Hawes
Hawes is a small market community as well as civil parish in Upper Wensleydale in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, that was granted 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 community and is considered as one of the honeypot tourist attractions of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is referred to as the home to the Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese. The population in 2011 was 887; the approximated population in 2016 was 893. The parish of Hawes also consists of the adjoining community of Gayle. The population of the full parish was 1,137 in 2011 and also was estimated 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. Defined by Reader's Digest as The Village That Refused to Die, Hawes has an extremely active charitable community group that looks for financing and also uses the cash to re-open maintain neighborhood amenities that were shutting.
