Hawes
Hawes is a small market town and also civil parish in Upper Wensleydale in the Richmondshire area of North Yorkshire, England, that was approved 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 among the honeypot tourist attractions of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is known as the residence to the Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese. The population in 2011 was 887; the estimated population in 2016 was 893. The parish of Hawes also consists of the adjoining community of Gayle. The population of the full parish was 1,137 in 2011 and 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. Described by Reader's Digest as The Village That Refused to Die, Hawes has an extremely energetic non-profit community group that looks for financing as well as uses the money to re-open maintain community amenities that were closing.