Oldstead is a village and a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, within the North York Moors National Park, off the A170 road between Thirsk and Helmsley, below the Hambleton Hills.

[3] Oldstead has one pub called the Black Swan,[4] which was awarded a Michelin star for the first time in the 2012 guide.

[5] It is currently the only restaurant in Yorkshire and the North East to hold the highly sought-after combination of four AA rosettes and a Michelin Star.

Oldstead has a moor called Oldstead Moor, a place of worship and an area called Scotch Corner (not to be confused with Scotch Corner Middleton Tyas),[1] reputed to be the site of the Battle of Old Byland in 1322.

At the corner are two buildings originally renovated from dilapidated barns during 1956/7 by the sculptor John Bunting, who dedicated the larger of the two buildings as a non-denominational war memorial chapel and decorated it with several of his sculptures and stained glass windows.