The village of Swainby is located within the county of North Yorkshire.
The Parish Church (a Grade II listed building) is called Whorlton: Holy Cross Swainby and serves the parish of Whorlton and the benefice of Whorlton w Carlton and Faceby and belongs to the diocese of York.
Swainby is situated in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of the UK and is governed by Hambleton, council.
The village of Swainby is in the North Yorkshire CC region of North Yorkshire within Yorkshire and The Humber.