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| | Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales |
 | | Running from West to East, Wensleydale is one of the few valleys in the Yorkshire Dales which takes its name from a village (Wensley), rather than the river (the Ure) which flows along it (although the valley has in past times also been known as "Uredale", or even by the Norse name of "Yoredale"). |
 | | Villages and hamlets in Upper Wensleydale include Hawes (at the head of the valley), Hardraw (famous for what is arguably England's highest unbroken waterfall, Hardraw Force), Bainbridge, Askrigg and Aysgarth (where the River Ure descends a series of limestone steps at the famous beauty spot of Aysgarth Falls). |
 | | Wensleydale is also famous as the home of Wensleydale Cheese (favourite food of the animated TV characters "Wallace and Gromit") - which is made at the Wensleydale Creameries in Hawes and Kirkby Malzeard. |
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