From Birstall to Haworth
The Brontë Way is a trail of about 43 miles stretching from Birstall near Leeds in West Yorkshire, traversing the Pennines to Gawthorpe Hall at Padiham in Lancashire.
Brontë Ways takes us along this walk and visits the many places associated with the lives and literary works of the Brontë family.
This programme, part one, starts in Shirley Country looking at Oakwell Hall, the Red House and other places which formed the locations for that novel, including places connected to the Luddite rioters.
It traces the Brontë family through Patrick's ministries at Hartshead and Thornton before the family moved to Haworth.
There are interviews with people at the various museums and buildings preserving the Brontë story.
It takes us through some spectacular scenery as well as exploring villages along the way such as Oxenhope and Norwood Green.
Haworth is finally entered by way of a ride on the Keighley & Worth Valley Steam Railway featured in the Railway Children. This section ends in Haworth with a tour of the Parsonage Museum and St Michael and All Angels Church.
Brontë Ways Part 2 is also available, taking a more thorough look at Haworth, exploring Wuthering Heights country and Gawthorpe Hall by way of Wycoller Village, featured in Jane Eyre.