Pickering, North Yorkshire

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Pickering, North Yorkshire is a historic market town on the edge of the North York Moors in England, known as a gateway to the national park and for its heritage railway and medieval castle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf market town
administrativeHistory part of Ryedale district (1974–2023)
category Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
Market towns in North Yorkshire
Towns in North Yorkshire
ceremonialCounty North Yorkshire
country England
currentUnitaryAuthority North Yorkshire Council
dialCode 01751
governingBody Pickering Town Council
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
retail and services
tourism
hasHeritageSite North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Pickering Castle
hasLandmark Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life
linked to: Beck Isle Museum

Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering
Pickering Castle
hasMarket traditional weekly market
hasMurals medieval wall paintings in St Peter and St Paul Church
hasMuseum Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life
linked to: Beck Isle Museum
hasRailwayStation Pickering railway station
hasReligiousBuilding St Peter and St Paul Church, Pickering
hasRiver Pickering Beck
hasRoadConnection A169 road
A170 road
historicCounty North Riding of Yorkshire
knownFor access to North York Moors
heritage railway
medieval castle
tourism
locatedIn North Yorkshire
Ryedale district
linked to: Ryedale
locatedOn edge of the North York Moors
near Malton
Scarborough
Whitby
osGridReference SE7984
parliamentaryConstituency Thirsk and Malton
postalTown PICKERING
linked to: Pickering
postcodeArea YO
postcodeDistrict YO18
region Yorkshire and the Humber
role gateway to the North York Moors National Park
servedBy North Yorkshire Moors Railway

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Pickering derivedFromPlace Pickering, North Yorkshire
John Lockwood Kipling placeOfBirth Pickering, North Yorkshire, England
linked to: Pickering, North Yorkshire
Township of Pickering namedAfter Pickering, North Yorkshire, England
linked to: Pickering, North Yorkshire