Staintondale

Staintondale (or Stainton Dale) is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated 7 miles (11 km) north west of Scarborough town centre. The parish also includes the village of Ravenscar, 2 miles (3 km) north of the village of Staintondale, and the whole parish lies within the North York Moors National Park.

St John the Baptist's Church

Staintondale
Staintondale village hall
Staintondale Location within North Yorkshire
Population	341 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SE990985
Civil parish	Staintondale
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SCARBOROUGH
Postcode district	YO13
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Scarborough and Whitby
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54.372500°N 0.477300°W / 54.372500; -0.477300

According to the 2011 UK census, Stainton Dale parish had a population of 341,^[1] an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 319 - note these figures includes Ravenscar as well as Staintondale.^[2]

The parish council is Staintondale Parish Council.^[3]

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

History

Staintondale was historically a township in the ancient parish of Scalby.^[4] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.^[5]

The village was served by Staintondale railway station on the Scarborough and Whitby Railway from 1885 until it closed in 1965.^[6]