Nunthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England.

Towards the end of the 12th century a group of Cistercians nuns, allegedly evicted from nearby Hutton Lowcross for rowdy behaviour, were resettled at Thorpe having been given some land there belonging to Whitby Abbey, on which they built a priory and mill.

During the following centuries, Nunthorpe remained an agricultural community closely linked to the market towns of Stokesley and Ayton.

Nunthorpe was at that time registered as being in the North Riding of York, in the Parish of Great Ayton.

In 1853, Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway line opened, with a station at Nunthorpe and passenger services the following year.

Several important Middlesbrough industrialists chose Nunthorpe as their home and contributed to the development of the village.

In the 2023 local elections, the following members were returned to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council:[4] In the 2023 local elections, the following members were returned to Middlesbrough Borough Council:[5] Nunthorpe Hall is the ancient manor house in Nunthorpe village.

The main building is of dressed sandstone, with Lakeland slate roofs, with stone ridge copings.

[8] In 2005, Grey Towers Hall was refurbished into 12 apartments A parade of local shops can be found on Guisborough Road including a florist, pharmacy and post office with local newsagent Rookwood News found on nearby Rookwood Road.

Since September 2008, there has been a Sixth Form College located next to the secondary school, in collaboration with a campus in Teesville.