Cockayne, North Yorkshire

Cockayne, North Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°22′41″N 1°02′42″W / 54.378°N 1.045°W / 54.378; -1.045

Cockayne
Cockayne - St Nicholas Church and Bransdale Lodge.jpg
The hamlet includes a small church, and Bransdale Lodge
Cockayne is located in North Yorkshire
Cockayne

 Cockayne shown within North Yorkshire
OS 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 production