Editing New Earswick (section)

==Community==

There is a local community centre, the Folk Hall, which hosts activities such as keep-fit, yoga, snooker, and a junior youth club. New Earswick has recreational facilities, including a swimming pool currently run by a charitable organisation, the Friends of New Earswick Swimming Pool, tennis courts and football, rugby and cricket pitches at the New Earswick Sports and Social Club. There were two open access play areas close to the Folk Hall, including a hard surface play area which have recently been bulldozed for a development of houses. There is a library based in the Integrated Children's Centre at the local primary school, a doctor's surgery and a range of shops, including two general stores, a pet shop and Post Office.<ref name="Village Information"/> As of 2017 the Post Office is situated within the Folk Hall.

The village has 36 allotments in two areas, Willow Bank and Sleeper Path.<ref name="Village Information"/>

In the 1960s, the Folk Hall was a live music venue featuring the likes of [[Procol Harum]] and [[Pink Floyd]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Procol Harum and Pink Floyd play New Earswick |url=http://mobile.yorkpress.co.uk/search/836876.Folk_hall_was_a_real_sixties_culture_club |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330034554/http://mobile.yorkpress.co.uk/search/836876.Folk_hall_was_a_real_sixties_culture_club/ |archivedate=30 March 2014 }}</ref>