Richmondshire

Richmondshire District
Non-metropolitan district
Coat of arms
Shown within North Yorkshire
Coordinates: 54°19′48″N 2°00′43″W / 54.330°N 2.012°W / 54.330; -2.012
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative county	North Yorkshire
Admin. HQ	Richmond
Government
• Type	Richmondshire District Council
• Leadership:	Alternative – Sec.31
• Executive:
• MPs:	Rishi Sunak
Area
• Total	509 sq mi (1,319 km2)
Population  (2021)
• Total	50,358
• Density	99/sq mi (38/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	36UE (ONS) E07000166 (GSS)
Ethnicity	97.0% White 1.5% S.Asian[1]
Website	richmondshire.gov.uk Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Richmondshire was a local government district of North Yorkshire, England, from 1974 to 2023. It covered a large northern area of the Yorkshire Dales including Swaledale and Arkengarthdale, Wensleydale and Coverdale, with the prominent Scot's Dyke and Scotch Corner along the centre. Teesdale lay to the north. With a total area of 1,319 km², it was larger than seven of the English ceremonial counties (namely, in decreasing order of size, the West Midlands, Merseyside, Tyne & Wear, Rutland, the Isle of Wight, Bristol, and the City of London).