Thornton Steward is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, near Wensleydale, with a population of 100–200, measured at 199 in the 2011 Census.

[2] The village is very similar to the others that dot Wensleydale, but Thornton Steward has a reservoir owned by Yorkshire Water.

[5] The church was subject to Channel 4's show Time Team, where they found remains of a communion of monks.

The village was also featured in the British television series All Creatures Great and Small, in the episode "If Wishes Were Horses".

It is situated in between the towns of Leyburn and Bedale, and is near to several tourist attractions such as Thorp Perrow Arboretum and the Green Howards regimental exhibition.