Catterick
North Yorkshire
The fort, built around the year AD 78, protected the crossing point of the River Swale. The Roman Road to the north from York, later known as Dere Street, crossed the river here.
A town quickly developed around the fort which continued to thrive through the 4th century during the continuing Roman occupation.
There have been many Roman finds from various archaeological digs as development has taken place in the area, including the discovery of metal workshops and a 2nd century amphitheatre next to what is now the racecourse, this incorporating part of a Neolithic burial mound.
The first racing to be recorded as a meeting at Catterick Bridge was in April 1783 and a permanent racecourse was created there in 1813. Today it offers race meetings through the year.
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Travel
Bus travel
The village has buses to neighbouring towns and villages.
Road travel
Catterick can be reached via the A1(M) A6055 

Places to visit
Richmond Castle
Tower Street, Richmond, North YorkshireOne of the finest and most complete Norman castles in Britain, around which the town of
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Middleham Castle
Castle Hill, Middleham, North YorkshireMiddleham has substantial remains of a castle built in stages between the 12th and 15th centuries, including a late 12th century keep which is one of the largest hall keeps in the country. Ditch and timber defences were not replaced with the low stone curtain wall until the early 14th century. It is notable as the place where, in the 1460s, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who later became King Richard III, spent several years of his youth under the guardianship of his cousin Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. During the War of the Roses, King Edward IV was imprisoned at Middleham Castle for a short time in 1469. The castle is managed by English Heritage.
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Bolton Castle
Castle Bolton, near Redmire, North YorkshireOne of Britain's best-preserved medieval castles was built as one of the finest homes in the land and is still in the ownership of a descendant of the castle's original owner. With a commanding view over Wensleydale, the castle is situated near Redmire, about 5 miles west of
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Easby Abbey
Easby, near RichmondSituated about 1.5 miles from the centre of Richmond beside the River Swale, Easby Abbey has some magnificent and quite substantial stonework remaining from its refectory, gatehouse and canon's dormitory. The abbey was founded in 1152 and was of the Premonstratensian order. As with most monasteries it was a target of Henry VIII and soon after its supression in 1536 most of its buildings were stripped for stone or demolished. Within the abbey complex is the Parish Church of St Agatha, founded before the abbey and still in use as a church today. Inside are 13th century wall paingtings and a fragment of 12th century glass. The abbey church, however, was mostly demolished after the supression. The abbey is managed as a free entry site by English Heritage.
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The Wensleydale Railway
A railway service into Wensleydale running from Scruton and Leeming Bar, near the
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Aysgarth Falls
AysgarthAysgarth Falls have been a much-visited Wensleydale beauty spot and a tourist attraction for more then two centuries. The River Ure falls down a series of rocky steps near to the village of
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Richmondshire Museum
Ryder's Wynd, RichmondThe museum is just a short walk from the Market Place in

Yorkshire Dales National Park
The western half of Richmondshire is all within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Emergency services
North Yorkshire Police 
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Local government
Civil parish council
Catterick Parish CouncilProvides some local services in the area.
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District authority Abolished
Richmondshire District Council ceased from April 1, 2023. From 1974 it was a shire district covering 509 square miles of the mainly rural area of the north west of North Yorkshire with its administrative centre in
The North Yorkshire Council unitary authority takes over services previously operated by Richmondshire District Council. These included local planning, waste collection, street cleaning, parks and car parks, housing and markets.
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Unitary authority New
The North Yorkshire Council is a new unitary authority formed from the previous County Council from April 1, 2023. It covers the existing county duties including highways, schools, libraries and transport planning over an area of around 3,085 square miles while also taking over the responsibilities of the seven huge district authorities also created in 1974 — Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby — these including local planning, waste collection, street cleaning, parks and car parks, housing and markets.
Councillors were elected to the County Council in 2022 and continue as councillors of the new North Yorkshire Council unitary authority. In that election, the Conservatives gained a slim majority gaining 47 of the 90 seats.
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Political composition:
NY Ind = North Yorkshire Independents group E = By-election in Eastfield division pending on May 25, 2023.
Composition and groupings as at May 4, 2023
County authority Abolished
North Yorkshire County CouncilNorth Yorkshire County Council was a shire county authority which existed between 1974 and April 1, 2023, covering duties including highways, schools, libraries and transport planning. It was transformed into the North Yorkshire Council unitary authority on April 1, 2023, while the seven huge district authorities within — Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby — were also abolished.
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner North YorkshireCovers the county of

