Ryedale

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

Ryedale
Non-metropolitan district
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
• MP:	Kevin Hollinrake
Area
• Total	1,507 km2 (582 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	54,897
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	36UF (ONS) E07000167 (GSS)
Ethnicity	99.4% White
Website	ryedale.gov.uk

Ryedale was a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It was in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inhabited continuously from the Mesolithic period. The economy was largely agricultural with light industry and tourism playing an increasing role.^[1]

Towns included Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, and Pickering. Part of Ryedale lies within the North York Moors National Park. The A64 passed through Ryedale and villages such as Rillington.^[2] In the 2011 Census, the population of this primarily rural area of 150,659 hectares, the largest district in North Yorkshire, was 51,700.^[3]