Little Ayton

{{short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

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

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

{{infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = A Tight Fit - Narrow street in Little Ayton - geograph.org.uk - 1329777.jpg

| static_image_caption = Street in Little Ayton

| coordinates = {{coord|54.4842|-1.1226|type:city(50)_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Little Ayton

| population =

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton

| post_town = Great Ayton

| postcode_district = TS9

| postcode_area = TS

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = NZ569102

}}

Little Ayton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 93 Middlesbrough (Darlington & Hartlepool)|isbn= 9780319228777 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2010}} and lies immediately south of Great Ayton. The population of this civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Easby, Hambleton.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Captain Cook's Monument, a stone obelisk is above the village, within the civil parish, on Easby Moor.