Hawkswick

{{short description|Hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.130920|-2.070910|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Hawkswick

| static_image = Hawkswick.jpg

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = Hawkswick

| population = 70

| civil_parish = Hawkswick

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster =

| post_town = SKIPTON

| postcode_district = BD23

| postcode_area = BD

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SD 954 705

}}

Hawkswick is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales, it lies in Littondale on the River Skirfare.

The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2012.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2012|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|accessdate=10 May 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|archivedate=13 January 2012}} There is a caravan park adjacent to the hamlet, south of the River Skirfare.{{cite web|url=https://greenwoodparks.net/caravan-parks/skipton-yorkshire-dales/littondale-caravan-sales/ |title=Littondale Country & Leisure Park |accessdate=12 June 2024}}

Hawkswick was historically a township in the ancient parish of Arncliffe, part of Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11218|title=Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales|date=1870|accessdate=24 May 2015}} Hawkswick became a separate civil parish in 1866.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10389537 Vision of Britain website] The parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.