Bronte Bus

Our suggestion for a fantastic day out is to board the Bronte Bus all the way from Keighley and then spend some time at Hebden Bridge savouring the artisan cafes and independent shops and then return on the bus as far as Stanbury, to check out the Bronte Waterfalls, which is accessible by a wonderfully scenic 1.2 mile nature trail. If you have time to spare and are feeling a bit more ambitious, then carry on for a further 1.2 miles to Top Withens, which is a ruined farmhouse, thought to have been the inspiration for the location of the Earnshaw family house Wuthering Heights in Emily Bronte’s novel of the same name. Then, returning to Stanbury, it’s back onboard the bus but only as far as Oakworth to savour the delights of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. It’s a five-mile trip either by steam or diesel hauled trains down and up the valleys of the River Worth and Bridgehouse Beck to Keighley.