A Visitor’s Guide to Haworth
The village of
Haworth,
(near
Bradford,
in northern England), is internationally famous as having been the home of the Bronte Sisters,
who wrote their classic novels (including “Jane Eyre”, “Wuthering Heights”, “The Tenant of Widfell Hall”, “Villette”, “Shirley” and “The Professor”, etc).
Now a popular tourist destination in its own right, the village of Haworth attracts visitors from all over the world
(and particularly the United States of America and Japan, where the Brontes have a huge following).
Attractions in and around the village include
the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
(an authentically preserved steam railway which runs from the nearby village of Oxenhope, through Haworth and Oakworth and on to Keighley)
the Bronte Parsonage (which is where the Brontes lived and is now a museum owned and operated by the Bronte Society),
the church and churchyard (where some of the Bronte family are buried)
and of course the wild heather moors which inspired the Brontes’ novels.
The village itself has a quaint cobbled main street, along which are clustered nostalgic shops, tea houses and several pubs
(including the “Black Bull” – a favourite haunt of the Bronte Sisters’ brother, Branwell Bronte).
There’s a lot to see and do in Haworth, and a visit to the village can easily be combined with a trip to the nearby city of Bradford and the World Heritage Site of
Saltaire.
