Pinchinthorpe
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Pinchinthorpe is a small hamlet near Guisborough
Guisborough
Guisborough is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England....

 in Redcar and Cleveland
Redcar and Cleveland
The borough of Redcar & Cleveland is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England consisting of Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, and small towns such as Brotton, Eston, Skelton and Loftus. It had a resident population of 139,132 in 2001, and is part of the Tees...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is a linear settlement spread along the A173
A173 road
The A173 is a major road in North Yorkshire, England. It runs from Stokesley to Skelton....

. The postcode is TS14 8HE.

Until 1951 Pinchinthorpe had a working railway station
Pinchinthorpe railway station
Pinchinthorpe railway station was a railway station on the Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway. It was opened on 25 February 1854 and closed in 1951, thirteen years before the rest of the Nunthorpe-Guisborough branch...

, on the line
Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway
The Middlesbrough & Guisborough Railway was a railway line serving the towns of Middlesbrough and Guisborough as well as areas of the Eston Hills in North Yorkshire from 1853 through to 1964.-The Beginning:...

 from Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

 to Guisborough. The village has four bus stops, two of which are not near any housing.

Pinchinthorpe is the starting point for the Guisborough Forest Walkway.

Pinchinthorpe Hall, an upmarket hotel, bistro and restaurant has its own microbrewery
Microbrewery
A microbrewery or craft brewer is a brewery which produces a limited amount of beer, and is associated by consumers with innovation and uniqueness....

 and bottling plant for mineral water.

There is a spring supply
Spring supply
A spring supply is a provision of piped mains water to a number of consumers direct from a natural spring. The usual system of gathering water in a reservoir, treating and piping it to consumers is therefore not necessary. Water rates are not usually payable. The hamlet of Pinchinthorpe in...

 for mains water from the nearby hills, meaning that there is no water rate payable by the residents.
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