A Yorkshire autumn walk

The Telegraph and Argus shares 'A guide to Yorkshire autumn walks for colourful days'.

In Brontë footsteps

A walk that’s full of history as one that the Brontë sisters would have been familiar with on the wild moors.

Start at Stanbury bus terminus and walk uphill on Back Lane.

At the first road junction, continue following the road as it changes from a hard surface to a rough track. Just beyond a parking area, the rough track divides. Here, take the right-hand track uphill to the gate and cattle grid at the top of the incline.

Go through the gate and on to open moorland to where the track divides into three – follow the right-hand track and continue uphill all the way until you reach the ruin of

Top Withens farm, thought to have inspired Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.

At this point, you can head back down to Stanbury or go a little further for some incredible views. Walk to the rear of the building and take the narrow well-defined path leading steeply uphill and slightly to the right, in a north westerly direction. Follow this narrow path across moorland and keep right when you reach a point where another narrower path bears left. You will shortly see the Delf Hill trig point ahead. At the trig point take in amazing views all around, from Boulsworth Hill and Pendle Hill to the left, across the Yorkshire Dales, and beyond.

Back in Stanbury, head to traditional village local, Wuthering Heights Inn.

The pub also has a campsite with spectacular views.

Top Withens

Distance: Around two miles

Start/finish: Stanbury bus terminus, Hob Hill, at the western end of Stanbury Main Street

Difficulty: Suitable for most reasonably fit occasional walkers

Parking: Limited parking near the bus terminus, but there is an informal parking area 300 yards up Back Lane, where the walk route passes. Parking is also available in Haworth village, around 1.7 miles away

Pub: Wuthering Heights Inn, Stanbury (Kathryn Armstrong)

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