Newton under Roseberry is a village in the borough of

Redcar and Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a borough with unitary authority status in North Yorkshire, England. Its main settlements are Redcar, South Bank, Eston, Brotton, Guisborough, the Greater Eston part of Middlesbrough, Loftus, Saltburn and Skelton. Th ...

and the

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, England. It is on the A173, between

Great Ayton Great Ayton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. The River Leven (a tributary of the River Tees) flows through the village, which lies just north of the North York Moors. Etymology Great Ayton's ...

and

Guisborough Guisborough ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the North York Moors National Park. Roseberry Topping, midway between the town and Great Ayton, is a landmark i ...

and is close to the base of

Roseberry Topping Roseberry Topping is a distinctive hill in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Great Ayton and Newton under Roseberry. Its summit has a distinctive half-cone shape with a jagged cliff, which has led to many comparisons with the much h ...

. The village is situated near the edge of the

North York Moors National Park North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

, and also close to the border of Redcar and Cleveland with

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

and the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire.

In popular culture

A reference to Newton under Roseberry was featured in the folk-rock group

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's "Hat Trick" from the

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album. The exact lyric stanza is:

''Newton-Under-Roseberry-Topping
And it's cold and it's wet
And you feel like you're part of all time''

Religion

The Anglican church of St Oswald's is a

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listed building, with an

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carving.

References

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Villages in North Yorkshire Places in the Tees Valley Redcar and Cleveland Guisborough {{Redcar-geo-stub