Unregistered land in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire (Yorkshire and The Humber) has 7,854 plots of land that are missing from the HM Land Registry index and score 50 or more on our 0–100 scale for how realistic a claim would be. 5,051 of them score 75 or more. That's around 9.8 for every 10 km², below the average for the Yorkshire and The Humber.

7,854plots scoring 50+
5,432next to homes (69%)
5,842under an acre (74%)

Where they are

Darker squares contain more plots scoring 50+. Exact plot locations are for members.

Towns and villages with the most

Northallerton71 plots
Pickering58 plots
Easingwold55 plots
Tadcaster47 plots
Woodlands46 plots
Oatlands43 plots
Romanby41 plots
Osgodby38 plots

Each plot is counted against its nearest named place.

What kind of land

The largest group is gaps within housing areas (40%).

Gaps within housing areas40%
Not labelled on maps32%
Woodland19%
Farmland and meadow4%
Scrub, rough grass and heath4%
Other (parks, sites, verges…)1%

Plot sizes

Under ¼ acre3,197
¼ to 1 acre2,645
1 to 2 acres662
Over 2 acres1,350
Watch out for: 1 are in Sites of Special Scientific Interest or nature reserves. We score these down, and members can see each one flagged on the map.

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Unregistered doesn’t mean unowned: much of this land has an owner who simply never registered it. Read how claims work before you act.

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