Cockayne, North Yorkshire

Cockayne
The hamlet includes a small church, and Bransdale Lodge
Cockayne  Cockayne shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE620984
Civil parish	Bransdale
District	Ryedale
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	YORK
Postcode district	YO62
Dialling code	01751
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Ryedale (2005) Thirsk and Malton (c.2009)
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Coordinates: 54°22′41″N 1°02′42″W / 54.378°N 1.045°W / 54.378; -1.045

Cockayne is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Bransdale, in the North York Moors national park. The nearest towns are Helmsley (9 miles, 14 km) and Kirkbymoorside (10 miles, 16 km.)

The Cleveland Way long distance footpath crosses the northern end of Cockayne Ridge, which rises above the hamlet to the north, reaching a summit of 441 m at Cockayne Head. The settlement, under the southern tip of the ridge, is a mere 225 m above sea level, according to the Ordnance Survey. Cockayne is at the head of Bransdale, a southward facing valley cut into the moors.

Bransdale Lodge (or Cockayne Lodge) is a house built in the mid 19th century^[1] and once used by the Earl of Feversham as a shooting lodge.^[2] The small church of St Nicholas was built about 1800 as a chapel of ease in the ancient parish of Kirkby Moorside.^[3]

The hamlet is, with the exception of the Church and Glebe, entirely owned by the National Trust. The overwhelming part of the 1925 acre Bransdale estate was transferred to the National Trust through National Land Fund procedures in 1972 and comprises all the farmland and a small amount of woodland in the valley.

Stump Cross on Slape Wath Moor: heather moors overlook Cockayne

High Plantation: some of the hillsides are dedicated to timber production

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