Welcome to Ryedale

Life is about more than work, eat, sleep and work.  Ryedale is a beautiful part of North Yorkshire with lots of places to go and things to see. 

Libraries

A good place to start is your local library.  There are libraries in Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton and Pickering.  Libraries are run by North Yorkshire County Council and you can:

For opening times go to www.northyorks.gov.uk/libraries or phone 0845 872 7374.

Tourist Information Centres

There are Tourist Information Centres in Helmsley, Malton, Pickering, and Sutton Bank.  They can tell you about places to visit and where to go for a day out.  For opening times go to:

www.ryedale.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/tourism_and_travel/

Leisure

You can visit www.ryedale.gov.uk for information about local leisure centres. 

For local shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants, look in ‘Yellow Pages’ or www.yell.com

Other sources of information are:

• the local newspapers, the ‘Gazette and Herald’ and the ‘Malton and Pickering Mercury’, both published weekly on Wednesday.
• BBC Radio York and Minster FM.

Shopping

The district of Ryedale has four market towns, all of which hold weekly markets where you can buy fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, cheese, fish, flowers, clothes, toiletries and many other items.  Market prices tend to be cheaper than supermarket prices. 

Markets are held on the following days:

• Malton -  Saturday
• Pickering – Monday
• Helmsley - Friday
• Kirkbymoorside - Wednesday

Malton has a Farmers Market on the last Saturday of every month. 

Some of the market towns still operate half day closing, and some of the smaller shops and businesses may be closed on the following days:

• Malton – Thursday
• Kirkbymoorside – Thursday

In all towns and villages, some shops may not be open on a Sunday.  Most larger supermarkets (Morrisons in Malton, Tesco in Thirsk, Co-op in Pickering) open on a Sunday from 11am to 4pm. 

As well as commercial shops in the towns, most market towns have charity shops.  These are shops which get their goods for sale from local people and where the income from sales supports a good cause, such as the local hospital, or a charity, such as Oxfam or Help the Aged.  These shops are a good source of clothes, furniture and household goods and all goods are reasonably priced.  

Local Churches

Roman Catholic

• Malton St Leonard and St Mary, Church Hill (the Church with the spire and on the hill)
• Pickering, St Joseph’s
• Kirkbymoorside, St. Chad’s Catholic Church  
• Helmsley, St Mary’s
• Ampleforth, Our Lady and St Benedict

Church of England Churches

• Malton  - St Mary’ s Priory, Town Street, Old Malton 
• Malton – St Michael, Market Place
• Norton – St Peter, Langton Road
• Pickering  – The Church with the spire
• Helmsley – Market Place
• Kirkbymoorside – Market Place

Other Denominations 

• Malton Methodist Church Tel: 01653 692173 
• Helmsley Methodist Church Tel: 01439 770300  
• Pickering Methodist Circuit Tel: 01751 472810  
• Norton Trinity Methodist Church Tel: 01653 692504
• Rillington Westgate Methodist Church Tel: 01653 692504  
• Friends (Quaker) Meeting House (Kirkbymoorside) Tel: 01751 431054  
• Friends (Quaker) Meeting House (Pickering) Tel: 01751 472827
• Friends (Quaker) Meeting House (Malton) Tel: 01653 658574
• Elim Pentecostal Tel: 01653 698087
• Malton Baptist Church Tel: 01653 696023

Most villages have a Church or other Place of Worship, but they may not have services every week. They will have a notice board listing when services are held.

Ryedale Hate Incident Reporting Centres

Part of ‘feeling at home’ is knowing you are safe in the place you have chosen to live and work.  No one should suffer because they have a different sexuality, race, or come from a different country.  If you have been attacked, called names, or your property has been damaged because of your race, religion, sexuality, gender, disability or age, we want you to tell us.  We understand that some people might feel uncomfortable about going to the police, so we have set up some other centres in the community where you can come and tell us privately what has happened to you. 

These centres are called Hate Incident Reporting Centres and here is the full list:

Helmsley:                  

• Helmsley Library

Kirkbymoorside:     

• Kirkbymoorside Library

Malton:                       

• Ryedale Voluntary Action
• Ryedale District Council
• Ryedale Citizens Advice Bureau
• Cauwood Adult and Community Services
• Scarborough and Ryedale Tenancy Support (Stonham Housing)
• Malton Library
• Ryedale Housing Association

Norton:                       

• Norton Library

Pickering:                  

• Wilf Ward Family Trust
• Pickering Library

Get involved!

Would you like to get involved with the BME Project?  You could help to publicise the project and this blog, offer your services as a volunteer interpreter/translator, or come to meetings of the ‘Ryedale Together’ group, which oversees the project.  Ryedale Together meets about 5 or 6 times a year to discuss the project and plan for future activites, and it would be great to see you there!  Leave a reply below if you’d like more information. 

Get in touch with us!

If you have any questions that are not answered here, or you would like help in organising a meeting or trip for your community, or would like to tell us about your leisure experiences in Ryedale, do leave a message below!