It is situated approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north-west of Beverley town centre adjoining its northern border.The Yorkshire Coast railway line from Hull to Scarborough passes through the parish but the nearest station is Beverley.Molescroft is listed in the Domesday Book as in the Hundred of Sneculfcros in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[8] The Molescroft Inn is a late 18th-century public house that is now a Grade II listed building.Molescroft Pavilion is a community hall and events venue ran by the parish council and also sited on Woodhall Way playing fields.