Tag: Ponden Kirk
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Early morning in Haworth

I’d planned to shoot a sunrise straight down the lane from Penistone Hill to Balcony Farm for ages and, on Saturday morning, it looked like the sun would rise in just the right place, so that’s where I set up and waited for half an hour. The warm orange glow from the rising sun caught…
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Dawn walk from Stanbury to Ponden Kirk

For a long time now, I’ve been wanting to get up to Ponden Kirk, a rocky outcrop protruding high up on Stanbury Moor with spectacular views down the Worth Valley, to get some photos of the sunrise. The forecast looked promising on Saturday so, at 4:00am, I drove the couple of miles and parked at…
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5.5 mile Wuthering Heights walk – Stanbury | Top Withens | Alcomden Stones | Ponden Kirk

A classic literary walk, taking in some key locations linked to Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. The walk began at Bully Trees Farm, Stanbury and headed up the hill on the track past Lower Height Farm and Upper Heights Farm. Both are still inhabited but are no longer working farms. Below is the view looking back…