| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 54.0433°N -1.708°W |
| Official Name: | Dacre |
| Population: | 764 |
| Civil Parish: | Dacre |
| Unitary England: | North Yorkshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | North Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Post Town: | HARROGATE |
| Postcode District: | HG3 |
| Postcode Area: | HG |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE192608 |
Dacre is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, it is 5 miles south of Pateley Bridge. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 658,[1] increasing to 764 at the 2011 Census.[2] The village is situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the River Nidd. Infrastructure of the village includes the Providence Chapel and an old single-room schoolhouse which is currently used for community events.
The largest settlement in the parish is Dacre Banks, on the River Nidd, where Holy Trinity Church is located.[3] The village of Dacre lies on higher ground a mile south of Dacre Banks.
The name Dacre is of Brittonic origin and derived from the element *dagr, meaning "tears, weeping" and semantically "damp, moisture, wetness, trickling" (c.f. Welsh dagr).[4] It shares its etymology with the identically named Dacre in Cumbria.