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Bronte Country
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Bronte Country [1] (also spelled Brontë Country) is a compact literature-inspired region of moorland and villages in West Yorkshire, the area in which the three Brontë sisters - Charlotte, Anne and Emily - grew up and from which they drew much of their inspiration. The appeal of the area is more than literary, however....
[edit] Understand
[edit] Cities
- Haworth - site of the Parsonage in which the Brontë Sisters grew up, lived and wrote
- Keighley - the largest town within the region
- Oakworth
- Oxenhope
- Thornton - 4 miles west of Bradford, birthplace of the Brontë Sisters
[edit] Get in
Travellers to Brontë Country are best-advised to arrive first at Keighley, via Bradford
[edit][add listing] See
- the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway [2] - this restored 5-mile stretch of branch line links Keighley with the villages of Ingrow, Damems, Oakworth, Haworth and Oxenhope.
[edit][add listing] Do
- take a Railway Journey on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway [3]
- take a moorland walk or ride, perhaps up to the site that inspired Wuthering Heights
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