Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes

Name: Dales Countryside Museum
Address: Station Yard, Hawes, DL8 3NT, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1969 666210

#7 among attractions in Hawes

Specialty museum, Museum

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The Dales Countryside Museum is a local museum for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. Run by the National Park Authority, it tells the story of the people who have lived and worked in the Yorkshire Dales for over a 1,000 years. The museum is located beside the disused Hawes railway station in the small town of Hawes at the head of Wensleydale. The museum's outdoor display includes a real steam train and carriages on the track bed of the former Wensleydale Railway. ()

Coordinates: 54°18'17"N, 2°11'32"W

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Station YardHawes DL8 3NT United Kingdom

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+44 1969 666210

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Day trips

Dales Countryside Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hardraw Force, Gayle Mill, St Mary and St John's Church, St Margaret's Church.

1.1 miN
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Park
Hardraw Force, Hawes
29 min walk • Hardraw Force is a waterfall on the Hardraw Beck in Hardraw Scar, a wooded ravine just outside the hamlet of Hardraw, 0.9 miles north of the town of Hawes, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales. The Pennine Way long distance footpath passes close by.
0.5 miSW
Historical and heritage tours, Classes and workshops, Museum
Gayle Mill, Hawes
14 min walk • Gayle Mill, dating from about 1784, is thought to be the oldest structurally unaltered cotton mill in existence. It is located in the Wensleydale hamlet of Gayle, England, 1 mile south of the market town of Hawes. It lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
1 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St Mary and St John's Church, Hawes
26 min walk • St Mary and St John's Church, Hardraw is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hardraw, North Yorkshire.
~1170 ftSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Margaret's Church, Hawes
6 min walk • St Margaret's Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hawes, North Yorkshire.
1 miE
Landmark region with moors and mountains
Wensleydale, Hawes
27 min walk • Wensleydale is the dale or upper valley of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines, one of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.
~800 ftSE
54°18'11"N • 2°11'23"W
Chapel Gallery, Hawes
4 min walk • Museum