Hawes

Hawes, known as the capital of Upper Wensleydale, is a busy market town. Here you can visit the Dales Countryside Museum, as well as the famous
Wensleydale Creamery.

The fascinating Outhwaite Ropemakers factory is open to visitors on Monday to Friday (free admission).

The hamlet of Hardraw is a level, 1½ mile walk (or take the Little White Bus) from Hawes where, behind the Green Dragon Inn, you can access the steep, wooded gorge that contains Hardraw Force, England’s highest single drop waterfall.

Little White Bus provide a daily minibus link between Garsdale Station, Hardraw, Hawes and Gayle, and Monday to Saturday service 156 up Wensleydale to Hawes from Leyburn. A demand responsive service to local villages is also available, together with a pre-bookable service to visit the Red Squirrel Trail in nearby Snaizeholme.

Tuesday is market day in Hawes, with Cumbria Classic Coaches running (July to October) service 569 from Ravenstonedale and Kirkby Stephen, and Western Dales Bus running service S3 from Dent and Sedbergh.

Hawes is a hub for DalesBus services on summer Sundays, with the following buses all running to/from Hawes:

• Northern DalesBus 830: Preston - Lancaster - Ingleton - Ribblehead Station - Hawes - Buttertubs Pass - Muker - Reeth - Richmond
• World of James Herriot DalesBus 830: Middlesbrough - Darlington - Richmond - Reeth - Muker - Keld - Buttertubs Pass - Hawes
• Ribblehead DalesBus 831: Hawes - Ribblehead - Settle
• Garsdale Station Shuttle 855: Garsdale Station - Hardraw - Hawes - Gayle
• Acorn Wensleydale Flyer 856: Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Aysgarth - Hawes
• World of James Herriot DalesBus 857: Hawes - Bainbridge - Castle Bolton - Leyburn - Richmond
• DalesBus 875: Wakefield - Leeds - Ilkley - Grassington - Kettlewell - Aysgarth - Hawes

Timetable leaflets are available from Hawes Community Office and Hawes National Park Centre.