North Yorkshire is a
non-metropolitan county within the region of
Yorkshire and the Humber in
England in the
United Kingdom . It is divided into the districts of
Craven ,
Hambleton ,
Harrogate ,
Richmondshire ,
Ryedale ,
Scarborough and
Selby .
Contained within its boundaries are the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales , two of eleven areas of countryside within England and Wales to be officially designated as a National park . The highest point is Whernside , on the Cumbrian border, at 2414 feet (736 metres).
The county was formed in 1974 , and covers most of the lands of the traditional North Riding , as well as the northern half of the West Riding and the northern and eastern fringes of the traditional East Riding . York became a unitary authority independent of North Yorkshire on 1 April 1996 , and at the same time Middlesbrough , Redcar and Cleveland and areas of Stockton-on-Tees south of the river became part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes , having been part of Cleveland from 1974 to 1996, and the North Riding before.
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