Hawes
Hawes is a tiny market community and also civil parish in Upper Wensleydale in the Richmondshire area of North Yorkshire, England, that was granted its market charter in 1699. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, Hawes is located ahead of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales; the River Ure goes to the north of the town and is considered among the honeypot tourist destinations 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 approximated population in 2016 was 893. The parish of Hawes also includes the neighbouring community of Gayle. The population of the complete parish 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 a very energetic charitable area group that seeks funding as well as uses the cash to re-open maintain area services that were shutting.
