The prettiest villages in Yorkshire
The top 3 according to 98 votes from people: Goathland · Malham · Robin Hood's Bay. (Updated May 16, 2025.)
Coastal fishing villages, North York Moors greens and Dales stone villages.
Top 12
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1
Goathland
Steam railway station and Heartbeat's Aidensfield.
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2
Malham
Gateway to Malham Cove and Gordale Scar.
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3
Robin Hood's Bay
Tumbles down the cliff to the sea, an old smugglers' haunt.
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4
Haworth
The Brontë Parsonage on a steep cobbled street.
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5
Thornton-le-Dale
Thatched cottage and beck-side lanes.
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6
Staithes
Fishing village in a narrow inlet where young James Cook first worked.
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7
Grassington
Cobbled square in Wharfedale.
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8
Reeth
Big village green in Swaledale.
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9
Hutton-le-Hole
Sheep on the village green beside the stream.
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10
Hawes
Market town of the Wensleydale Creamery.
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11
Runswick Bay
Red-roofed cottages piled above a sandy bay.
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12
Kettlewell
Dales village where Calendar Girls was filmed.
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