Dalton-on-Tees is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, near the boundary with Durham. According to the 2001 Census there were 318 people living in the parish (including Eryholme) in 120 houses. The population had decreased to 303 by the time of the 2011 Census. Dalton-on-Tees is served by the Number 72 public bus between Darlington and Northallerton, and on school days, the Number 466R between Croft-on-Tees and Richmond School. The village has a series of moats, which have been identified as a fishpond complex which dates back to Medieval times.