Haworth

Haworth is famous the world over as the home of the Bronte sisters, who lived and died in the town. Unsurprisingly Haworth is quick to promote its literary connections but is simply too small to accommodate the 250,000 visitors, who come here each year, discreetly.

Like Stratford, it has been largely preserved as it was in the famous authors day and the steep cobbled Main Street is flanked by tearooms and gift shops that promote a distinctly 19th century air. Also on the Main Street is the Black Bull, where the Bronte sisters brother, Branwell, drank himself into an early grave. The Parsonage where the family lived has been preserved and converted into a museum featuring their furniture, possessions, clothes, drawings and writings.

While Haworth has been turned into a Bronte shrine, it is the surrounding countryside that meant so much more to the sisters. The wild and desolate moors feature in their work, along with local landmarks. The most popular of the walks is from the village to Bronte Falls and Bridge passing the model for Wuthering heights on the way. It is a 3 hour round trip.