Wombleton is a village and

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, England. It is situated just south from the main Thirsk to Scarborough road

A170 road The A170 is an A road in North Yorkshire, England that links Thirsk with Scarborough through Hambleton, Helmsley, Kirkbysmoorside, Pickering. The road is ; a single carriageway for almost its totality. The route has been in existence since pr ...

and to the west of Pickering. The village has one public house, the Plough Inn, which was renovated in 2012. It has retained its original character, serves food and holds village community events. The pub is situated on the eastern side of the village on the junction with Main Street and Page Lane. Further along Page Lane there is a playing field with a cricket ground, a tennis court and a children's playground. Wombleton also formed a football team for the start of the 2013–14 season and are currently in the Beckett League Division 1, after becoming the first team to win the 2nd division and 1st division in two consecutive seasons. They joined the York League Division Three in summer 2018. The village no longer has a chapel, but the Wombleton Parish Hall on Page Lane acts as the focal point for occasional religious services. It also holds regular village and community events. Approximately to the south of the village on the road to Harome, is the turning for an old RAF airfield

RAF Wombleton Royal Air Force Station Wombleton or RAF Wombleton is a former Royal Air Force station located east of Helmsley, North Yorkshire and north east of Easingwold, North Yorkshire, England. Station history Wombleton opened in 1943 as a sub-statio ...

. It is now a private airfield and the location of a popular caravan campsite. Also at the turning on the Harome road is a Second World War Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) memorial.

History

Wombleton is mentioned in the

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in 1086, and was then held by the

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. As late as 1831 Wombleton was still in the

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of St Peter's, York. Wombleton was a township in the ancient parish of Kirkdale. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. The parish was part of the

Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inha ...

district between 1974 and 2023.

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Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire {{ryedale-geo-stub