Hampsthwaite is a large village and civil parish in Nidderdale in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.

It lies on the south bank of the River Nidd 5 miles (8 km) north west of Harrogate.

[2] In 1304, Edward I granted a charter to Hampsthwaite to hold an annual market and fair on the Feast of St Thomas the Martyr.

The ancient parish of Hampsthwaite covered a wide area, and included the townships of Birstwith, Felliscliffe, Menwith with Darley and Thornthwaite with Padside.

[4] Between 1875 and March 1951, the village had a station on the Nidd Valley Railway between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge.