| Coordinates: | 54.264, -1.884 |
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| OS grid ref: | SE 07 85 |
| Dialling code: | 01969 (Leyburn) |
Melmerby is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, set in a quietly rural landscape of fields and hedgerows. Its compact cluster of stone cottages and farmsteads reflects a parish shaped more by agriculture and country lanes than by urban development.
With roots stretching back centuries, the community retains a parish church and local institutions that act as focal points; today it combines farming with a modest number of commuters and visitors, and maintains a close‑knit social life centred on village halls, agricultural activities and occasional local events that celebrate its rural heritage.