Factory or dairy visit · Hawes
Wensleydale Creamery Visitor Centre
The Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes, North Yorkshire, runs live cheesemaking demonstrations daily at 10:30, 12 and 2 (and 3:30 until November), followed by a guided tasting. The Cheese Experience costs £5.95 for adults and £3.50 for children, and under-16s go free at weekends and in school holidays.
- Demonstrations
- 10:30, 12:00, 14:00
- Adults
- £5.95
- Family
- £14.95
- Parking
- Free
The Cheese Experience
A live cheesemaking demonstration, with butter-making too, lasting about 30 minutes, plus a self-guided tour on 1,000 years of cheesemaking in the Dales and a guided tasting. Allow another 30 minutes for the self-guided part. Demonstrations run at 10:30, 12, 2 and 3:30; from 2 November 2026 only at 10:30, 12 and 2. The 10:30 and 3:30 slots cannot be booked online.
Prices: adults £5.95, children aged 5 to 16 £3.50, under-5s free, family £14.95. Under-16s go free at weekends and in school holidays.
Opening Hours
Open seven days. The shop opens 9 to 5, Calvert's Restaurant 11 to 4, the coffee shop 9 to 4:30 and the Cheese Experience 10 to 4:30. From 2 November 2026 everything closes an hour earlier.
Parking is free, the site is fully accessible, and dogs are welcome in the coffee shop and garden.
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Questions People Ask
Can you watch Wensleydale cheese being made?
Yes. The Cheese Experience at the creamery in Hawes includes a live cheesemaking demonstration of about 30 minutes, several times a day.
Official site: wensleydale.co.uk/yorkshire-wensleydale-cheese-experience-i…. Dates, hours and prices checked 22 October 2026; confirm on the official site before you travel. See all cheese factory tours.