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Malton has a population of 4000 plus, and has been the historic centre of Ryedale since Roman times. North of the Roman fort site, is the original town of Old Malton, with ancient stone houses and quaint dwellings in the centre of which stands the most beautiful Gilbertine Priory in use in England - St Mary's. The building of a Norman Castle near to the river crossing encouraged the growth of a second town, the modern day Malton. Over the river and joining Malton is Norton on Derwent. The two towns are really one but the locals have a keen sense of locality with both insisting they come from either Malton or Norton. Much building has taken place in the last one hundred years, mostly residential, but many old shops and houses in the town centre have been demolished to build new shops. The visible difference can be seen in a selection of photos from 1910 and 1999

Hands off our Car Parking Spaces
Help save the trading heritage of our town

Malton has been a trading town since Roman days so why in the early 2000s are the council  intent on closing down the trade by getting rid of most of the car parking. Please read on and help if you can by filling in the survey which addresses their latest idiotic idea

Malton has been a trading town since Roman days so why in the early 2000s are the council  intent on closing down the trade by getting rid of most of the car parking. Please read on and help if you can by filling in the survey which addresses their latest idiotic idea

On 29 July 2010 Ryedale District Council will consider a resolution to sell Wentworth Street Car Park and other surrounding land and buildings for development as a supermarket.

The purpose of this resolution is to raise money while the council sits on a relative fortune. There are no debts to repay.

It is likely that Community House (home of Ryedale Voluntary Action, CAB and Red Cross), Ryedale in Touch centre, the Malton Scout & Guide Centre, The Rifle Club and the public toilets will be closed or relocated. 

Despite promises by developers to retain or increase the total car park provision, it is likely that the Livestock Market Vehicle parking and all day parking will be lost. How will the council control the supermarket parking arrangements (and penalties for overstaying your welcome) alter sale. Developers tend to have experts who can run rings round Planning Decisions and Council Planning Departments. Control by this method is unlikely to succeed. 

What is the prospect of the rest of the town centre becoming a ghost town'? 

What about the additional traffic? How much will this development add to the already high traffic flows through Malton? 

If you accept these or other arguments against this proposed sale please add your signature below. 

To take part in a survey and register your views, please click here to try and stop this stupid idea

Pedestrian Area  -   Your verdict,  4-1 against

A councillor at Ryedale Council, his name is withheld to deny him unnecessary publicity, wants to deny you the convenience of parking in the market place by getting rid of over 60 car parking spaces to create a pedestrian area. This is a loss of 10% of the total parking space in the town. See the strategy report below. Please help Malton traders by letting these loonies know what you think to this stupid  idea. Don't forget, we need more car parking places to survive, not less. If these councillors want a pedestrian area, I suggest Ryedale House car park and then we can see how they like walking in the January snow from the Wentworth street car park to council chamber, that is assuming they have not got rid of Wentworth Street C/P as well. Please, Please continue to visit our shops in Malton and the rest of our Ryedale towns, and if we can get these madcap councillors to listen, we will do what we can to make your visit as easy as possible. 
Please vote 'NO'.
Vote 'Yes' and help close another shop .....................Result : 189 against   48 for..

The vote has now finished and the result could not have been clearer. 189 against and only 48 for. You would have to be a councilor to believe there was a consensus for the development. Please let your councilor know what you think of the idea, and help Malton remain a trading town. Do not let them turn us into a rustic curio. 

 

A Strategy for Malton Town Centre
WSP Group and Atisreal Report for Ryedale District Council and Yorkshire Forward.

The council have been at it again. Spending your money, asking a London based company what should happen to our town. The report has been presented to Ryedale Council and Yorkshire forward and they should keep it. The observations of our little town, by the London firm, are excellent, BUT their conclusion beggars belief. Getting rid of over 40 car parking spaces in the market place will only chase off the very pedestrians needed to fill the trendy pedestrian terraces that will replace the car park spaces. That's only the start, so please download the PDF file below (sorry about the size), take the time to read it, and then let the council or this web site know what you think. I know we can't compare Malton directly with Monks Cross, but I bet they are not thinking of getting rid of one parking space.  Don't be complacent, these people are messing about with our town and if we don't act now they will ride rough shod over the lot of us.

(Download PDF) - Strategy for Malton         Email - ryedale.co.uk             Email - The Council 

 
The Kings Head, 
The Talbot Hotel
The Crosskeys
The Royal Oak
The Wentworth Arms
Suddabys 
Malton Relish 
Massers Camera Shop
Fine Food Theatre
Malton & Norton 
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ARC Electrical
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Carousel Games
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Quasar Design
TCE Design
Whin Moor Farm Cottage
Ian Brown Tyres
Malton Laser Precision Sheet
Metal Work
Yorkshire Rally Spares
Community Web Site
The Technology Shop - Malton
Scothern Construction Ltd

 


Malton Station - A Brief History

Malton & Norton Heritage Society
The  Malton Show Web Site
Firestation Pre-School
Malton History
Malton's Pubs through the ages
Friends of Malton Museum
Click here for a trip down the A64
Malton Museum

 

THE HANDY MAG

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  • The town was bypassed in the eighties, and the loss of through traffic had an instant and beneficial effect on the town. No more five mile hold-ups so the locals came to shop in the town much easier.

  • Alongside Farming, brewing is a traditional Malton industry. At one time nine breweries flourished below the main street to the Derwent, now only one,' Malton Brewery Company' survives. At one time it was said that you could see two pubs from any point in the town.

  • The neighboring town of Norton is famous as a centre for training racehorses. Thoroughbreds are often seen on their way to and from the gallops on Langton Wold.

  • Around 2000 years ago, the Romans built a fort where Malton now stands and many of the artifacts found at the site can be seen in Malton Museum, situated in the town square.

  • Parking can be found at the Wentworth Street Park & Railway Street Park. There is a fee as usual.

  • Malton School : NEW WEB SITE : Middlecave, Malton, YO17 7NH : Tel: 01653 696871

  • Malton County Primary : Highfield Road : Tel : 016532582

  • Malton Citizens Advice Bureau, Community House, Wentworth StreetTel:  01653692740

  • Norton College : Langton Road : Tel 01653693296

  • Norton County Primary : Grove Street : Tel : 01653692104

  • Old Malton  Photos of the village

  • Malton Hospital : Tel : 01653693041

  • Malton Tourist Information Centre Tel : 01653600048

  • Post Office : Inside the CO-OP in Wheelgate.

  • Public Library : St Michaels Street.

  • Wentworth Street Car Park: North West edge of town.

  • Market Square Car Park : In the centre of town

  • Water Lane Car Park : Next to the river, entry down Railway Street

  • Road Side Parking : Plenty, some with restrictions.

  • Street Map of Malton

  • Area map

  • Suddabys Crown Hotel  Real pub serving real ale

Shops to let in Malton

 

What's going on in the business Community
www.maltonandnorton.com 

Photos by Nick Fletcher 

Parking in Ryedale Take a look at the Parking problems in Ryedale..

Malton Squash Club
Malton Motor Club

St Michaels

St Leonards

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Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

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