Hawes
Hawes is a tiny market town and also civil parish in Upper Wensleydale in the Richmondshire area of North Yorkshire, England, that was given 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 goes to the north of the town as well as is considered as one of the honeypot vacationer destinations of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is referred to as the house to the Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese. The population in 2011 was 887; the approximated population in 2016 was 893. The parish of Hawes additionally includes the adjoining hamlet of Gayle. The population of the complete church was 1,137 in 2011 and also 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 major manufacturer of Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese. Defined by Reader's Digest as The Village That Refused to Die, Hawes has an extremely energetic non-profit community group that looks for financing and also uses the money to re-open keep community facilities that were closing.
