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Thornton-le-Dale business & services directory
By Jon Cosson · Last checked
A plain, factual list of what is where in the village, checked against each business's own published details. Where a business does not publish a phone number or fixed hours, none is invented here, ring ahead or check their own page before travelling.
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Directory entries last checked 3 November 2026.
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Munch
Food & drink
Cafe in Thornton-le-Dale. Its shopfront sign lists sandwiches, savouries, cakes and coffee, and the window advertises takeaway.
Shona Marie's Hair Studio
Services
Hairdresser in Thornton-le-Dale. The hanging sign reads Shona Marie's Hair Studio and gives the telephone number 01751 476359.
· Phone: 01751 476359
Wardill Bros
Shops
Family-run general store, newsagent and post office, trading since 1856, and the North York Moors National Park Information Point. Groceries, hardware, DIY, solid fuel and gifts under one roof.
Address: The Square, Maltongate, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7LF · Phone: 01751 474335 · Post office: Monday to Saturday 7am to 6pm, Sunday 8am to 1pm, as shown on the Post Office branch finder; some services run at set times. The shop does not publish its own hours, so check before travelling.
Nisa Local
Shops
Independently owned convenience store on Pickering Road. Fresh produce, bread, milk, chilled and frozen food, household goods, beers, wines and spirits, with an internal cash machine, parcel collection and bill payment.
Address: 5 Pickering Road, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7LG · Phone: 01751 474275 · Monday to Saturday 7am–9pm, Sunday 8am–8pm, as published in August 2026
The Chocolate Factory
Food & drink
Handmade chocolates, bars and figures made on the premises since 2002 by the founding brothers; gluten-free, with sugar-free and dairy-free lines.
Address: The Square, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7RN · 10.30am to 5pm, seven days a week, 1 February to 31 December, as published on its own website
Gray's Emporium
Shops
Antiques, collectables and quirky finds spread through a village shop it is easy to lose half an hour in.
Address: Gray's Emporium, The Square, Maltongate, Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire YO18 7LF
The Buck Inn
Food & drink
Traditional village pub with home-cooked food, Yorkshire cask ales (Cask Marque accredited), a log burner and darts. Dog friendly; walled beer garden with an outdoor bar. Reopened under new management in 2026, with a new chef team from 30 September. Christmas menu from 18 November to 31 December 2026, booked through the website or by phone; a non-refundable deposit secures the table.
Address: Chestnut Avenue, Thornton-le-Dale, YO18 7RW · Phone: 01751 200300 · Opening times are on The Buck pub guide.
The New Inn
Food & drink
Grade II listed Georgian coaching house, late 18th century, according to its Grade II listing, at the village crossroads, with exposed beams, open fireplaces, a log fire in winter and a sunny courtyard beer garden in summer. Cask Marque ales rotate across three handpulls, and the homemade menu is served in the bar and garden. The restaurant seats 35; there are six en-suite letting rooms upstairs and a self-catering cottage. Dogs are welcome in the bar, beer garden and cottage.
Address: New Inn, Pickering Road, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering YO18 7LG
Lavenders Tea Rooms & Gifts
Food & drink
Tea rooms on the beck side overlooking the green, with a courtyard terrace, takeaways, gifts and a picnic-hamper service.
Address: The Square, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7RN
Baldersons Ice Cream Parlour
Food & drink
Homemade ice cream, made and sold in the village, and a separate business from the Baldersons bakery and cafe on the same street. Roadside collection. A cone eaten on a bench by the beck is the defining Thornton-le-Dale half-hour.
Address: Chestnut Avenue, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 · Phone: 07531 805640 · Open from March to October; closed over the winter. Daily hours vary, so check before travelling.
Baldersons Bakery, Cafe & Tea Garden
Food & drink
Bakery, sandwich bar, cafe and gift shop in one building on Chestnut Avenue. You take a table and order at the counter, and the food is brought out to you. There is an indoor room and a large tea garden at the back, part of it covered and heated, so it stays usable outside the summer. Breakfast and lunch, a substantial vegetarian choice, and a gluten-free menu. No fixed opening hours are published, so check before travelling.
Address: Chestnut Avenue, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7RW · Phone: 01751 474272
Stanley's Pet Store
Shops
An independent pet shop on the main street through the village, run by pet people and named after Stanley, the dog. Food, natural treats, British and eco-friendly beds, toys and accessories for dogs, cats, birds and small animals, which makes it the stop for anyone who has arrived with a dog and forgotten something. The shop posts its news and any changes to hours on its Facebook page.
Address: Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7RR · Winter hours from late October 2026, as posted on the shop's Facebook page: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 3pm, Tuesday closed, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm. Summer hours differ and include Tuesdays; check the Facebook page before a special journey.
Thornton Dale Fisheries Ltd
Food & drink
Traditional fish and chip shop operating as a takeaway; the sit-in restaurant is reported as no longer open. Check locally, opening hours vary.
Address: 2 Pickering Road, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7LG · Phone: 01751 474502
Pizzaland
Food & drink
The village takeaway on Pickering Road, open in the evenings for pizzas, kebabs, burgers, wraps, fried chicken and chicken parmesan, with delivery. Closed on Tuesdays. Its own ordering site also publishes an 01446 number alongside the local 01751 one, so check before you call.
Address: 4 Pickering Road, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7LG · Phone: 01751 798137 · 4pm to 11pm, six days a week; closed Tuesday, as published on its own websites (checked 15 October 2026)
Brandysnap Bistro
Food & drink
A small evening bistro on Whitbygate serving home-cooked food on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 6pm. Bookings are taken in person or by telephone only. The bistro states on its own website that brandysnapbistro.co.uk is its only online presence, that other sites claiming to be its social media or booking service are not connected to it, and that it will never ask for bank or card details to secure a booking.
Address: Whitbygate, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7RY · Phone: 01751 474732 · Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings from 6pm, as published on its own website
Mathewsons
Classic cars & cycling
Classic car and automobilia auctioneers of Bangers & Cash fame. Two separate sites about 1.5 miles apart. The Thornton-le-Dale Museum and Mathewsons gift shop are here at Roxby Garage in Thornton-le-Dale. The auction saleroom is at Unit 10, Enterprise Way, Thornton Road, Pickering, YO18 7NA; the auctions are not open to the public, and visitors can attend the six-day viewing period before a sale (£5 per person including a charity donation, correct at the time of writing). On weekdays during the viewing period Mathewsons runs a free coach between Thornton-le-Dale and the Pickering saleroom, with a third stop at the Eastgate bus stop outside the One Stop Shop in Pickering.
Address: Roxby Garage, Pickering Road, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7LH · Thornton-le-Dale site: open seven days a week, 9am to 4pm, and may close earlier on quiet winter days. Museum admission is £2.50 per person (checked with Mathewsons, November 2026).
Dalby Bike Barn
Classic cars & cycling
Cycle hire and bike servicing on Pickering Road in the village, handy for Dalby Forest a couple of miles up the road.
Address: 1 Pickering Road, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7LF · Monday 9.30am to 5pm; Tuesday and Wednesday 9.30am to 3pm; Thursday to Saturday 9.30am to 5pm; Sunday 10am to 4pm, as published on its own website
Thornton-le-Dale Village Hall
Community & amenities
Registered charity village hall run by volunteers, with a main hall, committee room, kitchen, toilets, garden and parking. Available for hire; bookings handled directly by the hall's own volunteers.
Address: Pickering Road, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7LG
Beckside Pharmacy
Services
The village pharmacy, beside the beck on Maltongate. The NHS lists NHS and paid flu jabs, COVID-19 jabs for those eligible, a travel clinic, blood pressure checks, contraception and emergency contraception, the New Medicine Service and a private consultation room. Closed on Thursdays and at weekends, so check before travelling.
Address: Beckside, Maltongate, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7RJ · Phone: 01751 476968 · Monday 9am to 6pm; Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9am to 5pm; closed Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, as shown on the NHS website (last confirmed by the NHS 13 September 2026)
Stonedale Surgery
Services
The village GP surgery, a branch of Pickering Medical Practice, on Whitbygate. Branch opening times are limited and differ from the main Pickering surgery, so ring the practice on 01751 471296 before travelling.
Address: 5 Whitbygate, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7RY · Phone: 01751 471296
Cedarbarn Farm Shop & Café
Food & drink
A working farm with a farm shop, its own butchery and deli, and a café with indoor and outdoor seating, on the Pickering road just outside the village. Pick-your-own fruit in season, a miniature railway and a fenced dog-walking field.
Address: Thornton Road, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7JX · Phone: 01751 475614 · Farm shop Monday to Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sunday and bank holidays 9am to 4pm. Café Monday to Saturday 9am to 4pm, Sunday and bank holidays 9am to 3pm
Café Bouchère
Food & drink
A café on Maltongate with a counter of croissants and bakes alongside hot sandwiches, soups and salads, and a seasonal menu. Open Wednesday to Sunday 9am to 4pm, with food until 3.30pm, and closed Monday and Tuesday, as published on its own website.
Address: Maltongate, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7RJ · Phone: 07594 767042 · Wednesday to Sunday 9am to 4pm; closed Monday and Tuesday
All Saints Church
Churches
The village parish church, Grade II* listed (Historic England list entry 1241098, designated 10 November 1953) and largely fourteenth century, standing on the hill above the A170 with its chancel rebuilt in the 1860s. Part of the Benefice of Moor & Dale. Communion is held on the second and fourth Sunday of each month at 11am, and the church is open to visitors; no opening hours are published.
Address: Church Hill, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire · Open to visitors; no opening hours published
Thornton Dale Methodist Church
Churches
The village Methodist chapel on Maltongate, in the Ryedale Methodist Circuit. No service times are published in the Methodist Church's own directory, so check with the circuit before travelling.
Address: Maltongate, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7RJ
St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn
Churches
A small church of Saxon foundation in the hamlet of Ellerburn, a short walk east of the village, Grade II* listed (Historic England list entry 1074194, designated 5 February 1986). A working parish church in the Benefice of Moor and Dale, open to visitors, with information boards inside about its protected Natterer's bat colony. Access and service times can change, so check A Church Near You before travelling.
Address: Ellerburn, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire
Known to be in the village, not yet listed
These are known or reported to exist in and around the village. Their details have not yet been checked against their own published information, so only the names appear here, and each will be listed properly once it has been. If you run one of them, please get in touch.
Clubs, societies and charities
- Thornton le Dale History Society
- Thornton-le-Dale Bridge Club
- Daoist Tai Chi
- a yoga group
- Guides, Brownies and Rainbows
- Poppies on the Green
- Thornton-le-Dale Sports Association
- Thornton-le-Dale Village Hub
Community and amenities
- Lady Lumley's Almshouse Trust
- Manthorpe Park playing field
Accommodation
- Overbrook Caravan Park
- The Grange Guest House
- Sands Farm Cottages
- Easthill Farm House
- High Oaks Grange
- Lumley Cottage
- The Cottage
Camping
- Low Farm Campsite, Ellerburn
- Prospect Farm Campsite
Shops
- Brambles Antiques
Essentials and services
Day-to-day essentials are covered in the village: the post office counter and cash machine at Wardill Bros, the National Park Information Point in the same shop, and the large pay-and-display car park off Maltongate. The village has its own GP surgery, Stonedale Surgery on Whitbygate, and a pharmacy, Beckside Pharmacy on Maltongate. The nearest supermarkets and dentists are two miles west in Pickering, which also has the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the castle.
Local dialling code is 01751, the post town is Pickering and the postcode area is YO18. For buses, parking, accessibility and journey times see getting here and visitor information. For the full village overview, start with the main Thornton-le-Dale guide.
This is an independent guide written by Jon Cosson. It is non-commercial, it carries no advertising or paid listings, and entries are chosen editorially, with details published only when they can be checked against the business's own published information. See also where to stay and allerston.org for the neighbouring village.