Danby is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2011 UK census, Danby parish had a population of 1,411, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,515. The statistician Karl Pearson spent a lot of time there. Danby is located within the North York Moors National Park and is home to the Moors National Park Centre. The civil parish includes Ainthorpe, Botton, Castleton, Commondale, Danby, Fryup and Westerdale.