Bishop Monkton

Bishop Monkton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, about five miles south of Ripon. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 775, increasing slightly to 778 at the 2011 Census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 760. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Main features of the village include a beck which runs through the centre of the village, St John the Baptist's Church and a Methodist church, a village hall and playing fields, a primary school, a pub and two caravan sites. It is within easy reach of Ripon and Harrogate (via the A61); Leeds and York are both less than an hour's drive away. Littlethorpe and Burton Leonard are the nearest villages.