Hawes
Hawes is a tiny market community and 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 runs to the north of the town and is regarded as among the honeypot visitor 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 likewise consists of the neighbouring community of Gayle. The population of the full church was 1,137 in 2011 as well as 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 major manufacturer of Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese. Explained by Reader's Digest as The Village That Refused to Die, Hawes has an extremely active charitable area team that seeks financing and also makes use of the cash to re-open maintain community amenities that were closing.
