North Duffield is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the Selby District

Selby (district)

Selby is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. The local authority, Selby District Council, is based in the town of Selby and provides services to an area which includes Tadcaster and a host of villages....

 of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

England

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. It lies about 7 km northeast of Selby

Selby

Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby local government district.Historically a part of the West Riding...

 on the A163 road from Selby to Market Weighton

Market Weighton

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. The River Derwent

River Derwent, Yorkshire

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forms the eastern boundary of the parish.
It has an area of around 4081 hectares (according to 2001 UK Census data http://www3.northyorks.gov.uk/census2001/ward_pdf/Selby/north-duffield.pdf). There are approximately 1800 residents in the village, the majority of whom are aged between 30 and 50 years.

North Duffield is home to a Community Primary School, Methodist Church, village hall, village green, hairdressers, garage, the black cat rescue, park, shop, pub, Duck pond, lots of fields, and a bowls club.