Bellerby is situated 1.5miles north of the Market town of Leyburn, on the A6108, in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire. The village is at the end of Wensleydale, nestled in a dip amongst low hills and standing at 205 metres above sea level with an open south-easterly aspect. Above the village are gently rising fields and moorlands to the north and west.

Attractive becks are a feature of the village. Bellerby Beck rises from a spring half way up Moor Road; some of the output of the spring is used by the water board to feed raw water to a local reservoir. Mill Beck, which is diverted from Bellerby Beck, flows Levada style through the higher part of the village across the green before rushing down past the old Mill to unite with Bellerby Beck in Mill Lane to continue towards the east. Mill Beck is in fact the Mill race for the now residential Mill, and is crossed by some 45 bridges in its short journey.

Bellerby is also famous for its Duck population, loved by some, hated by others. With the proliferation of water in the village plus, several Hospitable residents with suitable gardens, our duck population continues to flourish bringing great pleasure to many residents and visitors alike.

While Bellerby is now a very attractive, hospitable village it has not always been so:-

'John Wesley had preached at Castle Bolton parish church in 1744, whilst on the way from Leeds to Newcastle, noted in his Journal that he was "much pleased with the serious behaviour of the congregation" and 20 years later sent Nicholas Manners into Wensleydale to carry on the good work.
Manners, alas, was stoned and roughly treated as he preached the Gospel at Bellerby - folk round there have a reputation for being rather kinder to ducks - but was made altogether more welcome at Castle Bolton where he stayed at the cottage of John Jackson, who made his living by carrying lead and coal by donkey.'