Craven District

Craven
Non-metropolitan district
Logo of the Craven District
Shown within North Yorkshire
Coordinates: 53°57′N 2°01′W / 53.95°N 2.02°W / 53.95; -2.02
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Admin. HQ	Skipton
Government
• Type	Craven District Council
• Leadership:	Alternative – Sec.31
• Executive:
• MPs:	Julian Smith
Area
• Total	454.59 sq mi (1,177.39 km2)
Population  (2021)
• Total	57,090
• Density	130/sq mi (48/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	36UB (ONS) E07000163 (GSS)
Ethnicity	97.4% White 1.8% S.Asian (2011)[1]
Website	cravendc.gov.uk

Craven was a non-metropolitan district in the west of North Yorkshire, centred on the market town of Skipton. The name Craven is much older than the modern district and encompassed a larger area. This history is also reflected in the way the term is still commonly used, such as by the Church of England.

In its modern manifestation, from 1974 until 2023, Craven was a separate local government district, formed originally as the merger of Skipton urban district, Settle Rural District and most of Skipton Rural District; all were historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Since 1 April 2023, it has formed part of the new North Yorkshire Council unitary authority.^[2] The population of the Local Authority area at the 2011 Census was 55,409;^[1] it comprised the upper reaches of Airedale, Wharfedale, Ribblesdale, and includes most of the Aire Gap and Craven Basin.