Brontë Way
53°44′20″N 1°40′19″W / 53.739°N 1.672°W / 53.739; -1.672
Padiham
53°48′07″N 2°17′46″W / 53.802°N 2.296°W / 53.802; -2.296
The Brontë Way is a waymarked long-distance footpath in the northern counties of West Yorkshire and Lancashire, England.
Route
The Brontë Way starts at Oakwell Hall in Birstall, West Yorkshire, and finishes at Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham, Lancashire. It runs for 43 miles (69 km).[1]
The route has been designed to link places that have strong associations with the writings of the Brontë family, incorporating places that feature in their work, such as Oakwell Hall, Charlotte Brontë's inspiration for Fieldhead in her 1849 novel, Shirley, and Top Withens, Emily Brontë's possible inspiration for the home in her 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. The route passes through Thornton, where the Brontë children were born, and Haworth and Haworth Parsonage, where the family lived.[2] It passes through Penistone Hill Country Park, open moorland, and areas of industrial heritage interest; public transport links to the route and its four main sections. Two guidebooks are available.
Further reading
- Wilson, Marje (1997). The Bronte Way. Ramblers Association West Riding Area. ISBN 1-901184-05-6.
- Hannon, Paul (2000). The Bronte Way. Hillside Publications. ISBN 1-870141-56-3.
References
External links
Media related to Brontë Way at Wikimedia Commons
- Brontë Country website info on the Brontë Way
- Walking Pages website info on the walk route
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- Jane Eyre (1847)
- Shirley (1849)
- Villette (1853)
- The Professor (1857)
- "Lines" (1837)
- "To a Wreath of Snow" (1837)
- "F. De Samara to A. G. A." (1838)
- "Come hither child" (1839)
- "A Death-Scene" (1844)
- Wuthering Heights (1847)
- "Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day" (1846)
- Agnes Grey (1847)
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)
- Patrick Brontë (father)
- Maria Branwell (mother)
- Branwell Brontë (brother)
- Maria Brontë (sister)
- Elizabeth Brontë (sister)
- Elizabeth Branwell (aunt)
- Arthur Bell Nicholls (Charlotte's husband)
- John Kingston (uncle-in-law)
- William Morgan (husband of first cousin once removed)
- Haworth (village which was home to and is greatly associated with the Brontës)
- Brontë Birthplace (house in Thornton, birthplace of the Brontë sisters)
- Thornton (village which was home to the Brontës)
- Hartshead (village which was home to the Brontës)
- Brontë Country (landscape portrayed in the Brontë novels)
- Brontë Parsonage Museum (former home and now museum of the Brontës)
- Brontë Waterfall (waterfall associated with the Brontë sisters)
- Brontë Way (footpath associated with the Brontë sisters)
- Cowan Bridge School (school attended by the Brontë sisters)
- St Michael and All Angels' Church (church of which Patrick Brontë was pastor)
- Ellen Nussey (lifelong friend and correspondent of Charlotte Brontë)
- Elizabeth Gaskell (lifelong friend and biographer of Charlotte Brontë)
- Mary Taylor (lifelong friend of Charlotte Brontë)
- Constantin Héger (teacher who was loved by Charlotte Brontë)
- George Smith (publisher of the Brontës)
- Devotion (1946 film)
- Les Sœurs Brontë (1979 film)
- Brontë (2005 play)
- To Walk Invisible (2016 film)
- Emily (2022 film)
- Victorian literature
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