West Yorkshire

Places to visit, attractions, heritage and things of interest in or about West Yorkshire, in the north of England.

Our Brontë tour begins in Haworth

Haworth, Bronte Parsonage, Cemetary

Who was the third Brontë sister?  It’s a good question for quiz night down at the Olde Rupturede Ducke.  There was Charlotte and Emily, of course – the authors of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights respectively.  But who wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?  Tracy Brontë, perhaps?  Or Chelsea?  No – if you’re a literary […]

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A bit about Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire Dales, Austwick

Including the counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. Yorkshire is often referred to as ‘God’s own county’.  It is (by British standards) huge and the whole region straddles the north of England, from the east coast to only about ½ an hour’s drive from the

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