Whitley | |
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![]() All Saints Whitley | |
Location within North Yorkshire | |
Population | 1,021 (2011 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SE561212 |
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Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GOOLE |
Postcode district | DN14 |
Dialling code | 01977 |
Police | North Yorkshire |
Fire | North Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
Whitley is a village in North Yorkshire, England, close to the Aire and Calder Navigation and the M62 motorway. The population of the village at the 2001 census was recorded as being 574,[2] which had risen to 1,021 by the time of the 2011 census.[1] In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to have risen again to 1,110.[3] It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974.[4] From 1974 to April 2023 it was in the Selby District of North Yorkshire.