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The North Riding of Yorkshire is one of the Three Ridings of Yorkshire. The ridings are the fundamental geographical and cultural divisions of the shire, the creation of the Norse period from which Yorkshire itself arose. Scarborough, Yorkshire's biggest resort, lies at the south end of the North Riding coast. The ancient port town of Whitby is surrounded by North York Moors, which occupy a vast upland area in the east of the Riding. At the mouth of the Tees, the very northern bounds of Yorkshire, is Middlesbrough - a port and factory town that grew from nothing in the 19th-century. The north-west of the North Riding lies in the Pennines. Here is Mickle Fell, the county top. Southward are the Yorkshire Dales, renowned for their beauty. In Swaledale are the old towns of Richmond and the immemorial garrison town of Catterick. Wensleydale is noted for waterfalls, delightful villages and are the haunting ruins of Jervaulx Abbey. Between the Dales and the North York Moors is the lowland Vale of Mowbray with the market towns of Northallerton and Thirsk. The border with the East Riding lies along the gentle Derwent valley. The border with the West Riding follows the Ouse and Ure from York to Grewelthorpe, from whence it crosses many peaks to meet the Westmorland border at Swath Fell Pike.

Place Type: Division
Historic County: Yorkshire
Lat, Long: 54.320728,-1.409695
Grid Reference: SE384918
Country: England

GBPNID: 306054
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/North_Riding,_Yorkshire_306054

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