Brontë Round
A 22-mile long distance footpath in West Yorkshire which celebrates the countryside known to the Brontë sisters, including the moors associated with the novel Wuthering Heights. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SD 992 273
Distance: 22 miles (36 km)
Time: 9–11 hours
Duration: 1 day
Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (1:25,000):
OL21 South Pennines – Burnley, Hebden Bridge, Keighley and Todmorden
Summary
The Brontë Round is a walking route in West Yorkshire which links places associated with the Brontë family, including the moorland of the South Pennines associated with the novel Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë’s most famous work. The route starts in the popular walking town of Hebden Bridge and visits Lee Wood, Lee Mill Bridge, Midgehole, New Bridge, Hebden Dale, Hebden Water, Gibson Mill, Hardcastle Crags, Shackleton Knoll, Baby House Hill, Grain Water Bridge, Stairs Edge, Top of Stairs, Bodkin Lane, Lee Shaw Reservoir, Lee Lane, Marsh Lane, Haworth, the Brontë Parsonage, Penistone Hill Country Park, Stanbury Height, Brontë Bridge, Brontë Waterfalls, Top Withins, Dick Delf Hill, Within Heights End, Walshaw Dean Reservoirs, Graining Water, and Black Dean before returning to Hebden Dale to finish back in Hebden Bridge.