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Hawes
Hawes Main Street
Hawes shown within North Yorkshire
Population	1,180
OS grid reference	SD868898
District	Richmondshire
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAWES
Postcode district	DL8
Dialling code	01969
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Richmond
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°18′14″N 2°12′08″W / 54.3039, -2.2021

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Hawes is a small market town in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. Market town or market right is a legal term originating in the Medieval period for a European settlement that has the right to hold Markets Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Located at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, the River Ure runs through the town and the dale which is one of the honeypot tourist attractions of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Wensleydale is the Valley (dale of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England. The Yorkshire Dales (also known as The Dales) is the name given to an upland area in Northern England. The River Ure is a river in North Yorkshire, England. It is the principal river of Wensleydale, which is the only one of the famous Yorkshire In Geography, a honeypot is a particularly popular Visitor attraction within a managed tourist area such as a National park. The parish of Hawes also includes the neighbouring hamlet of Gayle. A parish is a Local church; it is an administrative unit typically found in episcopal or presbyterian churches A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village. Gayle is a hamlet sited a mile south of Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. The hill of Great Shunner Fell stands over the town. Great Shunner Fell is the third highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England, and the highest point in Wensleydale

The town is famous as being the home of Wensleydale cheese at the Hawes Creamery. Wensleydale cheese is a Cheese produced in the town of Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. Other local tourist attractions include the Dales Countryside Museum, based in the old Hawes railway station of the Wensleydale Railway; nearby Hardraw Force waterfall; and the Buttertubs Pass, which links Wensleydale to Swaledale. The Dales Countryside Museum is a local Museum for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. Hawes railway station was a Railway station that served the town of Hawes in North Yorkshire, England. Line history Origins The original line between Northallerton and Garsdale was opened in stages Northallerton to Leeming Bar (in 1848 Leeming Bar to Bedale (in Hardraw Force ( OS grid ref) is a Waterfall on the Hardraw Beck in a wooded Ravine just outside the hamlet of Hardraw at the foot The Buttertubs Pass is a high road in the Yorkshire Dales, England. Swaledale is one of the northernmost dales in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. Further down the dale is Aysgarth Falls. Aysgarth Falls are a triple flight of Waterfalls carved out by the River Ure over an almost a one-mile stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the

As well as a regular market, there are many shops, pubs and tearooms. The Hawes Promotion/Relegation party for fans of Sunderland AFC takes place there every summer. Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional Association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, which plays in It is well attended and organised, and grows year upon year.

Hawes is at the centre of great walking (hiking) country and The Pennine Way (the UK's first National Trail) passes through. The Pennine Way is a National Trail in England. The trail runs 429 kilometres (268 mi from Edale, in the northern Derbyshire

Geography

nearest neighbours:

	North: Kirkby Stephen
West: Sedbergh	Hawes	East: Leyburn
	South: Settle

External links

Kirkby Stephen is a small market town in Cumbria, in the north-west of England. Sedbergh (pronounced Sedber or even by the locals Sebber) is a small town in Cumbria, England. Leyburn is a small market town in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England. Settle is a small Market town within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

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