Dishforth /ˈdɪʃfəθ/[2] is a village and civil parish in the former Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.

Dishforth translates from Old English as dic-ford; a ford by a dike or ditch.

[1] It is just north of Dishforth Airfield, which up until April 2016 was an Army Air Corps helicopter station.

The closest town is Boroughbridge 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south.

[7] The village has two pubs adjacent to one another; the Black Swan and the Crown Inn.