| Cockayne | |
The hamlet includes a small church, and Bransdale Lodge |
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Cockayne
Cockayne shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | SE620984 |
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| Parish | Bransdale |
| District | Ryedale |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | YORK |
| Postcode district | YO62 |
| Dialling code | 01751 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Ryedale (2005) Thirsk and Malton (c.2009) |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Cockayne is a hamlet and ridge in North Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Bransdale, in the North York Moors national park, near the village of Chop Gate (3 miles, 5 km as the crow flies, though much further by road.) The nearest towns are Helmsley (9 miles, 14 km) and Kirkbymoorside (10 miles, 16 km.)
The Cleveland Way long distance footpath crosses the northern end of the ridge, reaching a summit of 441 m at Cockayne Head. The settlement, under the southern tip of the ridge, is a mere 225 m above sea level, according to the Ordnance Survey. Cockayne is at the head of Bransdale, a southward facing valley cut into the moors.
The hamlet is, with the exception of the Church and Glebe, entirely owned by the National Trust. The overwhelming part of the 1925 acre Bransdale estate was transferred to the National Trust through National Land Fund procedures in 1972 and comprises all the farmland and a small amount of woodland in the valley.