Vale of Pickering

The Vale of Pickering is the flat area in North Yorkshire, England, between the North York Moors (to the north), and the Yorkshire Wolds (to the south). To the east the flat area extends to Scarborough, and to the west it merges with the Vale of York.

The Vale is drained by the Derwent, which rises on the North York Moors near Scarborough, but heads west, and then heads through Malton before eventually joining the River Ouse at York. The River Rye, a tributary of the Derwent, drains the western part of the Vale, coming out of Rye Dale. Places in or on the edge of the vale are Pickering, Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Easingwold, and Thornton le Dale.