Walking in York and in Shirley Country

A couple of Brontë-related walks that will take place today, March 8:

Bronte walk in Shirley Country - Red House car park, Oxford Road, Gomersal 08/03/2008
A walk to celebrate International Women’s Day!
Saturday 8 March 2008

Meet at the Red House car park, Oxford Road, Gomersal, at 10.30 a.m. for a walk to Oakwell Hall, via Birstall Parish Church, for a guided tour of the Hall on the theme of Women’s Lives from the Seventeenth Century.
Bring your own lunch or eat in the Oak Tree Café.
Return to the Red House for 2.30 p.m. approx. to see the home of Mary Taylor, feminist and friend of Charlotte Bronte. Here you can see The Secret’s Out exhibition, and visit Mary Taylor’s Grave.
Booking essential: Ring Helen on 01274 831235
Charge: £5.50 to include guided tour of Oakwell Hall.
Normal admission charge to the Hall applies. (Lunch not incl.).
Buses to the Red House incl.: 227,253,254,284
E-Mail helensheritagewalks@live.co.uk

York Literature Festival 2008 - Read Write York

EVENT: York Walk Presents : The York Literary Walk
VENUE: Walk starts at Museum Gardens Gates, 2pm - 4pm
A walk around York’s literary sites of interest – including sites that inspired authors such as Charles Dickens, WH Auden, Alcuin, the Bronte Sisters, Kate Atkinson and more.
TICKETS/CONTACT: £5.50 adults / £5 York Card Holders / £2.50 Children
01904 622303 • www.yorkwalk.co.uk

Categories: Brontëana