Activities in West Yorkshire
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Walking
Haworth is surrounded by the moors of the South Pennines - immediately familiar to Brontë fans - and the tourist office has leaflets on local walks to endless Brontë features. A 6.5-mile favourite leads to Top Withins, a ruined farm thought to have inspired Wuthering Heights, even though a plaque clearly states that the farmhouse bore no resemblance to the one Emily wrote about. Other walks can be worked around the Brontë Way, a longer route linking Bradford and Colne via Haworth. Alternatively, the Pennine Way runs west of Haworth and can be followed south to Hebden Bridge. There's also a direct walking route between Haworth and Hebden Bridge, via the scenic valleys of…
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Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
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