Itinerary

Sunday

We rendezvous at Keighley Railway Station for a private transfer to Haworth and our hotel, an historic coaching inn that overlooks the cobbled main street. Before we have our Welcome Meeting and Dinner, we have a short walking tour of the old village of Haworth accompanied by a local historian.
Overnight: Haworth
Monday

This morning we begin with an exclusive, private one hour tour of the Brontë Parsonage Museum. We walk to the ruins of Top Withens Farm (Wuthering Heights) and along the Pennine Way to lunch at the Old Silent Inn. This afternoon we join the Brontë Way and pass Ponden Hall (Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights) and on to the traffic-free village of Wycoller to find the ruins of Wycoller Hall (Ferndean Manor in Jane Eyre). This evening, we enjoy a pre-dinner talk by a Brontë expert and learn about the family's life and the local social conditions in the mid-nineteenth century.
Overnight: Haworth
Tuesday

After a short transfer, our walk starts in the small town of Oxenhope above the Worth Valley and takes us to lunch at The Pack Horse Inn on the famous Pennine Way. A path along Hebden Dale takes us through the National Trust woods of Hardcastle Crags to the former classic mill town of Hebden Bridge, now a thriving bohemian arts & crafts center known as 'one of the world's funkiest towns'. We transfer to our hotel at Holdsworth, near Halifax.
Overnight: Holdsworth
Wednesday

From our hotel we take a morning walk along the Calderdale Way, through Upper Brockholes and along Jerusalem Lane to Luddenden Dean. We lunch at the Lord Nelson, a 17th century inn and Bramwell Brontë's favorite watering hole. We transfer to Bakewell to taste some delicious Bakewell Tart before checking-in at our riverside hotel in Ashford-in-the-Water.
Overnight: Ashford-in-the-Water
Thursday

We transfer to Hathersage Church and Vicarage where Charlotte Brontë stayed for the summer, followed by a circular walk to take in the spectacular views from Stanage Edge passing Moorseats House (Moor House in Jane Eyre) and North Lees Hall (home to the original Eyre family). The views from Stanage Edge were also featured in Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. After lunch we transfer to Hadden Hall (Thornfield Hall in the lastest film version of Jane Eyre) for a private tour.
Overnight: Ashford-in-the-Water
Friday

Our morning walk from the hotel takes us through the charming estate village of Edensor for a visit to Chatsworth House, home of Deborah (née Mitford) Dowager Duchess of Devonshire. After lunch, we take a full tour of the magnifienct House and Gardens before transferring to our final hotel in Hathersage.
Overnight: Hathersage
Saturday

Morning transfer to Chesterfield rail station for departure and onward connections.

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