| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Cottages at Arrathorne.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Cottages at Arrathorne |
| Coordinates: | 54.3348°N -1.6922°W |
| Official Name: | Arrathorne |
| Population Ref: | about 50 |
| Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Post Town: | BEDALE |
| Postcode District: | DL8 |
| Postcode Area: | DL |
| Dial Code: | 01677 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE201932 |
Arrathorne is a hamlet and civil parish in the former Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The settlement is 9km (06miles) south of Richmond, 9km (06miles) north-west of Bedale and 9km (06miles) east of Leyburn.[1] The name has been recorded variously as Ergthorn, Erchethorn, Erghethorn, Erethorn and Arrowthorne.[2] It means The Thornbush by the Shieling.[3] Historically, the hamlet was in the Parish of Patrick Brompton in the Wapentake of Hang East.[4]
The nearest city to Arrathorne is Ripon. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 61. The population in 2011 census was 90 with an estimated population of the same number in 2015.[5] It has neither pub nor public telephone box and is not on a bus route. The nearest bus stop is in Hunton, just over a mile away. The nearest national rail station on the East Coast Main Line is in Northallerton 18km (11miles) away.
There is one recorded descriptive gazetteer entry, in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, "Arrathorne, township, North-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NE. of Leyburn, 671 ac., pop. 62."[6]