Helperby
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Coordinates: 54°07′20″N 1°19′42″W / 54.122200°N 1.328400°W
| Helperby | |
 Golden Lion on Main Street |
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 Helperby
Helperby shown within North Yorkshire |
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| Population | 510 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SE439698 |
| Civil parish | Helperby |
| District | Hambleton |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO61 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Thirsk and Malton |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Helperby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, about five miles west of Easingwold. Over the years it has joined on to Brafferton.
Helperby has a new Millennium hall, a post office, which has now changed hands and is a part time cafe now, a village shop known as "Nancy's" and a butcher's shop. There are two churches, a Church of England and a disused Methodist Chapel, which is now a house. In 2008 Helperby had a new pavilion at the football and cricket pitch.
The Hidden Gardens of Helperby are held in the village once a year. They are one of the prominent events in the village calendar with attendances sometimes in excess of 3000 attendees. People come from as far as Leeds and Hull for the occasion. Helperby Hidden Gardens have been going for nearly 30 years, making it one of the oldest hidden gardens events in Yorkshire, not to mention one of the largest. It is held on the first weekend in July
The film The Life and Crimes of William Palmer was filmed in the village in 1998.
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