North Duffield

North Duffield is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It lies about 7 km north-east of Selby and 11 mi south-east of York, on the A163 road from Selby to Market Weighton. The River Derwent forms the eastern boundary of the parish. It has an area of around 4081 ha (according to 2001 UK Census data). There are approximately 1,800 residents in the village, the majority of whom are aged between 30 and 50 years. The population at the 2011 Census was 1,317.

Overview
North Duffield is home to a Community Primary School, Methodist Church, village hall, village green, hairdressers, garage, the black cat rescue, park, shop, pub, Duck pond, many fields, and a bowls club.



There is an active North Duffield Conservation and local History Society, which in 2011 was funded by Lottery Funding. North Duffield has its own village football team, North Duffield Dragons, for children aged between 3 and 16. Menthorpe Gate railway station on the Selby to Driffield Line served the village from 1853 to 1953.

Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north-east to Thorganby with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,913.