Allerston is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) east of Pickering.

[2] During the 1930s, unemployed men were set to work in Dalby Forest, breaking ground, building tracks, and undertaking other heavy labour.

By 1938, the Ministry was operating 35 Instructional Centres across Britain, with a total capacity of over 6,000 places.

By 1939, though, unemployment was declining in the face of impending war, and the Ministry closed down its work camps.

At the bottom of the village is Ebberston railway station of the now-closed Forge Valley Line.