The Worth valley

One tends to think of Haworth as surrounded by moorland (with visions of the Brontë sisters wandering about poetically among the heather). In fact, the heather moorland is mostly south and west of the village. To the northwest, north and east, the village overlooks the gentler scenery of the Worth valley - rough, rolling farmland and woods.

There's a track behind the Parsonage that takes you out along West Lane and Cemetery Road, to the cemetery that is now used for burials, since the churchyard is so overcrowded with graves. Beyond that you have the option of heading for the open moor and the Brontë Falls or making a gentler descent into the valley to Lower Laithe Reservoir. I opted for the second route, since storm clouds were building. I had a nice circular walk and just made it back to my car before the sleet started.