Hawes

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Hawes is a small market town at the head of Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales. The Yorkshire Dales museum is based in the old railway station, and the Hawes Creamery is home to Wensleydale cheese.

Nearby attractions include Hardraw Force waterfall, and the Buttertubs Pass, which links Wensleydale to Swaledale. Further down the dale is Aysgarth Falls.

The River Ure runs through the town and the dale, which is one of the honeypot tourist attractions of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

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. It is well attended and organised, and grows year upon year.

The hill of Great Shunner Fell stands over the town.

The parish of Hawes also includes the neighbouring hamlet of Gayle.

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[The railway may eventually return here]

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