-Moor
Martons Both
Masham
Maunby
Melbecks
Melmerby
Melsonby
Mickleby
Middleham
Middleton
Middleton Quernhow
Middleton Tyas
Middleton-on-Leven
Milby
Monk Fryston
Moor Monkton
Morton-on-Swale
Moulton
Muker
Muston
Myton-on-Swale
Nawton
Nesfield with Langbar
Nether Silton
New Forest
Newall with Clifton
Newbiggin
Newburgh
Newby
Newby and Scalby
Newby Wiske
Newby with Mulwith
Newholm-cum-Dunsley
Newland
Newsham
Newsham with Breckenbrough
Newton
Newton Kyme cum Toulston
Newton Morrell
Newton Mulgrave
Newton-le-Willows
Newton-on-Ouse
Nidd
Normanby
North Cowton
North Deighton
North Duffield
North Kilvington
North Otterington
North Rigton
North Stainley with Sleningford
Northallerton
Norton Conyers
Norton-le-Clay
Norton-on-Derwent
Norwood
Nun Monkton
Nunnington
Old Byland and Scawton
Oldstead
Osgodby
Osmotherley
Oswaldkirk
Otterburn
Oulston
Over Dinsdale
Over Silton
Overton
Oxton
Pannal and Burn Bridge
Patrick Brompton
Pickering
Pickhill with Roxby
Picton
Plompton
Pockley
Potto
Preston-under-Scar
Rainton with Newby
Rand Grange
Raskelf
Rathmell
Ravensworth
Redmire
Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh
Reighton
Riccall
Richmond
Rievaulx
Rillington
Ripley
Ripon
Roecliffe
Romanby
Rookwith
Rosedale East Side
Rosedale West Side
Roxby
Rudby
Rylstone
Ryther cum Ossendyke
Salton
Sand Hutton
Sandhutton
Sawley
Saxton with Scarthingwell
Scackleton
Scagglethorpe
Scampston
Scorton
Scosthrop
Scotton
Scrayingham
Scriven
Scruton
Seamer
Selby
Sessay
Settle
Settrington
Sexhow
Sharow
Sherburn
Sherburn in Elmet
Sheriff Hutton
Shipton
Sicklinghall
Silpho
Sinderby
Sinnington
Skeeby
Skelding
Skelton-on-Ure
Skipton
Skipton-on-Swale
Skipwith
Skutterskelfe
Slingsby
Snainton
Snape with Thorp
Sneaton
South Cowton
South Holme
South Kilvington
South Milford
South Otterington
South Stainley with Cayton
Sowerby
Sowerby-under-Cotcliffe
Spaunton
Spennithorne
Spofforth with Stockeld
Sproxton
St. Martin's
Stainburn
Stainforth
Stainton
Staintondale
Stanwick St. John
Stape
Stapleton
Staveley
Steeton
Stillingfleet
Stillington
Stirton with Thorlby
Stokesley
Stonebeck Down
Stonebeck Up
Stonegrave
Stubbs Walden
Studley Roger
Stutton with Hazlewood
Suffield-cum-Everley
Sutton
Sutton with Howgrave
Sutton-on-the-Forest
Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe
Swainby with Allerthorpe
Swinton
Swinton with Warthermarske
Tadcaster
Temple Hirst
Terrington
Theakston
Thimbleby
Thirkleby High and Low with Osgodby
Thirlby
Thirn
Thirsk
Thixendale
Tholthorpe
Thoralby
Thorganby
Thormanby
Thornbrough
Thornthwaite with Padside
Thornton Bridge
Thornton in Craven
Thornton in Lonsdale
Thornton Rust
Thornton Steward
Thornton Watlass
Thornton-le-Beans
Thornton-le-Clay
Thornton-le-Dale
Thornton-le-Moor
Thornton-le-Street
Thornton-on-the-Hill
Thornville
Thorpe
Thorpe Bassett
Thorpe Underwoods
Thorpe Willoughby
Threshfield
Thrintoft
Thruscross
Tockwith
Tollerton
Topcliffe
Towton
Tunstall
Uckerby
Ugthorpe
Ulleskelf
Upper Helmsley
Upsall
Walburn
Walkingham Hill with Occaney
Warlaby
Warsill
Warthill
Wath
Weaverthorpe
Weeton
Welburn (Kirkbymoorside & Dales Ward)
Welburn (Sheriff Hutton & Derwent Ward)
Welbury
Well
Wensley
West Ayton
West Haddlesey
West Harlsey
West Hauxwell
West Layton
West Rounton
West Scrafton
West Tanfield
West Witton
Westerdale
Weston
Westow
Westwick
Wharram
Whashton
Whenby
Whitby
Whitley
Whitwell
Whitwell-on-the-Hill
Whixley
Whorlton
Wigglesworth
Wighill
Wildon Grange
Willerby
Wilstrop
Wilton
Winksley
Winton, Stank and Hallikeld
Wintringham
Wistow
Wombleton
Womersley
Wrelton
Wykeham
Yafforth
Yearsley
Youlton

A civil parish is the lowest tier of local government in England, used for villages, small towns, and suburbs. They have their own local authority, either a parish council or a parish meeting, which provides local services like managing parks, allotments, and streetlights, and represents the community's views to larger councils.

Built-up Areas in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire covers 227 built-up areas, listed below in alphabetical order.

Aberford *
Addingham *
Aiskew
Alne
Amotherby
Ampleforth
Appleton Roebuck
Austwick
Bagby
Barkston Ash
Barlby
Barlow
Barton (Richmondshire)
Beal
Bedale
Bilbrough
Birstwith
Bishop Monkton
Boroughbridge
Borrowby
Brayton
Brompton
Brompton-by-Sawdon
Brompton-on-Swale
Brotherton *
Bubwith *
Burley in Wharfedale *
Burn
Burniston
Burton in Lonsdale
Burton Leonard
Byram
Camblesforth
Carleton-in-Craven
Carlton (Selby)
Carlton Miniott
Carthorpe
Castleton (Scarborough)
Catterick
Catterick Garrison
Cawood
Church Fenton
Cliffe (Selby)
Cloughton
Cononley
Cowling
Cross Hills *
Dalton
Dalton-on-Tees
Darley
Darlington *
Dishforth
Drax
Easingwold
East Ayton and West Ayton
East Cowton
Ebberston
Eggborough
Embsay
Escrick *
Fairburn
Farnhill
Filey
Firby
Flaxton
Flixton Ings
Follifoot
Fylingthorpe
Gargrave
Giggleswick
Goathland
Goldsborough
Grassington
Great Ayton
Great Broughton
Great Ouseburn
Green Hammerton
Grewelthorpe
Gristhorpe
Hambleton (Selby)
Hampsthwaite
Harmby
Harrogate
Hawes and Gayle
Hellifield
Helmsley
Helperby and Brafferton
Hemingbrough
Hensall
High Bentham
Hinderwell
Hirst Courtney
Holmfield *
Hovingham
Huby (Hambleton)
Huby (Harrogate)
Hunmanby
Hurworth-on-Tees *
Husthwaite
Hutton Buscel
Hutton Rudby
Ilkley *
Ingleton
Kellingley
Kellington
Killinghall
Kirby Hill
Kirby Misperton
Kirk Smeaton and Little Smeaton *
Kirkby Malzeard
Kirkby Overblow
Kirkbymoorside
Knaresborough
Knayton
Langthorpe
Leeming
Leeming Bar
Leyburn
Linton-on-Ouse
Long Marston (Harrogate)
Long Preston
Low Bentham
Low Bradley
Low Worsall
Malton
Masham
Melmerby
Melsonby
Middleham
Middleton (Ryedale)
Middleton Tyas
Monk Fryston and Hillam
Morton-on-Swale
Muston (Scarborough)
Nawton and Beadlam
Newton-on-Ouse
North Duffield
North Stainley
Northallerton
Norton-on-Derwent
Osgodby (Selby)
Osmotherley
Oswaldkirk
Otley (Leeds) *
Pannal
Pateley Bridge
Pickering
Pickhill
Pool-in-Wharfedale *
Primrose Valley
Rainton
Raskelf
Reighton Sands
Riccall
Richmond
Rillington
Ripon
Robin Hood's Bay
Roecliffe
Romanby
Saxton
Scalby
Scarborough
Scorton
Scotton (Harrogate)
Scruton
Seamer (Hambleton)
Seamer (Scarborough)
Selby
Settle
Settrington
Sharow
Sherburn (Ryedale)
Sherburn in Elmet
Sheriff Hutton
Shipton (Hambleton)
Sinnington
Skipton
Sleights
Slingsby
Snainton
Snape (Hambleton)
Sneatonthorpe
South Milford
Sowerby
Spofforth
Staithes *
Stamford Bridge *
Staveley (Harrogate)
Staxton
Steeton *
Stillingfleet
Stillington (Hambleton)
Stockton on the Forest *
Stokesley
Summerbridge
Sutton-in-Craven
Sutton-on-the-Forest
Swainby
Swinton (Ryedale)
Tadcaster
Terrington
Thirsk
Thornton-in-Craven
Thornton-le-Dale
Thornton-le-Moor
Thorpe Underwood
Thorpe Willoughby
Thorpefield
Threshfield
Tockwith
Tollerton (Hambleton)
Topcliffe
Ulleskelf
Upper Poppleton *
Warthill
Weaverthorpe
West Tanfield
West Witton
Wetherby *
Whitby
Whitley (Selby)
Whixley
Wistow (Selby)
Wombleton
Womersley
Yarm *

In the UK, a Built-up Area (BUA) is a continuous urban area of at least 20 hectares (0.2 km²), defined by the ONS as land where buildings are generally no more than 200 metres apart, such as towns, cities, or large villages. (Note: A BUA name marked with an asterisk (*) indicates that the area is situated partly in the district of North Yorkshire.)

North Yorkshire compared with other districts in the UK

This section shows how North Yorkshire compares with other local authority districts in the UK, using a variety of measures and rankings.

North Yorkshire has 89 electoral wards.

North Yorkshire compared with other districts — ▮ Smaller: 359 ▮ Similar: 1 ▮ Larger: 1 (compared with 361 districts)

North Yorkshire has a population of 635,270 (2024 mid-year estimate by ONS)

Population of North Yorkshire compared with other districts — Population of North Yorkshire, compared with other districts in England and Wales

More local statistics and data for North Yorkshire can be found on the ONS statistics for North Yorkshire.