Richmondshire
Richmondshire District | |
|---|---|
Shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Administrative county | North Yorkshire |
| Admin. HQ | Richmond |
| Government | |
| • Type | Richmondshire District Council |
| • Leadership: | Alternative – Sec.31 |
| • Executive: | |
| • MPs: | Rishi Sunak |
| Area | |
• Total | 509 sq mi (1,319 km2) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 50,358 |
| • Density | 99/sq mi (38/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| ONS code | 36UE (ONS) E07000166 (GSS) |
| Ethnicity | 97.0% White 1.5% S.Asian |
| Website | richmondshire.gov.uk Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine |
Richmondshire was a local government district of North Yorkshire, England, from 1974 to 2023. It covered a large northern area of the Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with the prominent Scot's Dyke and Scotch Corner along the centre. Teesdale lay to the north. With a total area of 1,319 km2, it was larger than seven of the English ceremonial counties (namely, in decreasing order of size, the West Midlands, Merseyside, Tyne & Wear, Rutland, the Isle of Wight, Bristol, and the City of London).