Hawes
Hawes is a tiny market town and civil parish in Upper Wensleydale in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, that was approved its market charter in 1699. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, Hawes lies at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales; the River Ure goes to the north of the town and also is considered one of the honeypot tourist attractions of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is referred to as the residence to the Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese. The population in 2011 was 887; the estimated population in 2016 was 893. The parish of Hawes likewise includes the neighbouring hamlet of Gayle. The population of the full church was 1,137 in 2011 as well as was approximated at 1,138 in 2016. Hawes is 31.2 miles (50.2 kilometres) west of the county town of Northallerton. The Wensleydale Creamery is a significant manufacturer of Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese. Described by Reader's Digest as The Village That Refused to Die, Hawes has an extremely energetic charitable community group that looks for financing and makes use of the money to re-open keep area services that were closing.
