Hawes
Hawes is a little market town as well as civil parish in Upper Wensleydale in the Richmondshire area of North Yorkshire, England, that was provided its market charter in 1699. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, Hawes is located at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales; the River Ure runs to the north of the town and is considered one of the honeypot visitor destinations of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is called the residence to the Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese. The population in 2011 was 887; the estimated population in 2016 was 893. The parish of Hawes additionally includes the adjoining 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 km) west of the county town of Northallerton. The Wensleydale Creamery is a significant producer of Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese. Defined by Reader's Digest as The Village That Refused to Die, Hawes has a very active charitable community group that looks for financing and uses the cash to re-open keep area facilities that were closing.
