Thursday
Jan202011
Haworth
Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 9:42 PM 
We’ll be spending quite a bit of time in and around the Pennine town of Haworth during The Magic of the Moors retreat.
Haworth is most notable for its Bronte connections and we’ll certainly be making our own pilgrimage to The Parsonage….seeking to examine the ways in which the famous sisters were influenced by their moorland upbringing and surroundings.
There’s also a lovely steam railway running through the town. It was on the Worth Valley line that the classic, 1970 version of The Railway Children was filmed.
In recent years, encouraged by the highly popular 40s weekend which takes place here each May, several vintage clothes shops have opened their doors. Making it a bit of a girly mecca! There’ll certainly be time to rummage and try on!
Then there are the small shops that just must be visited. No trip to Haworth is complete without calling at The Old Apothecary. And there’s my favourite new shop, Daisy Days - a boutique flower and gift shop which showcases the work of small as well as established designers. You’ll love it!
Oh, and I mustn’t forget the pretty pottery painting café. We’ll spend an evening at Cobbles and Clay - nattering, eating and splodging happily. Before we wend our way back up the cobbles themselves and home across the heather.
Reader Comments (4)
Haworth...*swoon*... And so much more than "just" Bronte country! It sounds/looks wonderful! I must show this to my Anglophile hubby too. ;o) Happy Weekend, Helen ((HUGS)) Oh, stop by my place, if you can, during the weekend–I’m having a fun Valentine Giveaway!
That's a wonderful photo of Haworth main street. You've done it so well as it's not easy to capture just how steep it is. I love your description of the town.
Love the picture of the town street. Really gives me a sense of being in a small, quaint English town.
I love Haworth too! And Cobbles and Clay is my favourite cafe. I've painted mugs in there. The food is delicious. And in the church is my favourite stained glass window. Just inside the door, on the left. It says, "If I lose myself, I save myself". It's beautiful.