Hambleton

Hambleton District
Hambleton Shown within North Yorkshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Shire county:	North Yorkshire
Historic county:	Yorkshire (North Riding)
Area: - Total	Ranked 10th 1,311.17 km²
Admin. HQ:	Northallerton
ONS code:	36UC
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	99.2% White
Politics
Hambleton District Council http://www.hambleton.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	William Hague, Anne McIntosh

Hambleton is a local government district of North Yorkshire. The main town and administrative centre is Northallerton, and includes the market towns and major villages of Bedale, Thirsk, Great Ayton, Stokesley and Easingwold.

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, as a merger of the urban district of Northallerton with Bedale Rural District, Easingwold Rural District, Northallerton Rural District, and part of Thirsk Rural District and Croft Rural District, all in the North Riding of Yorkshire.