Tag: Wuthering Heights
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The Brontë Birthplace, Thornton
Last week, I was lucky to get the opportunity to spend some time taking photos in the Brontë Birthplace, formerly known as Thornton Parsonage, before major renovation and restoration work begins. Patrick Brontë moved here in 1815 with his wife, Maria, and daughters Maria and Elizabeth, from their previous home at Clough House in Liversedge.…
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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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A snowy dawn walk to Top Withins
After much slipping and sliding, I arrived at Top Withins in the dark, about 40 minutes before sunrise. the sky was clear, there was snow on the ground and everything looked set for a spectacular sunrise. And, as so often happens up there, the mist descended… The site of Hays Laithe, a long-since demolished barn,…
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A walk from Oakworth to Haworth with a sprinkling of snow
The weather forecast was pretty bad so I took a half-day snow-day from work and came home at lunchtime. I headed straight across to Haworth and started snapping, although it wasn’t quite a fairytale winter wonderland like it was last March, The dusting of snow was beautiful. Murgatroyd Wood, between Oakworth and Haworth Ebor Mill…
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A foggy dawn at Top Withens
When I set off walking from Stanbury, the sky was perfectly clear and the full moon cast an eerie light which illuminated the way ahead. As I passed Upper Heights Farm, I noticed the first wispy traces of clouds being back-lit by the moon and within 5 minutes of my arrival at Top Withens, the…
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High Sunderland Hall – The Real Wuthering Heights?
High Sunderland Hall was a gothic mansion, dating back to the Middle Ages, which stood in a secluded location on the hills above Halifax and is believed to have been one of the buildings to have inspired the descriptions of the eponymous home of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Having visited Top Withens and…
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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…
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3 mile circular walk from Bully Trees Farm to Top Withens
Starting from Bully Trees Farm, Back Lane, Stanbury, this is probably the second easiest and quickest way to get up to Top Withens. The easiest way is to follow the main track straight up past Upper Heights Farm (today’s return route – the upper one on the map above) and either way will give you…
Bronte Country Landscapes 