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Around Hawes and Wensleydale. |
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Hawes, Gayle Beck |
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Hawes is a small, traditional Yorkshire Dales market town. Near the head of Wensleydale, one of the prettiest dales, it is a thriving centre for sheep and dairy farming, cheese making, and livestock sales. A stopover for walkers on the Pennine Way long-distance footpath and a busy general tourist centre, Hawes is a very popular destination. It has plentiful parking, accommodation and places to visit, in town and roundabouts. The Dales Countryside Museum, Wensleydale Creamery (famous cheese makers), Hawes Ropemakers and the Courtyard Gallery (working water colourist’s studio) are among the most popular town attractions.
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The rolling fells and a barn in every meadow, in this soft, limestone Wensleydale scenery . |
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Accommodation
There are many small hotels, holiday cottages, B&Bs and caravan / campsites in and around Hawes.
See www.wensleydale.org for inspected serviced accommodation.
Also B&B at South View, Gayle Lane, used to crafters! Tel 01969 667447 Hawes Youth Hostel 01969 667368 -
Excellent caravan/campsite 01969 667354 and more at - ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/townlisting.asp?town=Hawes
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Nearby there are many other attractions. Hardraw Force, a couple of easy miles’ stroll across the River Ure and through the meadows, is the highest unbroken waterfall in England. A 2 hour walk will find Semer Water, a quiet and legendary lake nestling in the fells. And to climb the fells you don’t need to leave Hawes - in different directions you’ll find Stags Fell and Wether Fell; Dodd Fell on the Pennine Way lies to the south, and that trail north from Hawes climbs Great Shunner Fell before leading down into Swaledale with one of the best views in all of England. |
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THINGS TO DO
Yorkshire Dales National Park Tel 0870 1 666 333
Tourist Information Hawes 01969 667450 Aysgarth 01969 663424 Leyburn 01969 623069
The Pennine Way
GETTING AROUND
Public Transport Information - Tel: 0870 608 2 608
THE WENSLEYDALE RAILWAY www.wensleydalerailway.com , or Tel 08454 50 54 74
And THE SETTLE - CARLISLE LINE
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Around & About
White Rose Candles, Wensley. 01969 623544 www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/craftgde/whiterosecandles
Bainside Arts Barn, Bainbridge. 01969 650070
The Cat Pottery, West Burton. 01969 663273
The Little Chocolate Shop, Leyburn. 01969 625288 www.thelittlechocolateshop.co.uk
The Forbidden Corner (Tickets from Leyburn T.I. or 01969 640638 / 640687 www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/theforbiddencorner
Thorp Perrow, Arboretum, Woodland Garden, Birds of Prey, Bedale, 01677 425323 www.thorpperrow.com
And HAWES is less than an hour’s drive from the Lake District.
Friends of the Lake District -
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