North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber and North East regions of England.[note 1] It borders County Durham to the north, the North Sea to the east, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south-east, South Yorkshire to the south, West Yorkshire to the south-west, and Cumbria and Lancashire to the west. Northallerton is the county town.
This article is about the ceremonial county. For the unitary authority area, see North Yorkshire (district). For the combined authority area, see York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority. For the historic division, see North Riding of Yorkshire. For other uses, see North Yorkshire (disambiguation).
North Yorkshire
1974
Clare Deborah Granger (2023–24)[2]
8,654 km2 (3,341 sq mi)
1,172,860
136/km2 (350/sq mi)
- 96% White
- 2.0% S. Asian
- 0.6% Black
Unitary:
The county is the largest in England by land area, at 8,654 km2 (3,341 sq mi), and had a population of 1,158,816 in 2021. The largest settlements are Middlesbrough (148,215) in the north-east and the city of York (141,685) in the south. Middlesbrough is part of the Teesside built-up area, which extends into County Durham and has a total population of 376,663 in 2011. The remainder of the county is rural, and the largest towns are Harrogate (75,515) and Scarborough (59,505). For local government purposes the county comprises four unitary authority areas—Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland, and York—and part of a fifth, Stockton-on-Tees. The local authorities of York and North Yorkshire are part of a combined authority of the same name, and the local authorities of the other three areas are part of the Tees Valley combined authority. The county was historically part of Yorkshire.
North Yorkshire stretches from the North Sea coast to near the western coast of Britain, less than 10 miles from Morecambe Bay at its closest point. The centre of the county contains a wide plain, called the Vale of Mowbray in the north and Vale of York in the south. The North York Moors uplands lie to the east, and south of them the Vale of Pickering is separated from the main plain by the Howardian Hills. The west of the county contains the Yorkshire Dales, an extensive upland area which contains the source of the River Ouse/Ure and many of its tributaries, which together drain most of the county before reaching the Humber estuary in the south. The Dales also contain the county's highest point, Whernside, at 2,415 feet (736 m).[4]
Education[edit]
Universities[edit]
The main campus of Teesside University is in Middlesbrough, while York contains the main campuses of the University of York and York St John University. There are also two secondary campuses in the county: CU Scarborough, a campus of Coventry University, and Queen's Campus, Durham University in Thornaby-on-Tees.
Sport[edit]
Cricket[edit]
Yorkshire County Cricket Club play a number of fixtures at North Marine Road, Scarborough and some 2nd XI games in Richmond. The ball game Rock-It-Ball was developed in the county.