Creamery hopes for gold-top returns from more visitors

Wensleydale Creamery at Hawes, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, opened the doors of its new-look visitor centre this week.

The centre now comprises a specialist cheese shop, deli and coffee shop and forms part of the business's ambitious 800,000 expansion.

Bosses at the firm decided to substantially expanding its popular visitor centre in order to meet increasing demand from its customers.

The expansion has seen the popular cheese shop tripled in size to provide a more spacious sales area and more room for cheese tastings too.

The deli's offerings include more than 100 quality regional food products – all coming from local suppliers.

The new 1897 Coffee Shop can seat 72 and floor to ceiling windows lets visitors look out over the neighbouring countryside.

Even the milk served with the coffee and teas comes from