| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 54.0151°N -1.398°W |
| Label Position: | left |
| Official Name: | Flaxby |
| Static Image Name: | Flaxby=Geograph-1027090-by-Gordon-Hatton.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Flaxby |
| Population: | 156 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Civil Parish: | Flaxby |
| Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Post Town: | KNARESBOROUGH |
| Postcode District: | HG5 |
| Postcode Area: | HG |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE395578 |
Flaxby is a village and civil parish in the former Harrogate District of North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A1(M) motorway and 2miles east of Knaresborough.[2] Flaxby was once part of the wapentake of Claro.[3] It is also part of the ecclesiastical parish of Goldsborough (St Mary).[4]
In 1994, an Early Iron Age farmstead of the 7th–6th centuries BC was discovered by archaeologists, but the site was abandoned until the late Roman period.[5]
Proposals have been put forward to develop the land to the east of Flaxby, north of the A59 road and west of the A1(M) motorway into a new town called Flaxby Park. The developers have announced their intention to build 2,500 - 3,000 homes on of land that would also see a primary school, a medical centre, leisure facilities and numerous shops and bars.[6] The development would also include a bus park and ride system with the possibility of a new railway station on the York to Harrogate line. A railway station has already been proposed at Flaxby Moor (south of the A59) but in 2014, a feasibility study of new stations predicted a low demand of passenger numbers from a new station on the line.[7] [8]
In 2017, Harrogate Borough Council opted to put forward a housing scheme at nearby Cattal called Maltkiln, instead of the development at Flaxby.[9]
Modular house-builder Ilke Homes built a factory at Flaxby which was opened by Communities Secretary James Brokenshire in December 2018.[10] [11] The factory was closed in June 2023[12] just before the company went into administration with the loss of over 1,100 jobs.[13] [14] [15]