Scotton and Lingerfield are two small villages that comprise one civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.
Scotton and Lingerfield lie approximately 3 miles (5 km) north of Harrogate, 1.2 miles (2 km) north west of Knaresborough and north of the River Nidd where it flows through Nidd Gorge.
Scotton village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as ‘Scotone’ and was listed as belonging to Gilbert Tison with only two households. Scotton was the home of Guy Fawkes during his teenage years, and the village has an annual, well-attended Bonfire Night celebration , where no Guy is burned. One of the old houses near the present-day church was the setting of a local folktale that the Gunpowder plot was concocted there; however there is no evidence of Fawkes visiting the village after 1603, which makes this tale extremely unlikely. The village also holds an annual summer fete called the Scotton Feast.
Scotton village has a pub (The Guy Fawkes Arms) a village hall, an Anglican Church (St. Thomas the Apostle) and a Methodist Church and Caravan park. Lingerfield has a primary school, Kingfisher Caravan Park and is the base for a host of local businesses.