It is part of the City of York ward is called Dringhouses and Woodthorpe which covers an area of 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi) and had a population of 11,084 at the 2011 Census.

[2][3] It is a mixture of housing estates and large open spaces, with the East Coast main railway line running through the middle.

Five Neolithic stone axes provide the earliest evidence for human activity in the area of Dringhouses which is located on a ridge of glacial moraine running southwest from York that may have been used during the Bronze Age as a well-defined trade route.

[8][5] The Old Norse name from which Dringhouses is derived, indicates the villagers were the descendants of Halfdan, the Viking leader who had taken the area from the Angles and had shared the land among his warriors in 876.

[9] The free land of the Drengs became a Norman manor - ultimately owned by Archbishop Walter de Gray who granted it to his brother Robert in 1244 and thence to John, Lord Grey of Rotherfield.

[9] Though Dringhouses was within the parish of Holy Trinity Priory, Micklegate, it formed a separate manor and thus lay outside of the City of York.

[13] Goddards House and Garden in Dringhouses is a former home of the Terry family, famed chocolate makers.

During the early 17th century, accommodation was constructed to house plague victims on Hob Lane, leading to the Moor.

As of the 2019 local elections[update] it is represented by Liberal Democrat Councillors Stephen Fenton, Ashley Mason and Paula Widdowson.

[24] The 2011 census recorded the main areas of employment to be in the retail (15.7%), education (13.2%) and health and social work (11.8%) sectors.

Employment can be found in the Health Care centre as St Leonard's Hospice is next to York College.

Some employment can be found in the leisure sector, as two major chain hotels are located at the north end of Dringhouses on Tadcaster Road.

Amongst the birds that can be found here are meadow pipit, Eurasian skylark, whinchat, northern wheatear, yellow wagtail and merlin.

[30] Play areas can be found at Nelson's Lane, Heron Avenue (owned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation), Woodthorpe Green and Leeside.

First York operate several local bus services passing through Dringhouses the most frequent being the Acomb–City Centre and Foxwood–City–Monks Cross routes.

Chantry certificates of 1546 and 1548 record the existence of a chapel of ease dedicated to St Helen in Dringhouses.

[45][46] A Methodist chapel was built in Dringhouses in 1834 at the corner of Slingsby Grove and Tadcaster Road; Methodism having been introduced to the area in 1816.

[47] Dringhouses Scout Group is one of the largest in York and North Yorkshire and is home to over 220[48] young people between the ages of 6 and 17 years old.

Yorvik Explorer Scout Unit (14-17yrs) also meet at Dringhouses, providing activities for the oldest youth members.

Dringhouses Sports and Social Club on St Helens Road next to the railway lines, provide football and cricket teams to local leagues.

[51][52] In 2024, the chair of the cricket club and former 1st XI captain, Michael Kenyon, represented England at the over 70s World Cup.

In the First World War he commanded the 135th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery and was awarded the DSO and Italian Silver Medal.