Akebar is a township and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about eight miles south of Richmond.

It was a village settlement even before the Viking invasion when James the Deacon, a disciple of St. Paulinus, established an early church at Akebar in the 7th century AD.

The Abbot and Monks of Jervaulx were well known for their excellent cheese, named Wensleydale, and famous for the breeding of horses of exceptional quality and bravery.

It is recorded that a large number of their brood mares were kept at the grange farms at Akebar.

The park is planning to remove nine holes from its golf course to provide land for 27 holiday homes.