Jane Eyre Hathersage Trail

Have you a gap in your summer schedule? Peak Experience has launched a Jane Eyre Hathersage Trail.

Follow the footsteps of Charlotte Bronte who visited Hathersage and was inspired by its places and people to write Jane Eyre. You can download and print this PDF self-guided trail to explore the places that found their way into Charlotte's novel. You can also recreate the famous scene from the Pride & Prejudice film 'on location' on Stanage Edge and visit the grave of Robin Hood's giant sidekick Little John. The trail also takes in a Romano-British village, Norman fort, historic church and breathtaking moors.

The trail has a clear map linked to photos and information to guide you around Hathersage and its nearby moors - all featuring in Jane Eyre or Pride & Prejudice.

The trail can be downloaded on the Peak Experience activities page.

There is also an audio version of the trail you can download to listen to on an iPod or mp3 player on the Moors for the Future website.

The Yorkshire Post gives further information:

CHARLOTTE Brontë may be more closely associated with Howarth (sic) than Hathersage, but the Peak District did inspire some of her most famous work.

The author visited the area in 1845 and it is known to have provided inspiration for her classic novel Jane Eyre, which was written soon afterwards.
North Lees Hall became the basis of the fictional Northfield Hall in the story and the name Eyre was taken from the man who constructed the hall, Robert Eyre.
Now both printed and audio trails have been created to help visitors identify the areas which helped to inspire the author and to the locations used for filming a recent television adaptation of the novel.
Both can be downloaded from the Peak Experience website at www.peak-experience.org.uk/ tourism/activities/audio-trails/ and they also provide details of other focal points in the area, including a Norman fort and historic church.
Peak Experience was created through a partnership of several organisations, including the Peak District National Park Authority, with an interest in promoting the area.
Bill Bevan, Peak Experience interpretation project officer, said: "The story of Jane Eyre is a classic that has stood the test of time. This guided trail allows visitors to find out more about the people and places that inspired Charlotte Bronte to write the book.
"The BBC filmed part of their recent TV adaptation of Jane Eyre on the moors above Hathersage. The audio trail lets you discover exactly where it was filmed." (Paul Whitehouse)

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