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Dales Countryside Museum
Museum · Hawes and Gayle · North Yorkshire

Dales Countryside Museum

Dales Countryside Museum is a local museum for the Yorkshire Dales National Park. This one is within Hawes and Gayle’s built-up area. Around it, within 15 km, lie 6 more places, Hawes Ropemakers (100 m) first on our list.

Photo: Dales Countryside Museum, Eirian Evans (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Where
In Hawes and Gayle
inside the built-up area
How well known
Top 46%
#3,928 of 8,556 places we list
Warmest months
Jul–Jul
highs of 17–17°C
In brief

Museum in Hawes and Gayle

Inside Hawes and Gayle

Dales Countryside Museum is inside Hawes and Gayle’s built-up area, with 5 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

Highs in Hawes and Gayle reach 17°C in July.

Jan5° / 1°176 mm
Feb5° / 0°180 mm
Mar7° / 1°127 mm
Apr9° / 2°89 mm
May13° / 4°93 mm
Jun15° / 7°105 mm
Jul17° / 9°103 mm
Aug17° / 9°124 mm
Sep14° / 8°125 mm
Oct11° / 5°158 mm
Nov7° / 2°177 mm
Dec5° / 0°198 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Hawes and Gayle, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Hawes and Gayle. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Hawes and Gayle’s full climate →
About

Dales Countryside Museum

Local museum for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England, United Kingdom.

In Hawes and Gayle, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type
Museum
Town
in Hawes and Gayle
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Plan your visit

Hours, entry and address

Entrance fees
  • EntryA fee is charged
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

Locating Dales Countryside Museum

Orange marks Dales Countryside Museum, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Hawes and Gayle’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Hawes and Gayle

802 people · 6 places to visit

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Also close at hand are 4 attractions and 2 museums, among 6 within 15 km.

1AttractionAttractionHawes Ropemakers100 m away2MuseumMuseumWensleydale Creamery Museum600 m away3AttractionAttractionGayle Mill700 m away4AttractionAttractionAysgarth Falls visitor centre14 km away5MuseumMuseumHeritage Centre1.6 km away6AttractionAttractionHardraw Force1.8 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Dales Countryside Museum

Where is Dales Countryside Museum?

Dales Countryside Museum is in Hawes and Gayle, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dales Countryside Museum?

Local museum for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Dales Countryside Museum?

July are the warmest months in Hawes and Gayle, with afternoon highs of 17–17°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Dales Countryside Museum?

Within 15 km: Hawes Ropemakers (100 m), Wensleydale Creamery Museum (600 m), Gayle Mill (700 m) and Aysgarth Falls visitor centre (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

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