Yorkshire Dales National Park and other Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom Things to Do Tips

The park consists of nearly 700 square miles of heather moors, woodlands and high dells with dozens of lovely river valleys and waterfalls. Also the desolate rocky and limestone fells are typically for this park.

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Bolton Abbey is a quaint village adjacent to Bolton Priory. Once Bolton Priory was a powerful 12th century Augustinian monastery, now only ruins remain. It is set on the banks of the river Wharfe. From the priory you can make lovely riverside walks through the woods to the Strid, a notorious stretch of water where the River Wharfe is forced into a deep thundering channel.

Access to the ruins is free.

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I first heard of Wensleydale cheese through "Wallace and Gromit", a famous claymation cartoon duo. Wallace is a huge fan of "real Wensleydale cheese". So when we were in the Yorkshire Dales, we wanted to find out what was so special about this cheese. The cheese is made at a creamery in Hawes, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

At the Wensleydale creamery you can visit a small museum, watch the making of cheese, taste and buy the different sorts of Wensleydale cheese at their shop, or have something the eat in the restaurant.

The museum portrays the history of the Wensleydale cheese. You can also watch a video which goes in-depth into the processes involved in the production of the cheese.

At the viewing gallery you can watch milk being converted into cheese. Everything is done by hand and is fascinating to see how the cheeses are made, moulded and then wrapped in muslin. Please note though that they only make the cheese between 10.00 am and 3.00 pm

Admission charge to museum and viewing gallery is £2

There is ample free parking.

We bought Wallace's cheese, but also some blue cheese and cheese with caramelized onions, which was my favourite.

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Address: Gayle Lane, Hawes, North Yorkshire
Directions: It is situated just off the A684 about a mile away from Hawes and is well signposted.
Website: www.wensleydale.co.uk

Barden tower was originally one of six hunting lodges within the forest of Barden. In the late 15th century, Henry Clifford, known as the Shepherd Lord rebuilt the hunting lodge at Barden in stone and made it his principal home. Today, only ruins remain, which can be visited for free. On the grounds there is also a renovated Priest House that now serves as a restaurant.

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