About Haworth in West Yorkshire

Haworth is a town in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Worth Valley, on the edge of the Pennines, and is the main settlement in the civil parish of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury. The town is famous for its association with the Brontë sisters, who lived in Haworth from 1820 to 1861. The town has a population of 4,341 according to the 2011 Census.

The town is situated on the A6068 Keighley to Colne road and is only 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Lancashire border. Haworth is 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Bradford and 11 miles (17.7 km) east of Keighley. It has a railway station on the Worth Valley Railway which runs between Keighley and Oxenhope.

The town is built on the side of a steep hill and the main street, Haworth Main Street, has a gradient of 1 in 4 at its highest point. The earliest buildings were constructed of local stone, but from the 19th century brick was used for many commercial and public buildings. The roofing materials were originally stone slate, but many have been replaced with cheaper slate or tiles.