Staintondale


Staintondale is a small village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated north west of Scarborough town centre. The parish also includes the village of Ravenscar, north of the village of Staintondale, and the whole parish lies within the North York Moors National Park.
According to the 2011 UK census, Stainton Dale parish had a population of 341, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 319 - note these figures includes Ravenscar as well as Staintondale.
The parish council is Staintondale Parish Council.

History

Staintondale was historically a township in the ancient parish of Scalby. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.
The village was served by Staintondale railway station on the Scarborough and Whitby Railway from 1885 until it closed in 1965.