North Stainley

North Stainley is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Ripon. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is the closest settlement to the theme park Lightwater Valley which is 0.62 miles (1 km) to the south.

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North Stainley with Sleningford

North Stainley with Sleningford is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The principal settlement and only village in the parish is North Stainley. The parish also includes the small settlements of Sleningford, North Lees and Sutton Grange. The Lightwater Valley theme park is also in the parish. The parish is bounded on the north and east by the River Ure, and on the south by the city of Ripon. North Stainley with Sleningford was historically a township in the ancient parish of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a civil parish in 1866. It was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974. In 1988 the parish absorbed the small civil parish of Sutton Grange. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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North Stainley Hall

North Stainley Hall is a historic building in North Stainley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The Staveley family were appointed as keepers of Ripon Park in 1516, and it appears that they built North Stainley Hall around this date, as a secondary house. The current country house was built in 1715 for Miles Staveley. It was extended in the 19th century. In 1985, it was restored by Robert Staveley, using funds from Lightwater Valley, the work including the reconstruction of the service wing and courtyard. The building has been grade II* listed since 1952. The house is built of brick on a stone plinth, rendered at the rear, with stone dressings, quoins, an eaves cornice, and a hipped stone slate roof. It has three storeys and five bays. The central doorway has rusticated columns, and an initialled and dated pediment. The windows are sashes with eared architraves, those on the lower two floors also with keystones. At the rear is a re-set doorway with an alternate quoined surround and a five-part lintel, and a bay window to the right. The former stables are built of cobble, with gritstone dressings, quoins, and a purple slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, the middle bay projecting slightly under a gable. This contains a carriage arch with a quoined surround, above which is a sash window and three tiers of pigeon holes in a triangular pattern. The outer bays contain doorways and sash windows, in the left return is a circular window, and on the right return are external steps and a circular window above. They were built in the mid-18th century, and are grade II listed.

East Tanfield

East Tanfield is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. There is no modern village in the parish, and the population was estimated at 30 in 2013. The deserted medieval village of East Tanfield lies near Manor Farm on the banks of the River Ure. East Tanfield was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it was in the possession of Count Alan of Brittany. It was a prosperous community in the medieval period, but appears to have been deserted in the 16th century. East Tanfield was historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirklington in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. It was transferred to the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire in 1974. Richmondshire was abolished in 2023 and a new unitary authority, North Yorkshire Council, replaced it. The parish shares a grouped parish council, Tanfield Parish Council, with the much larger parish of West Tanfield.

Lightwater Valley

Lightwater Valley Family Adventure Park is an adventure park in North Stainley, North Yorkshire, England. The park was once home to the longest roller coaster in the world, The Ultimate. Lightwater Valley was founded by Robert Staveley in 1969, and the leasehold is now owned and operated by the Mellors Group, having been purchased by them in 2025. The park attracts approximately 300,000 visitors per year.