Ryedale - Definition and Overview

Ryedale District
Shown within North Yorkshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Admin. County:	North Yorkshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 7th 1,506.59 km²
Admin. HQ:	Malton
ONS code:	36UF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 338th 51,131 34 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.4% White
Politics
Ryedale District Council http://www.ryedale.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative + Liberal Democrats + Independent
MP:	John Greenway

Ryedale is a local government district in North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Pickering, Helmsley, Malton, and Norton-on-Derwent.

The name was previously used for a wapentake of Yorkshire, that covered vaguely the same area.