Bronte Way

Lancashire, W Yorkshire

The Way provides a cross-Pennine route linking various places associated with the lives and works of the Bronte sisters. The walk starts at Oakwell Hall, Birstall (?Fieldhead? in Charlotte Bronte?s novel Shirley) and goes by way of Thornton, the Bronte?s birthplace, to Haworth where the family lived in the Parsonage. The moors above Haworth hold the ruins of Top Withins (the inspiration for ?Wuthering Heights? in Emily Bronte?s novel); the hamlet of Wycoller has the remains of Wycoller Hall (?Ferndean Manor? in Charlotte Bronte?s novel Jane Eyre) and the route finishes at Gawthorpe Hall, visited several times by Charlotte Bronte.

DECEMBER 2023: A dislodged and leaning footbridge has been reported at SD 822356 (where Moor Isles Clough meets the River Calder) which affects the route of the Bronte Way to the north west of Burnley.

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Details:

Path Type:	Paths Marked on OS mapping
Waymark:	Path name on purple background
Attributes:	Challenging Moorland Heritage Literary
Start:	SE218271 - Oakwell Hall, Lancashire
Finish:	SD807341 - Gawthorpe Hall, W Yorkshire
Web Sites:	Walking Pages - Bronte Way Bronte Country - Bronte Way Bowland Climber - Bronte Way

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Publications, Badges and Certificates:

Guidebook

Bronte Way  (Oakwell Hall Visitor Centre  - 2023 )

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