Hawes
Hawes is a little market town and civil parish in Upper Wensleydale in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, that was provided 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 town and is considered one of the honeypot traveler destinations of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is known as the house to the Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese. The population in 2011 was 887; the estimated population in 2016 was 893. The parish of Hawes additionally consists of the adjoining community of Gayle. The population of the complete parish was 1,137 in 2011 and also was estimated 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 producer of Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese. Defined by Reader's Digest as The Village That Refused to Die, Hawes has a very active charitable area team that looks for financing as well as uses the cash to re-open maintain neighborhood features that were closing.