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Bronte Way

71 km / 44 miles

Lancs, W Yorks
The Way provides a cross-Pennine route linking various places associated with the lives and works of the Bronte sisters. It takes in the Thursden Valley to link with the Pendle Way at Wycoller Hall (Ferndean Manor in the novel Jane Eyre), the moors to Top Withins (Wuthering Heights), Haworth Parsonage, where the Brontes lived and now a Bronte Museum, the Brontes' birthplace at Thornton, along the hills west of Bradford to the Spen Valley (Shirley country) before finishing at Oakwell Hall (Fieldhead in the novel Shirley).


Connected Paths:

Linked Paths: Bradford Ring; Brighouse Boundary Walk; Bronte Round; Burnley Way; Calderdale Way; Haworth-Hebden Bridge Walk; Kirklees Way; Manorlands Meander; Millennium Way - Bradford; Myrtle Meander; Pendle Way; Pennine Way National Trail; Spen Way Heritage Trail; Watersheds Walk; Weavers Shuttle; Worth Way (W Yorks); Yorkshire Water Way
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Details:

Waymark: Named posts  
Attributes: Challenging; Moorland; Heritage; Literary
Start:
SD806341 - Gawthorpe Hall, Lancs
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Finish:
SE217271 - Oakwell Hall, W Yorks
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Maps:

The map to the right is from the Ordnance Survey. You can use the interactive controls to zoom in and out and to move around the map, or click on a marker for more info. (interactive map help)

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Ordnance Survey Maps (path is named on OS maps):
OS Landranger: 103104
OS Explorer: 28821
OS Explorer Active: 28821

Route Profile:

67.1 Km (41.7 miles)
1,496 m (4,908 ft) ascent
371 m (1,217 ft)  maximum height

Group Accommodation within 5 Km of this Path:

Camping Barn: Middle Beardshaw Head Farm, Burnley Road, Trawden, Lancs 2 Km
Camping Barn: Trawden Camping Barn YHA, Burnley Rd, Trawden, Lancashire 2 Km
Hostel Accommodation: Haworth YHA, Lees Lane, Haworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire 1 Km

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Paperback: Bronte Way (Hillside Publications - 2002)
Paperback: Bronte Way (RA West Riding Area - 1997)
Folder: Bronte Way (Haworth Tourist Information Centre - 1997)
Badge: Badge for Bronte Way (Haworth Tourist Information Centre)
Leaflet: Water Power Trail (Lancashire Heritage Trust)

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Downloads:

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