Crakehall is a village and civil parish in the former Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of Bedale.

The village lies along the route of the A684 and is split into two parts by Bedale Beck, a tributary of the River Swale.

Records thereafter are unclear until mention of the manor being in the possession of the Place family in the early 18th century.

That part of the manor that was in Little Crakehall was held by the 'Crakehall' Family until the 14th century and it eventually passed to Christopher Conyers of Hornby whose descent it followed thereafter.

[5][6] On the Bedale Beck is the 17th-century Crakehall Mill, once owned by the Neville family of Middleham Castle.

[7] The Northallerton to Hawes branch line of the North Eastern Railway passes to the south of the village.

Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale 4.6 miles (7.4 km) to the east of the village.

The smaller settlements of Kirkbridge, Langthorne and Patrick Brompton all lie within a mile of the village.

The wider electoral ward had the greatest proportion of White British residents of any in the whole of England.

It was once the country seat of the Duke of Leeds, who lived at Kiveton Park in South Yorkshire.

[22] A Bronze Age round barrow, identified at grid reference SE235886 as a Tumulus and 540 m south-west of the Bay Horse Inn, is a scheduled ancient monument.