The village of Burneston is located within the county of North Yorkshire.
The Parish Church is called Burneston: St Lambert and serves the parish of Burneston and the benefice of Kirklington w Burneston and Wath and Pickhill and belongs to the diocese of West Yorkshire & The Dales.
Burneston is situated in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of the UK and is governed by Hambleton, council.
The village of Burneston is in the North Yorkshire CC region of North Yorkshire within Yorkshire and The Humber.