The Bronte Way is a 43-mile trail that takes walkers through the heart of Bronte Country. (Image: Getty)
Britain known for gorgeous scenery and be it in the or in .
The country also has a , giving birth to the likes of , Jane Austen and .
But there is another famous family of authors that have a trail named after them – .
The Bronte Way is a 43-mile trail that takes walkers through the heart of Bronte Country, connecting places tied to the lives and works of .
The journey starts at Oakwell Hall near Bradford, West Yorkshire, and ends at Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire.
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The school where the Bronte sisters taught in Haworth, Yorkshire. (Image: Getty)
The sign on the school where the Bronte sisters taught in Haworth, Yorkshire. (Image: Getty)
The trail is not only a tribute to the legacy of the Brontës but also passes stunning landscapes that inspired their novels.
Oakwell Hall, which appears as “Fieldhead” in Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley, marks the start of the trail.
From there, the path winds through charming villages, historic sites, and scenic moors.
Key stops include the Brontë sisters’ birthplace in Thornton and , home to the Brontë Parsonage Museum, where they wrote many of their celebrated works.
The journey also passes landmarks like the Brontë Waterfall and Top Withens, often linked to Wuthering Heights.
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Top Withens is a farmhouse connected to the Bronte sisters. (Image: Getty)
Penistone crags also made an appearance in Wuthering Heights. (Image: Getty)
As the trail crosses into Lancashire, it passes Ponden Hall, also believed to have inspired locations in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.
The route ends at Gawthorpe Hall, a grand house Charlotte Bronte frequently visited. That’s also where she reportedly caught a cold that led to her death.
The house has well-preserved architecture and gardens that are fit for the end of the journey.
While some parts of the trail cross remote moorland, civilization is never far away. There are plenty of pubs and shops along the way where walkers can rest and fuel up.
The walk can also be done in stages, with public transport connecting some key points along the route.