🥾 Walking route
Railway Children Walk
West Yorkshire
- 📏 8.4 km · 5.3 mi
- ⛰ +228 m
- ⏱ 2 hr 15 min
- 🐕 On lead
Walk stats
- Distance8.4 km · 5.3 mi
- Elevation+228 m
- Duration2 hr 15 min
- DifficultyModerate
- Route typeCircular
- TerrainField paths, farm tracks, cobbled lanes and moorland edge; some steady climbs.
- Best seasonLate spring to early autumn, when the moors and valley paths are at their driest.
- DogsDog-friendly on leads; livestock in fields and multiple stiles to negotiate.
About this walk
This 8.4 km circular walk sets out from the historic village of Haworth, threading through the West Yorkshire countryside made famous by the classic film adaptation of E. Nesbit's novel. From the cobbled main street near the Old White Lion and The Fleece, the route drops down past Haworth War Memorial and the Mill Hey Brew House towards Bridgehouse Beck, where the valley opens out below the moors.
The path climbs steadily out of the valley and rolls through farmland, passing Our Lady of Lourdes on the approach to Oakworth. From here you cross open pasture by Ives Bottom Farm and up to Marsh Top, gaining fine views across the surrounding hills before descending via Hole Farm back into Haworth.
With around 228 metres of ascent spread over 5.3 miles, it is a moderate outing of roughly two and a quarter hours. Detours to Oxenhope Millennium Green, Hoyle Syke or The Old Sun Inn make easy extensions, while the West Lane Baptists Centre marks your return to the village top.
Route map
Route line drawn from OpenStreetMap footpath data. Numbered markers are waypoints on the route; amber star markers are points of interest a short detour away.
Waypoints along the route
10 waypoints along the way
- 1
Old White Lion
- 2
The Fleece
- 3
Our Lady of Lourdes
- 4
Oakworth
- 5
Bridgehouse Beck
- 6
Mill Hey Brew House
- 7
Haworth War Memorial
- 8
Ives Bottom Farm
- 9
Marsh Top
- 10
Hole Farm
Worth a short detour
Points of interest just off the route, look for the amber markers on the map.
Hoyle Syke
~475 m off the route
Oxenhope
~218 m off the route
West Lane Baptists Centre
~221 m off the route
The Old Sun Inn
~258 m off the route
Oxenhope Millennium Green
~343 m off the route
Route & waypoint data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).