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{{for|alternate meanings|Haworth (disambiguation)}}
{{infobox UK place|
|country = England
|latitude= 53.83
|longitude= -1.96
|official_name= Haworth
|population =
|metropolitan_borough= [[City of Bradford]]
|metropolitan_county = [[West Yorkshire]]
|region= Yorkshire and the Humber
|constituency_westminster= [[Keighley (UK Parliament constituency)|Keighley]]
|post_town= KEIGHLEY
|postcode_district = BD22
|postcode_area= BD
|dial_code= 01535
|os_grid_reference= SE030372
}}
'''Haworth''' is a [[village]] and tourist attraction, in the [[England|English]] county of [[West Yorkshire]], best known for its association with the [[Brontë|Brontë sisters]].
== Brontë Country ==
[[Image:Haworth, Yorkshire.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Haworth, West Yorkshire, street scene.]]
With its situation above the [[Worth Valley]] amid the bleak [[Pennine]] [[Moorland|moors]], Haworth is internationally famous for its connection with the [[Brontë|Brontë sisters]], who were born in [[Thornton, Bradford]], but wrote most of their famous novels while living at the [[Haworth Parsonage]] (which is now a museum owned and maintained by the Brontë Society), when their father was the [[parson]] at the adjacent Haworth church. The [[Brontë Way]] waymarked [[long-distance footpath]] passes through the town.
Haworth is a very popular destination for [[Japanese people|Japanese]] tourists. (''Wuthering Heights'' has a cult following in [[Japan]].)
===Steam railway===
Other attractions include the [[Keighley and Worth Valley Railway]], an authentic preserved steam railway which has been used as a setting for numerous period films and TV series, including ''[[The Railway Children (film)|The Railway Children]]'' (starring [[Jenny Agutter]]), ''[[Yanks]]'' (starring [[Richard Gere]] and [[Vanessa Redgrave]]), and [[Alan Parker]]'s film version of [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Wall]]'' (starring [[Bob Geldof]]). Every year the village also hosts a very special 1940s weekend where locals and visitors don wartime attire for a host of nostalgic events.
===Famous walks===
[[Image:Haworth1.jpg|thumb|250px|Haworth, Main Street]]
Many public footpaths lead out of the village, and there is much scope for rambling, though perhaps the most famous walk leads past Stanbury Reservoir to the picturesque (but unspectacular) [[Brontë waterfall]]s, the Brontë Bridge, and the Brontë Stone Chair in which (it is said) the sisters took turns to sit and write their first stories. This path, which forms part of the 69 km (43 mile) long [[Brontë Way]], then leads out of the valley and up on the moors to Ponden Hall (reputedly ''Thrushcross Grange'' in [[Emily Brontë]]'s ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'') and [[Top Withens]], a desolate ruin which was reputedly the setting for the farmstead ''Wuthering Heights''. Top Withens can also be reached by a shorter walking route departing from the nearby village of [[Stanbury]].
===Traditions===
"Scroggling the Holly" is a traditional custom of gathering holly which takes place each November in Haworth. At the start of the Festive season Bands and [[Morris dance|Morris Men]] lead a traditional procession of children in Victorian costume, who follow the Holly Queen up the [[cobblestone|cobbles]] to her crowning ceremony on the church steps. The newly crowned Holly Queen unlocks the church gates to invite the spirit of Christmas into Haworth. Father Christmas then arrives bringing with him Glad Tidings and Christmas Cheer to all.<ref>{{ cite web | url = http://www.haworthvillage.co.uk/ScrogglingMain.htm | title = Scroggling the Holly - 20th November | accessdate = 2008-03-27}}</ref>
In Haworth itself there are many tea rooms such as 'Cobbles and Clay the Art Cafe', souvenir and antiquarian bookshops, restaurants, pubs and hotels (including the Black Bull, where Branwell Brontë's decline into alcoholism and opium addiction allegedly began). As such, Haworth is a good base for exploring the principal attractions of [[Brontë Country]], while still being close to the major cities of [[Bradford]] and [[Leeds]]. Further afield lies the historic city of [[York]], and the spa towns of [[Harrogate]] and [[Ilkley]] - popular spa towns on the edge of the beautiful [[Yorkshire Dales]] [[National parks of England and Wales|National Park]] to the north.
===Haworth Arts Festival===
The first festival took place in 2000 and was repeated in 2001, but then ceased to operate because of the changing circumstances of the organisers. However a new group of Haworth residents took up the baton again in 2005 and began to build a festival which would combine performing arts, visual arts, street performance and a strong community involvement. The use of many of the local professional and semi-professional musicians, artists and performers has been coupled with a larger name for each festival, providing a local stage for the likes of John Cooper-Clark and John Shuttleworth. The festival continues to expand its horizons, slowly encompassing areas of the Worth valley outside of Haworth itself and is always held on the first weekend in September, starting on the preceding Thursday and running until the Sunday night.
===Fairtrade===
On [[November 22]] [[2002]] Haworth was granted [[Fairtrade Village]] status.<ref>Telegraph & Argus, [http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2002/12/14/118222.html Fair traders win award]</ref> On [[October 21]] [[2005]] Haworth Fairtrade officially signed an agreement to twin with [[Machu Picchu]] in [[Peru]].<ref>Telegraph & Argus, [http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2005/10/28/181968.html Andes show boosts International link]</ref>
== Location ==
Haworth is located in the high Pennine moors, some {{convert|3|mi|km}} south-west of the larger town of [[Keighley]] and {{convert|10|mi|km}} west of [[Bradford]]. The surrounding areas include [[Oakworth]] and [[Oxenhope]]. Nearby villages include Cross Roads, [[Stanbury]] and [[Lumbfoot]].
==Twin towns==
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Haworth, New Jersey|Haworth]], [[USA]]
*{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Macchu Picchu]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.haworthvillage.co.uk/ Haworth Traders' Association]
*[http://www.haworth-village.org.uk/ Haworth village]
*[http://www.bronte-country.com/ Brontë Country]
*[http://www.haworthartsgroup.co.uk/ Haworth Arts Festival]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/webcams/scenic_views/bradford_haworth_bronte_street_webcam.shtml The BBC's Haworth Cam]
*[http://www.haworthvillage.co.uk/events.htm] - Details of dates for the 1940s weekend and other events held in Haworth
*[http://www.visitbrontecountry.com/ Visit Bronte Country] - tourist group
*[http://www.haworthonline.co.uk Haworth Online] Haworth Online Community Website.
*[http://www.bronte.info/ Website of the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, Yorkshire]
*[http://gallery.beautifulengland.net/main.php?g2_itemId=12633 Information and photographs of Haworth]
[[Category:Villages in West Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Geography of Bradford]]
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