Pickering
Built-up area in North Yorkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 54.245, -0.775 |
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| OS grid ref: | SE 79 83 |
| Population: | 6,936 |
| Dialling code: | 01751 |
Pickering is a compact market town in North Yorkshire, sitting on the southern edge of the North York Moors and acting as a popular gateway into the North York Moors National Park. It has a pleasantly compact centre of independent shops and cafes and serves as a base for walkers and visitors exploring the heather moorland and nearby AONBs that characterise this part of rural England.
Historically a medieval market town, Pickering is notable for landmarks such as Pickering Castle and the local Beck Isle Museum, and for the heritage North York Moors Railway whose steam trains run from the town towards Whitby. The local economy mixes agriculture, tourism and small businesses, giving the place a community-oriented feel and a steady flow of visitors drawn to its history, countryside access and convivial high street.
Postcode districts covering Pickering
Most populated places nearby
- York 23.5 miles
- Scarborough 14.9 miles
- Guisborough 23.1 miles
- Ingleby Greenhow 19.1 miles
- Whitby 16.1 miles
- Driffield 21.5 miles
- Haxby 20 miles
Neighbouring places
- Middleton Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Aislaby Parish 2 miles
- Thornton-le-Dale Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Wrelton Parish 2.6 miles
- Kirby Misperton Built-up area 3 miles
- Sinnington Built-up area 3.7 miles
- Marton Parish 3.7 miles
- Normanby Parish 3.8 miles
- Marishes Parish 3.9 miles
- Barugh (Great and Little) Parish 4.2 miles
- Cropton Parish 4.2 miles
- Wilton Parish 4.3 miles
Example postcodes in Pickering
YO18 8BA, YO18 8BH, YO18 7EB, YO18 8DZ, YO18 7HJ, YO18 8DJ, YO18 8EL, YO18 8DP, YO18 7EA … See all
Transport links
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 32 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 44.4 miles
- Pickering Railway Station 0.2 miles
- Levisham Railway Station 4.5 miles
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Schools in Pickering
- Pickering Community Infant School Primary
- Pickering Community Junior School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Keldholme Priory Historic site 5.8 miles
- Eden Camp Museum 6.5 miles
- The Walled Garden Gardens 6.5 miles
- Ryedale Folk Museum Museum 6.9 miles
- Wolds Way Lavender Gardens 7.5 miles
- Rosedale Priory Historic site 8.8 miles
- Castle Howard Country house 10 miles
- Castle Howard Estate 10.2 miles
- Duncombe Park Estate 11.8 miles
- Duncombe Park Country house 12.1 miles
- Old Byland Abbey Historic site 14.5 miles
- Star Carr Archaeological site 14.7 miles