- Cockayne, North Yorkshire
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For other uses, see Cockayne (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 54°22′41″N 1°02′42″W / 54.378°N 1.045°W
Cockayne 
The hamlet includes a small church, and Bransdale Lodge
Cockayne
Cockayne shown within North YorkshireOS grid reference SE620984 Parish Bransdale District Ryedale Shire county North Yorkshire Region Yorkshire and the Humber Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town YORK Postcode district YO62 Dialling code 01751 Police North Yorkshire Fire North Yorkshire Ambulance Yorkshire EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber UK Parliament Ryedale (2005)
Thirsk and Malton (c.2009)List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire Cockayne is a hamlet and ridge in North Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Bransdale, in the North York Moors national park, near the village of Chop Gate (3 miles, 5 km as the crow flies, though much further by road.) The nearest towns are Helmsley (9 miles, 14 km) and Kirkbymoorside (10 miles, 16 km.)
The Cleveland Way long distance footpath crosses the northern end of the ridge, reaching a summit of 441 m at Cockayne Head. The settlement, under the southern tip of the ridge, is a mere 225 m above sea level, according to the Ordnance Survey. Cockayne is at the head of Bransdale, a southward facing valley cut into the moors.
The hamlet is, with the exception of the Church and Glebe, entirely owned by the National Trust. The overwhelming part of the 1925 acre Bransdale estate was transferred to the National Trust through National Land Fund procedures in 1972 and comprises all the farmland and a small amount of woodland in the valley.
Stump Cross on Slape Wath Moor: heather moors overlook Cockayne
High Plantation: some of the hillsides are dedicated to timber productionThis Ryedale location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
