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 usually 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:

• Northern DalesBus 830: Preston - Lancaster - Ingleton - Ribblehead Station - Hawes - Buttertubs Pass - Muker - Reeth - Richmond
• Northern DalesBus 831: Middlesbrough - Darlington - Richmond - Reeth - Muker - Keld - Buttertubs Pass - Hawes - Ribblehead - Ingleton - Kirkby Lonsdale
• Garsdale Station Shuttle 855: Garsdale Station - Hardraw - Hawes - Gayle (runs all year)
• Wensleydale Flyer 856: Northallerton - Bedale - Leyburn - Aysgarth - Hawes  (runs all year)​
• DalesBus 875: Leeds - Ilkley - Grassington - Kettlewell - Aysgarth - Hawes (with connections from York on DalesBus 822)

On Wednesdays 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.