Commondale is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England that lies within the North York Moors National Park.

Commondale
Commondale is located in North Yorkshire
Commondale
Commondale
Location within North Yorkshire
Population129 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ661105
Civil parish
  • Commondale
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWHITBY
Postcode districtYO21
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Yorkshire
54°29′09″N 0°58′49″W / 54.485700°N 0.980400°W / 54.485700; -0.980400

The village is served by Commondale railway station. It has a small pub called The Cleveland Inn.

Stained glass windows on the north-east side of Commondale church. Commondale was once a centre of brick-making and the church is unusual in being built in local brick rather than stone.

According to the 2011 UK census, Commondale parish had a population of 129,[1] the same as in the 2001 UK census.[2]

The village's name was also historically recorded as Colmandale or Colemandale.[3][4]

Commondale is also the home of the Cleveland County Scouts campsite known as Raven Gill Campsite. This is used by Scouts and other youth groups from all around the world. This provides a good trade for the village pub and also promotes good farming practice in the area.

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References

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  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Commondale Parish (1170217329)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ^ "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Commondale CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Commondale :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. ^ Young, George (1817). A History of Whitby, and Streoneshalh Abbey: With a Statistical Survey of the Vicinity to the Distance of Twenty-five Miles. Clark and Medd. p. 175.
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