Aldwark is a village and civil parish in the former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England.

[1] The name derives from the Old Saxon, ald weorc, meaning Old Fort and probably refers to the Roman fort guarding the ferry crossing on the old Roman road to York that passed through here.

[2][3] The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Adewera and belonged to Ligulf in the Bulford Hundred.

[1] The village is located on the east bank of the River Ure of about 2,236 acres in size.

[11] The village is the location for the Aldwark Manor Golf Club and Spa Hotel and Rising Sun Fisheries.

[14] St Stephen's Church, Aldwark, is a quirky design by the Victorian architect Edward Buckton Lamb.