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Ryedale District Council

Ryedale
Non-metropolitan district
Ryedale shown within North Yorkshire
Ryedale shown within North Yorkshire
Sovereign state  United Kingdom
Constituent country  England
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county  North Yorkshire
Administrative HQ Malton (Ryedale House)
Government
 • Type Ryedale District Council
 • Leadership Alternative
 • Executive Conservative
 • MP: Kevin Hollinrake
Area
 • Total 1,506 km2 (581 sq mi)
Area rank 11th
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 53,100
 • Rank Ranked 317th
 • Density 35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code 36UF (ONS)
E07000167 (GSS)
Ethnicity 99.4% White
Website ryedale.gov.uk

Coordinates: 54°08′20″N 0°47′24″W / 54.139°N 0.79°W / 54.139; -0.79

Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, and Pickering. Part of Ryedale lies within the North York Moors National Park.

The name refers to the River Rye and was previously used for the Ryedale wapentake of Yorkshire, which covered roughly the same area. The current district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of urban district of Norton and Norton Rural District, from the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, along with the urban districts of Malton and Pickering with Flaxton Rural District, Helmsley Rural District, Kirkbymoorside Rural District, Malton Rural District and Pickering Rural District, all from the North Riding of Yorkshire.


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