Scackleton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England.

The village is mentioned three times in the Domesday Book as Scacheldene or Scachelsey in the Bulford hundred.

Afterwards the lands were granted to Hugh, son of Baldric, Count Robert of Mortain and King William I.

[2] The village lies within the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency.

[3] There is a church built in the early 20th century dedicated to St George, the Martyr.