Haworth in Brontë Country
The world of Wuthering Heights is brought alive in the famous village of Haworth, which is surrounded by rugged and brooding Pennine moorland.
Haworth Parsonage, now the Brontë Parsonage Museum, was home to the literary sisters from 1820 to 1861. It was here that Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre, Emily created Wuthering Heights and Anne penned The Tennant of Wildfell Hall. Today the museum contains a vast array of Brontë artefacts and is one of many attractions in a village that has quaint cobbled streets, intriguing shops and plenty of high quality tea-rooms and restaurants.
Take time to visit the Museum of Rail Travel at Ingrow where an award-winning collection of vintage vehicles are on show. Alternatively, step back in time and take a ride on a steam train on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, which stops in Haworth. Artefacts, art, exhibitions can be found in the area’s old merchants' houses, such as East Riddlesden Hall or Cliffe Castle in Keighley.
For the more active, the area is a ramblers’ paradise, with lots of public footpaths to follow and plenty of traditional pubs to quench your thirst in along the way!
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