Staintondale

Staintondale (or Stainton Dale) is a small village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated 7 mi north west of Scarborough town centre. The parish also includes the village of Ravenscar, 2 mi 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.