Wensleydale

Upper valley of the River Ure in North Yorkshire, England, within the Pennine highlands. It lies largely in the Yorkshire Dales national park, beginning southeast of Middleham and extending to near the source of the river northwest of Hawes, one of the area's largest towns. The dale gives its name to a type of cheese and a breed of sheep with long wool.

The village of Wensley has a 15th-century bridge across the Ure and a 13th-century church. Bolton Castle nearby is a 14th-century fortified mansion, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1568.