About Us

The Parish

The Parish of St. Leonard & St Mary covers about 200 square miles of Southern Ryedale. The parish is at the geographical centre of the Middlesbrough Diocese. It is based on the adjacent towns of Malton and Norton-on-Derwent  and includes over 40 villages and hamlets.

The neighbouring Catholic parishes are Scarborough (St George), Filey, Driffield, Pocklington, York (St Aelred and St. Paulinus), Haxby, Easingwold, Ampleforth, and Pickering.

As a parish community we are committed to ecumenical partnership with the churches of Ryedale.

The Parish has a Primary School, St. Mary’s RC Primary School, with 100 children. The majority of children of secondary school age travel daily to All Saints School in York.  Some others attend Ampleforth College.

Finding Us

The Church of St Leonard & St Mary is situated in the centre of Malton, close to the intersection of the B1257 and the B1248. The church sits on a one-way street that can be accessed by car from Old Maltongate and on foot from Castlegate. Visitor parking is available behind the church.