Towns & cities · Yorkshire & the Humber
Haworth
Haworth — village in West Yorkshire, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Haworth · 0.4 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Haworth is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 6,379 people. Address: BD22. Wikidata describes it as: "village in West Yorkshire, UK". Coordinates: 53.8315°, -1.9551°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: South Pennine Moors SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: BRADFORD PENNINE GATEWAY
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Haworth (UK: HOW-ərth, also HAW-ərth, US: HAW-wərth) is a village in the civil parish of 'Haworth with Stanbury', in the Bradford district, in West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Keighley, 8 miles (13 km) north of Halifax, 10 miles (16 km) west of Bradford and 10 miles (16 km) east of Colne in Lancashire. The surrounding areas include Oakworth and Oxenhope. Nearby villages include Cross Roads, Stanbury and Lumbfoot. Haworth is a tourist destination known for its association with the Brontë sisters and the preserved heritage Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
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Background
History
Haworth is first mentioned as a settlement in 1209. The name may refer to a "hedged enclosure" or "hawthorn enclosure". The name was recorded as "Howorth" on a 1771 map. In 1850, local parish priest Patrick Brontë invited Benjamin Herschel Babbage to investigate the village's high early mortality rate, which had led to all but one of his six children, including the writers Emily and Anne Brontë, dying by the age of 31. Babbage's inspection uncovered deeply unsanitary conditions, including there being no sewers, excrement flowing down Haworth's streets, waste from slaughterhouses and pigsties being held for months in fenced-in areas, overcrowded and poorly-ventilated housing, and a…
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- Coordinates
- 53.8315, -1.9551
- District
- Bradford
- Parish
- Haworth and Stanbury
- Postcode
- BD22
- Parliamentary constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley
- Phone
- +44 1535 642323
- Population
- 6,379
- Nearest railway station
- Haworth — 0.4 km
- Official site
- citypopulation.de
Sources
- wikidata: Q384570 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Haworth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Main Street, Haworth, West Yorkshire.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Hall Green Baptist Chapel
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Haworth?
- Haworth is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode BD22), in the parish of Haworth and Stanbury.
- Is Haworth a protected site?
- Yes — Haworth is part of the South Pennine Moors SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the BRADFORD PENNINE GATEWAY National Nature Reserve.
- Is Haworth free to visit?
- Yes, Haworth is free to enter.
- How do I get to Haworth?
- The nearest railway station is Haworth, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BD22.