Wensleydale
Wensleydale is a valley in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Dales, which are part of the Pennines. The dale is named after the village of Wensley, formerly the valley's market town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Dales Countryside Museum and Gayle Mill.
Dales Countryside 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. Dales Countryside Museum is situated 1½ miles west of Wensleydale.
Gayle Mill
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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. Gayle Mill is situated 2 miles west of Wensleydale.
Virosidum
Archaeological site
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Virosidum was a Roman fort and settlement situated near to the modern town of Bainbridge, North Yorkshire, England. The site is a Scheduled monument. Virosidum is situated 2 miles east of Wensleydale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burtersett and Countersett.
Burtersett
Hamlet
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Burtersett is a small village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately 1 mile east from Hawes and Gayle. The village is known for its former quarrying industry and being the seat of the Hillary family, with one strand of the family emigrating to New Zealand and raising Sir Edmund Hillary, the famous mountaineer.
Countersett
Hamlet
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Countersett is the largest of the three settlements in Raydale, around Semerwater in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Yorkshire Dales to the north of the lake.
Sedbusk
Hamlet
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Sedbusk is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is 1 mile north of the town of Hawes across the River Ure. Sedbusk is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wensleydale.
Wensleydale
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 883 feet
- Description: dale or upper valley of the River Ure on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Wensleydale” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wensleydale”
- Cebuano: “Wensleydale”
- Danish: “Wensleydale”
- French: “Wensleydale”
- Galician: “Wensleydale”
- German: “Wensleydale”
- Icelandic: “Wensleydale”
- Italian: “Wensleydale”
- Japanese: “ウェンズリーデール”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wensleydale”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yoredale”
- Norwegian: “Wensleydale”
- Polish: “Wensleydale”
- Spanish: “Wensleydale”
- Swedish: “Wensleydale”
- Western Panjabi: “وینزلےڈیل”
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Localities in the Area
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