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 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 provides a minibus link daily between Garsdale Station, Hardraw, Hawes and Gayle, and Wensleydale Voyager service 156 up Wensleydale to Hawes from Leyburn. There is also a pre-bookable daily service to visit the Red Squirrel Trail in nearby Snaizeholme.

The minibus link between Garsdale Station, Hardraw and Hawes also runs on Sundays until 22nd October 2023.

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

• Wensleydale Explorer 855: Garsdale Station - Hardraw - Hawes - Castle Bolton 
• Wensleydale Flyer 856: Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Aysgarth - Hawes  (runs all year)​
• DalesBus 875: York - Leeds - Ilkley - Grassington - Kettlewell - Aysgarth - Hawes (with connections from Ripon on DalesBus 822)
• DalesBus 876: York - Leeds - Ilkley - Grassington - Kettlewell - Aysgarth - Hawes
• Northern DalesBus 831: Middlesbrough - Darlington - Richmond - Reeth - Muker - Keld - Buttertubs Pass - Hawes 
• Northern DalesBus 832: Hawes - Ribblehead - Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale 

On Summer Fridays Western Dales Bus service S3 runs between Dent, Sedbergh, Garsdale and Hawes.

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