Dales Countryside Museum
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.Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: local museum for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England, United Kingdom
- Address: Hawes, DL8 3NT
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Margaret’s Church and Market Hall Cinema.
St Margaret’s Church
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hawes, North Yorkshire. St Margaret’s Church is situated 1,200 feet southwest of Dales Countryside Museum.
Market Hall Cinema
Public building
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Market Hall Cinema is a public building, which is situated 1,500 feet west of Dales Countryside Museum.
Gayle Mill
Photo: Lobsan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2,300 feet southwest of Dales Countryside Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gayle and Sedbusk.
Gayle
Village
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Sedbusk
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sedbusk is a hamlet near Hawes and Hardraw Force within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The Village is 1 mile north of the town of Hawes across the River Ure.
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.
Dales Countryside Museum
- Categories: local museum, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hawes, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.30457° or 54° 18′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.19215° or 2° 11′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C6V8R35+R4OpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q5210790
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