Dunnington is a compact village on the eastern outskirts of York, set amid arable farmland roughly six miles from the city centre. It blends traditional village features - a parish church, village green, shops and pubs - with a sizeable commuter population who work in York but value the quieter, rural setting.
Historically agricultural, Dunnington retains a strong community spirit with active sports clubs and a busy village hall, and benefits from proximity to the former RAF base at Elvington and the Yorkshire Air Museum. The surrounding Vale of York and nearby River Derwent make it popular with walkers and cyclists, while small local businesses and farms continue to shape its character.
Postcode districts covering Dunnington
Most populated places nearby
- York 4.3 miles
- Harrogate 23 miles
- Castleford 22.4 miles
- Pontefract 23.1 miles
- Beverley 24.1 miles
- Selby 13.2 miles
- Goole 18.5 miles
- Brough and Elloughton 23.3 miles
- Thorne 24.3 miles
- Kippax 20.9 miles
- Garforth 20.4 miles
- Knaresborough 19.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Osbaldwick & Derwent Ward 0.2 miles
- Holtby Parish 0.9 miles
- Kexby Parish 1.1 miles
- Murton Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Warthill Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Osbaldwick Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Gate Helmsley Parish 2.4 miles
- Heworth Without Parish 2.5 miles
- Hull Road Ward 2.6 miles
- Stockton on the Forest Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Upper Helmsley Parish 2.9 miles
- Elvington Built-up area 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Dunnington
YO19 5RG, YO19 5PF, YO19 5QL, YO19 5NP, YO19 5JZ, YO19 5QQ, YO19 5SH, YO19 5RJ, YO19 5NF … See all
Transport links
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 28.5 miles
- Doncaster Sheffield Airport 33.3 miles
- Murton Lane 1.2 miles
- York Railway Station 4.6 miles
Hotels near Dunnington Ad
- The Churchill Hotel 4 4.5 miles
- Sixteen B 5 0.1 miles
- The Waggon & Horses 3 3.7 miles
- The Fat Badger 4 4.3 miles
- No 1 by GuestHouse, York 4 4.5 miles
- The Minster Hotel 3 4.4 miles
- Hampton by Hilton York Piccadilly 3 4 miles
- Malmaison York 4 4.5 miles
- The Milner York formerly the Principal York 5 4.5 miles
- Hotel Clementine 4 4.6 miles
Schools in Dunnington
- Dunnington C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Yorkshire Museum of Farming Museum 1.2 miles
- Sand Hutton Hall Estate 3.1 miles
- University of York University 3.2 miles
- Wentworth College College 3.4 miles
- Bootham Crescent Stadium 4.4 miles
- National Railway Museum Museum 4.7 miles
- York Racecourse Recreation 5.1 miles
- Nun Appleton Priory Historic site 10.6 miles
- Nun Appleton Hall Estate 10.6 miles
- Castle Howard Estate 11 miles
- Castle Howard Country house 11.3 miles
- Eden Camp Museum 15.3 miles