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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire
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Geography
StatusCeremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin1974
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
and part in North East
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area
Ranked 1st
8,654 km²
Ranked 1st
8,038 km²
ISO 3166-2GB-NYK
ONS code36
NUTS 3UKE22
Demographics
Population
- Total ()
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.
Ranked

/ km²
Ranked
Ethnicity97.9% White
1.0% S.Asian
Politics

North Yorkshire County Council
http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/
Executive
Members of Parliament
*Vera Baird
*Hugh Bayley
*Stuart Bell
*David Curry
*Robert Goodwill
*John Greenway
*John Grogan
*William Hague
*Ashok Kumar
*Anne McIntosh
*Dari Taylor
*Phil Willis
Districts
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#Selby#Harrogate#Craven#Richmondshire#Hambleton#Ryedale#Scarborough#City of York (Unitary)#Redcar and Cleveland (Unitary)#Middlesbrough (Unitary)#Stockton-on-Tees (Unitary)
(the part south of the Tees)
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county within the Government Office Region of Yorkshire and the Humber in northern England, United Kingdom and also a larger ceremonial county, partly in the North East England region. The non-metropolitan (or Shire) county is divided into the districts of Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby.

Contained within its boundaries are the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales, two of eleven areas of countryside within England and Wales to be officially designated as a National park. The highest point is Whernside, on the Cumbrian border, at 2414 feet (736 metres).

The county was formed on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, and covers most of the lands of the traditional North Riding, as well as the northern half of the West Riding and the northern and eastern fringes of the traditional East Riding. York became a unitary authority independent of North Yorkshire on 1 April 1996, and at the same time Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and areas of Stockton-on-Tees south of the river became part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes, having been part of Cleveland from 1974 to 1996, and the North Riding of Yorkshire before.

The ceremonial county borders those of East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Durham.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of North Yorkshire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
AgricultureIndustryServices
19957,2784782,1814,618
20009,5703542,5496,667
200311,6953903,0258,281
includes hunting and forestry

includes energy and construction

includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Towns and villages


*Arncliffe, Ampleforth
*Bedale, Bellerby, Boroughbridge, Borrowby, Botton Village, Brompton, Buckden, Buttercrambe,
*Castleton, Catterick, Catterick Garrison, Cawood, Conistone, Coxwold
*Dalton
*Easby, Easingwold, Egton, Egton Bridge, Embsay
*Filey
*Gargrave, Giggleswick, Goathland, Grassington, Great Ayton, Grosmont
*Harrogate, Hawes, Haxby, Hebden, Helmsley, Helperby, Horton in Ribblesdale, Hunmanby, Huntington
*Ingleton
*Kettlewell, Kilnsey, Kirkbymoorside, Knaresborough
*Leyburn, Linton, Litton, Long Marston, Lund
*Malham, Malton, Masham, Middleham, Middlesbrough, Muker
*Northallerton, Norton-on-Derwent
*Osmotherley
*Pateley Bridge, Pickering
*Ravenscar, Redcar, Reeth, Richmond, Rievaulx, Ripon, Robin Hood's Bay, Romanby
*Scarborough, Scawton, Scruton, Selby, Settle, Skipton, Sowerby, Starbotton, Stockton-on-the-Forest, Stokesley, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe
*Tadcaster, Thirsk, Thornaby-on-Tees, Thornton-le-Beans, Thornton-le-Dale, Thornton Steward, Thwaite
*Wass, Welburn, Whitley, Whitby
Yarm, York

Italicised locations lie outside the current North Yorkshire Council Council area.

Other Places of Interest

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Bolton Abbey

*Ampleforth College
*Bolton Abbey
*Byland Abbey - English Heritage (EH)
*Bolton Castle
*Catterick Garrison
*Drax
*Duncombe Park stately home
*Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
*Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo
*Fountains Abbey
*Castle Howard and the Howardian Hills
*Helmsley Castle - EH
*Lightwater Valley
*Malham Cove
*Mount Grace Priory - EH
*North Yorkshire Moors Railway
*Rievaulx Abbey - EH
*Shandy Hall - stately home
*Skipton Castle
*Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications - EH
*Studley Royal Water Gardens
*Wharram Percy
*Whitby Abbey

External links

Photos and Images

* North Yorkshire Guide
* North Yorkshire Flickr Group
* North Yorkshire Tourist Guide
* North Yorkshire only Search Engine






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