North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire [ ˌ nɔ ː ː θjɔ kʃə ] is a county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It is in the districts of Craven ( District ), Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby divided.

In North Yorkshire, two of the eleven National Parks of England and Wales, namely the North York Moors National Park and the largest part of the Yorkshire Dales.

The county was created in 1974 and covers the greater part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the northern half of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the northern and eastern edges of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The city of York was founded in 1996 an independent unitary authority of North Yorkshire; since then include Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton -on-Tees south of the River Tees for ceremonial purposes to North Yorkshire. Previously they were from 1974 to 1996 parts of the county of Cleveland, before they were part of the North Riding.

North Yorkshire borders East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and County Durham.

Cities and towns

  • Arncliffe
  • Bedale, Borrowby
  • Catterick, Catterick Bridge, Conistone
  • Dalton, Richmond, Dalton, Sowerby
  • Easingwold, Embsay
  • Filey
  • Giggleswick, Grassington, Great Ayton
  • Harrogate, Hebden, Helmsley, Helperby, Horton -in- Ribblesdale
  • Ingleton
  • Kettlewell, Kilnsey, Kirkbymoorside, Knaresborough
  • Leyburn, Linton, Long Marston, Lund
  • Malham Marton ( Pickering ), Masham, Middleham
  • Newbiggin, Askrigg, Newbiggin, Aysgarth, Northallerton
  • Osmotherley
  • Pickering
  • Ravenscar, Richmond, Rievaulx, Ripon, Robin Hood 's Bay
  • Scarborough, Selby, Settle, Skipton, Sowerby, Starbotton, Stokesley
  • Tadcaster, Thirsk
  • Whitby
  • York

Attractions

Ceremonial counties of England Selby (District) Borough of Harrogate Borough of Scarborough Borough of Stockton-on-Tees Regions of England Cleveland (England) Catterick, North Yorkshire Horton-in-Ribblesdale Ingleton, North Yorkshire Pickering (North Yorkshire) Richmond (North Yorkshire) Scarborough, North Yorkshire Studley Royal Park Counties of England Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Derbyshire Dorset East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Borough of Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Darlington Derby Borough of Halton Medway Borough of Milton Keynes City of Peterborough Shropshire Council Borough of Swindon Bedfordshire Berkshire Cheshire City of London Greater London Greater Manchester Merseyside West Midlands (county)
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