North Yorkshire Council

North Yorkshire Council is the Highway Authority for all roads in the Administrative County of North Yorkshire, with the exception of Trunk roads managed by National Highways.

It lies within the historic county of Yorkshire, across parts of all three Ridings.

It is a single-tier authority (at the district level), and in April 2023 replaced the abolished North Yorkshire County Council with the same boundaries.

Highway Maintenance

The Council, as Highway Authority, is responsible for some 9,000 kilometres of roads and their associated footways. Their highway network also includes some 2000 bridges and 45,000 streetlights.

Primary Destinations

The following Primary Destinations are located within the council area:

• Harrogate
• Ripon
• Scarborough
• Scotch Corner
• Selby
• Skipton
• Whitby

Trunk Roads

The following roads that run through the council area are at least partially Trunk Roads, and therefore managed by National Highways:

• M62
• A1(M)
• A1
• A19
• A64
• A168

Principal and Classified Numbered Roads

The following is a list of A and B classified roads that are at least partially managed by the council:

Route	From	To	Length
A19	Doncaster	Seaton Burn	124 miles	View
A56	Chester	Broughton	80.1 miles	View
A59	Liverpool	York	106 miles	View
A61	Derby	Thirsk	107 miles	View
A63	Leeds	Kingston-upon-Hull	60.7 miles	View
A64	Leeds	Scarborough	66.6 miles	View
A65	Leeds	Kendal	69 miles	View
A162	Darrington	Tadcaster	15.2 miles	View
A163	Barlby	Holme-on-Spalding-Moor	11.7 miles	View
A165	Hull	Burniston	49.6 miles	View
A166	Dunnington	Great Driffield	24.7 miles	View
A167	Topcliffe	Kenton Bar	65.6 miles	View
A168	Boston Spa	Northallerton	35.0 miles	View
A169	Old Malton	Newholm, Whitby	23.6 miles	View
A170	Thirsk	Scarborough	43.7 miles	View
A171	Scarborough	Teesport	48.1 miles	View
A172	Ingleby Arncliffe	Middlesbrough	16.7 miles	View
A173	Stokesley	Skelton	11.7 miles	View
A174	Thornaby on Tees	Whitby	34.4 miles	View
A629	Rotherham	Skipton	56.4 miles	View
A645	Crofton	Airmyn Grange	25.2 miles	View
A658	Bradford	Knaresborough	21.8 miles	View
A659	Tadcaster	Otley	22.1 miles	View
A661	Harrogate	Wetherby	8.4 miles	View
A682	Rawtenstall	Long Preston	27.7 miles	View
A684	Kendal	Osmotherley	67.1 miles	View
A687	Cantsfield	Ingleton	4.8 miles	View
A1039	Staxton	Filey By Pass (N)	7.8 miles	View
A1041	Selby	East Cowick	9.1 miles	View
A1238	Thorpe Willoughby	Selby	3.0 miles	View
A1246	Brotherton	Selby Fork	3.2 miles	View
A6040	Station Parade (S), Harrogate	Wetherby Road, Harrogate	0.68 miles	View
A6055	Knaresborough	Barton	34.8 miles	View
A6068	Kildwick	Shuttleworth Hall	19.2 miles	View
A6069	Inghey Bridge	Skibeden	3.7 miles	View
A6108	Scotch Corner	Ripon	35.8 miles	View
A6131	Low Snaygill	Low Skibeden	2.8 miles	View
A6136	Richmond	Catterick	9.3 miles	View
B1217	Towton	East Garforth(N)	5.2 miles	View
B1222	Fulford	Boot and Shoe	16.3 miles	View
B1223	Towton	Selby	10.9 miles	View
B1224	Kirk Deighton	York	12.7 miles	View
B1229	Flamborough	Reighton	6.9 miles	View
B1248	Cherry Burton	Malton	27.3 miles	View
B1249	Skipsea	Staxton	24.9 miles	View
B1253	North Grimston	Bridlington	21.7 miles	View
B1257	Old Malton	Stokesley	35.0 miles	View
B1258	West Knapton	Snainton	6.0 miles	View
B1261	Lebberston	East Ayton	7.7 miles	View
B1263	Scorton	Low Entercommon	6.7 miles	View
B1264	High Entercommon	Yarm	7.1 miles	View
B1266	Newton Mulgrave Moor	Mickleby	2.6 miles	View
B1292	Great Ayton(W)	Great Ayton	1.2 miles	View
B1333	Romanby	Northallerton	1.6 miles	View
B1363	York	Oswaldkirk	19.6 miles	View
B1364	Falsgrave Road	Peasholm Park	1.1 miles	View
B1365	Hemlington	Stokesley bypass	6.4 miles	View
B1410	Briggswath	Ruswarp	1.6 miles	View
B1415	Allerston	Ebberston	1.9 miles	View
B1416	Whitby	Low Moor	6.3 miles	View
B1427	Seamer Road	Filey Road	0.9 miles	View
B1447	High Hawkser	Robin Hood's Bay	2.5 miles	View
B1448	Gristhwaite	South Kilvington	3.9 miles	View
B1460	Newholm (SE)	Whitby	1.4 miles	View
B6160	Addingham	Aysgarth	33.0 miles	View
B6161	Pool-in-Wharfedale	Killinghall	9.8 miles	View
B6162	Beckwithshaw	Harrogate	2.3 miles	View
B6163	Knaresborough	Thistle Hill	1.4 miles	View
B6164	Knaresborough	Wetherby	6.8 miles	View
B6165	Knaresborough	Glasshouses	13.8 miles	View
B6172	Glusburn	Kildwick	0.38 miles	View
B6252	Barnoldswick	Thornton in Craven	2.2 miles	View
B6253	Hellifield	Ling Hill	0.5 miles	View
B6255	Ingleton	Hawes	16.2 miles	View
B6259	Sandford	Moorcock Inn, Garsdale	17.2 miles	View
B6265	Skipton	Green Hammerton	46.7 miles	View
B6265	Cottingley	Cross Hills	9.9 miles	View
B6267	Skipton on Swale	Low Burton	9.0 miles	View
B6268	Low Burton (E)	Bedale	4.8 miles	View
B6270	Downholme	Nateby	26.6 miles	View
B6271	Richmond	Northallerton	14.7 miles	View
B6272	Brompton-on-Swale	Catterick Bridge	0.5 miles	View
B6274	Staindrop	Richmond	14.4 miles	View
B6275	Barton Interchange	Royal Oak	10.3 miles	View
B6285	Burneston	Bedale	4.5 miles	View
B6451	Otley	Summerbridge	12.9 miles	View
B6478	Clitheroe	Long Preston	17.9 miles	View
B6479	Settle	Ribblehead	11.3 miles	View
B6480	Hornby(S)	Settle Bypass(S)	21.3 miles	View

Classified Unnumbered (Class III) Roads

Main Article: North Yorkshire Council (Class III roads)

For its Class III road network, the predecessor authority, North Yorkshire County Council used "C" prefixes that it shared with York Council. It is assumed that the new North Yorkshire Council will continue with the same numbering scheme.

Junctions

Main Article: North Yorkshire Council (Junctions)

Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings

Main Article: North Yorkshire Council (Crossings)

Links

North Yorkshire Council

• North Yorkshire County Council
• Transport and Streets
• Map of Areas and Agents