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The area is by far the largest covered by any authority in England. Northumberland in second place is only 1,961 square miles (5,078 sq km). Across the UK, North Yorkshire ranks second in area behind only the Highland area of Scotland.
The area continues to be considerably larger than the pre-1974 North Riding of Yorkshire as North Yorkshire incorporated large parts of the West Riding and some of the East Riding, although some northern fringes were lost to what are now Durham County, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland unitary authorities.
North Yorkshire is also part of a Combined Authority with the City of
York unitary authority area. In May 2024 a mayor was elected as head of the Combined Authority and with responsibilities also including those of the previous police, fire and crime commissioner..North Yorkshire has the second-highest authority area population in Yorkshire. Totals for North Yorkshire's seven former districts at the time of the 2021 Census are around 615,500*. That places it behind the 812,000 of the Leeds metropolitan district, even though North Yorkshire covers more than 14 times the area. The North Yorkshire population is more than the 556,500 population in the Sheffield metropolitan district.
As there are around 700 towns and villages being maintained by the North Yorkshire unitary authority, we continue our indexes of the former districts to help make searches for places easier to manage (see links at foot of page).
Find out more about the North Yorkshire unitary authority area.
Our Gazetteer list here only includes places in the administrative county of North Yorkshire, the new unitary authority. The wider ceremonial county of North Yorkshire includes places in
STOCKTON-ON-TEES 
MIDDLESBROUGH
REDCAR & CLEVELAND
YORK
DURHAM COUNTY unitary authority.^ Area figure from ONS Standard Area Measurements 2022 (converted from hectares).
* Population figure from Census 2021.
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Open Government Licence v3.0 Places in the North Yorkshire unitary authority area are:
Acklam Ainderby Quernhow Ainderby Steeple Ainthorpe 
Airton 
Aislaby Ryedale Aislaby Scarborough Aiskew Aldborough Aldbrough St John Aldfield Aldwark Allerston Alne Ampleforth Amotherby Appersett Appleton-le-Moors Appleton-le-Street Appleton Roebuck Appleton Wiske Appletreewick 
Arkendale Arncliffe 
Asenby Askrigg 
Askwith Austwick Aysgarth 
Bagby Bainbridge Baldersby Baldersby St James Barden Barkston Ash Barlby Barlow Barton Richmondshire 
Barton-le-Street Barton-le-Willows Battersby Beadlam Beal Beckwithshaw Bedale 
Bellerby Bickerton Biggin Bilbrough Bilton Harrogate Bilton in Ainsty Birkin Birstwith Bishop Monkton Bishop Thornton Blubberhouses Boltby Bolton Abbey Bolton-on-Swale Bolton Percy Booze Boroughbridge 
Borrowby Brafferton Brandsby Brawby Brayton Brearton Briggswath Brompton Hambleton Brompton-by-Sawdon Brompton-on-Swale Brotherton Broughton Craven Broughton (Great Broughton) Hambleton Broughton Ryedale Brough with St Giles Buckden Bulmer Burn Burneston Burniston Burnsall 
Burnt Yates Burton in Lonsdale Burton Leonard Burton Salmon Burythorpe Buttercrambe Butterwick (near Brawby) Ryedale Butterwick (near Weaverthorpe) Ryedale Byland Abbey Caldwell Camblesforth Carleton-in-Craven Carlton Richmondshire Carlton Selby Carlton Husthwaite Carlton in Cleveland Carlton Miniott Carperby Carthorpe Castleton Cattal Catterick 
Cawood Cayton Chapel Haddlesey Chop Gate Church Fenton Clapham 
Cleasby Cliffe Selby Cliffe near Piercebridge Cloughton Colburn Cold Kirby Colton Commondale Coneysthorpe Coneythorpe Coniston Cold Conistone 
Cononley Constable Burton Copgrove Copt Hewick Cotterdale Cowling Cowthorpe Coxwold Cracoe Crakehall Crathorne 
CRAVEN Former district of North Yorkshire Cray Crayke Croft-on-Tees Cropton Crosshills Cundall Dacre Dacre Banks Dalton Hambleton Dalton Richmondshire Dalton-on-Tees Danby Danby Wiske Darley Deighton Hambleton Dishforth Downholme Draughton Drax Duggleby Easingwold 
East Ayton East Cowton Eastfield East Harlsey East Heslerton East Layton East Marton East Rounton East Witton Ebberston Eggborough 
Egton Egton Bridge Ellerby Embsay 
Eppleby Escrick Exelby Faceby Fadmoor Fairburn Farlington Farnham Farnhill Farnley Near Otley Fearby Feizor Felixkirk Ferrensby Filey 
Finghall Flaxby Flaxton Flixton Folkton Follifoot Forcett Foxholes Fylingthorpe Galphay Gammersgill Ganton Gargrave 
Gateforth Gayle Gayles Gillamoor Gilling East Gilling West 
Giggleswick Glasshouses Glaisdale Glusburn Goathland 
Goldsborough Harrogate Goldsborough Scarborough Grassington 
Great Ayton 
Great Barugh Great Edstone Great Fencote Great Habton Great Heck Great Langton Great Ouseburn Great Smeaton Great Thirkleby Green Hammerton Greenhow Hill Grewelthorpe Grinton Gristhorpe Grosmont 
Gunnerside Hackforth Hackness Halton Gill 
HAMBLETON Former district of North Yorkshire Hambleton Selby Hampsthwaite Hardraw Harmby Harome 
HARROGATE Former district of North Yorkshire Harrogate 
Harwood Dale Hawes 
Hawnby Hawsker Healaugh Richmondshire Healaugh Selby Healey Hebden Craven Hellifield Helmsley 
Helperby Helperthorpe Helwith Bridge Hemingbrough Hensall Hetton High Bentham High Grantley Hillam Hinderwell Hipswell Hirst Courtney Hornby Horsehouse Horton in Ribblesdale 
Hovingham 
Hubberholme Huby Hambleton Huby Harrogate Hudswell Hunmanby Hunsingore Hunton Husthwaite Hutton Buscel Hutton Conyers Hutton-le-Hole 
Hutton Rudby Hutton Sessay Ingleby Arncliffe and Ingleby Cross Ingleby Greenhow Ingleton 
Jervaulx Keld 
Kelfield Kellington Kepwick Kettleness Kettlesing Kettlewell 
Kilburn Kildale Kildwick Killinghall Kilnsey 
Kirby Grindalythe Kirby Hill Kirby Hill Kirby Knowle Kirby Misperton Kirby Sigston Kirby Wiske Kirkby in Cleveland Kirkby Fleetham Kirkby Malham 
Kirkby Malzeard Kirkbymoorside 
Kirkby Overblow Kirk Deighton Kirkham Kirk Hammerton Kirklington Kirk Smeaton Knaresborough 
Knayton Langcliffe Langthorpe Langthwaite Langton Lastingham Lealholm 
Leathley Leavening Leeming Leeming Bar Levisham Leyburn 
Linton North Yorkshire Linton-on-Ouse Little Fenton Little Ouseburn Little Ribston Littlethorpe Litton Lockton Lofthouse North Yorkshire
Long Marston Long Preston 
Lothersdale Low Bentham Lower Dunsforth Low Laithe Low Mill Low Worsall Lythe Malham 
Malton 
Manfield Marrick Markington Marske Marton Ryedale Marton-cum-Grafton Marton in the Forest Marton-le-Moor Masham 
Masongill Maunby Melmerby Richmondshire Melmerby Harrogate Melsonby Mickleby Middleham 
Middlesmoor Middleton Ryedale Middleton Tyas Minskip Monk Fryston Morton-on-Swale Moulton Muker Muston Myton-on-Swale Nawton Nether Silton Newby Craven Newby Scarborough Newby Wiske Newholm Newsham Newton Kyme Newton le Willows Newton-on-Ouse Newton upon Rawcliffe Normanby Northallerton 
North Cowton North Duffield North Grimston North Rigton North Stainley Norton-le-Clay Norton-on-Derwent 
Nosterfield Nunnington Nun Monkton Old Malton Osgodby Scarborough Osgodby Selby Osmotherley Oswaldkirk Otterburn Oulston Pannal Pateley Bridge 
Patrick Brompton Pickering 
Pickhill Pockley Potto Preston-under-Scar Rainton Ramsgill Raskelf Rathmell Ravenscar Ravensworth Redmire Reeth 
Reighton Ribblehead Riccall Richmond 
RICHMONDSHIRE Former district of North Yorkshire Rievaulx Rillington Ripley Ripon 
Risplith Robin Hood's Bay 
Roecliffe Romanby Rosedale Abbey Roxby Rudby Runswick Bay 
Ruswarp 
RYEDALE Former district of North Yorkshire Rylstone Ryther Salton Sandhutton Hambleton Sand Hutton Sandsend 
Sawley Harrogate Saxton Scagglethorpe Scalby Scarborough Scampston 
SCARBOROUGH Former district of North Yorkshire Scarborough 
Scarthingwell Scorton Scotton Scruton Seamer Scarborough Seamer Hambleton 
SELBY Former district of North Yorkshire Selby 
Sessay Settle 
Settrington Sharow Sherburn Sherburn in Elmet 
Sheriff Hutton Shipton by Beningbrough Sicklinghall Simonstone Sinderby Sinnington Skeeby Skelton on Ure Skipton 
Skipton-on-Swale Skipwith Sleights Slingsby Snainton Snape Sneaton South Duffield South Kilvington South Milford South Otterington South Stainley Sowerby North Yorkshire Speeton Spennithorne Spofforth Stainforth North Yorkshire Stainsacre Staintondale Staithes 
Stanwick St John Stapleton Starbeck Starbotton Staveley Staxton Stillingfleet Stillington Stokesley 
Stonegrave Stutton Summerbridge Sutton-in-Craven Sutton on the Forest Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe Swainby Swinton North Yorkshire Tadcaster 
Temple Hirst Terrington Thimbleby Thirlby Thirsk 
Thixendale Tholthorpe Thoralby Thormanby Thorganby Thornborough Thornthwaite Thornton-in-Craven Thornton in Lonsdale Thornton-le-Beans Thornton-le-Clay Thornton-le-Dale 
Thornton-le-Moor Thornton-le-Street Thornton Rust Thornton Steward Thornton Watlass Thorpe Bassett Thorpe Willoughby Threshfield Thwaite Timble Tockwith Tollerton Topcliffe Tosside Towton Tunstall North Yorkshire Ugglebarnby Ugthorpe Ulleskelf Walshford Wass Wath Weaverthorpe Weeton Harrogate Welburn Welbury Well Wensley West Ayton West Burton Westerdale West Haddlesey West Heslerton West Lilling West Lutton West Marton Weston Westow West Rounton West Scrafton West Tanfield West Witton Wharram le Street Whashton Whenby Whitby 
Whitley Selby Whitwell-on-the-Hill Whixley Wigglesworth Wighill Willerby North Yorkshire Wilsill Winksley Wintringham Wistow Wombleton Womersley Wrelton Wykeham Yafforth Yearsley Yedingham 
NORTH YORKSHIREunitary authority
With around 700 towns and villages within the new unitary authority, we continue to maintain our gazetteer indexes for each of the former districts to help you more easily manage your search for places:
CRAVEN HAMBLETON HARROGATE RICHMONDSHIRE RYEDALE SCARBOROUGH SELBYWe continue to add more villages to our A to Y gazetteer and the above may not yet list all places in North Yorkshire unitary authority area