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{{Infobox riding
| name = North Riding of Yorkshire
| flag = {{database|North Riding of Yorkshire|flag}}
| biggest town = Middlesbrough
}}
[[File:Wensleydale.JPG|right|thumb|350px|Wensleydale, near Hawes]]
The '''North Riding of the county of York''' is one of the three ridings of [[Yorkshire]], stretching north from the walls of the City of [[York]] to the banks of the [[River Tees]].

In the eastern part of the North Riding are the hills of the [[North York Moors]]. The [[Cleveland Hills]] in this area plunge down to the sea at [[Whitby]], a town of history, fishing and bracing holidays. The Cleveland coast is marked by the high cliffs that give it its name, Boulby Cliff being one of the highest in England. Wooded valleys, the wykes, tumble down from the high moors to the sea. In between pretty fishing villages such as Robin Hood's Bay and Staithes nestle under the cliffs.

The mouth of the [[River Tees|Tees]], at the very northern bounds of Yorkshire, is an industrial centre. The main town being [[Middlesbrough]], a port and factory town that grew from nothing in the nineteenth century but from which now a small conurbation has grown, stretching down to the seaside town of [[Redcar]]. The industry on the Tees took wing from the coal of County Durham and the iron ore mined in the northern hills of Cleveland. The Tees marks the boundary with [[County Durham]].

The western part of the Riding is in the [[Pennines]], with wild, often breathtaking scenery. Here (in the Lune Forest in Upper [[Teesdale]]) [[Mickle Fell]] stands at 2,591 feet, the highest point of Yorkshire. Southward are the [[Yorkshire Dales]], rightly renowned for their beauty. In [[Swaledale]] are the old town of [[Richmond, Yorkshire|Richmond]] and the immemorial garrison town of [[Catterick]].

In [[Wensleydale]] runs the [[River Ure]], noted for waterfalls, the forces, and delightful villages. In the upper part of Wensleydale is [[Hawes]], a fine walking centre and just the first of a string of jewels on the Ure. Lower down are the haunting ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, originally named "Ure Vale".

Between the Pennines and the North York Moors is the Vale of York, a broad, low fertile land fed successively by the Swale, the Ure and the rivers of the West Riding and running down to York and the Humber plains.

==Wapentakes==
The wapentakes of the North Riding are:
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*[[Allertonshire]]
*[[Birdforth Wapentake|Birdforth]]
*[[Bulmer Wapentake|Bulmer]]
*[[East Gilling]]
*[[Hallikeld]]
*[[Hang East]]
*[[Hang West]]
*[[Langbaurgh Wapentake|Langbaurgh]]
*[[Pickering Lythe]]
*[[Ryedale]]
*[[West Gilling]]
*[[Whitby Strand]]
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==Pictures around the North Riding==
<gallery>
File:Muker, Swaledale, in the North Riding of Yorkshire.jpg|Muker, Swaledale
File:Northallerton Cross.JPG|Northallerton
File:River Swale.JPG|River Swale at Richmond
File:Jervaulx Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 12710.jpg|Jervaulx Abbey ruins
File:Eston Nab view 1.jpg|Middlesbrough port and industry from Eston Nab
File:Robin Hoods Bay from the Cleveland Way.jpg|Robin Hood's Bay
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[North Riding Flag]]

{{Yorkshire wapentakes}}
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