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