North Rake Hill

Places of Interest

Hardraw Force

Waterfall

Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hardraw Force is a waterfall on 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.

Lovely Seat

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lovely Seat, originally known as Lunasett, is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England. Situated at grid reference SD878950 three miles north of the town of Hawes, it is part of the high ground which separates Wensleydale from Swaledale and the highest point of Abbotside Common reaching a height of 675 metres.

Dales Countryside Museum

Museum

Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Dales Countryside Museum is a local museum which also functions as a visitor centre 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.

Places in the Area

Hawes

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hawes is a village in North Yorkshire, with Gayle its southwest extension; in 2021 their population was 800. It's in Wensleydale, one of the Yorkshire Dales, and is best known for making Wensleydale cheese.

Gayle

Village

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Gayle is a hamlet 0.4-mile south of Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is noted for the beck that flows through it and the old mill, which featured on the BBC TV programme Restoration.

Hardraw

Hamlet

Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hardraw is a hamlet near Hawes within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The nearby Hardraw Force waterfall takes its name from it. The name of the hamlet is first recorded in 1606 as Hardrawe, and derives from Old English Herde and raw, which means the shepherd's houses.

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