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| The footpath along the River Worth below Haworth |
Distance: 4 miles
Ascent: ?? ft
Walking: Andrew & Gaynor
Weather: Sunny
OS Map: OL21 - South Pennines
Starting point: Station Road, Oakworth
Photography: Andrew using Nikon D750 / Nikon 24-70 mm f2.8
Another beautiful walk from home with more signs of spring appearing everywhere, from masses of daffodils to the first hawthorn blossom.
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| Footpath between Mill Lane and Hill Top Road, Oakworth with a very old stone gatepost. |
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| Oakworth Farm Road |
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| Oakworth Farm |
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| The view across The Worth Valley towards Penistone Hill and Haworth Moor from Green Well Farm |
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| Near Green Well Farm |
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| The footpath from Green Well Farm passes through a beautiful private garden with spectacular views across the valley |
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| Looking back along the footpath |
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| I love the way the light catches these trees, still in the private garden |
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| Wobbly stile, looking back into the garden |
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| Looking across the valley to Penistone Hill |
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| Approaching Lower Scholes |
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| The view over the valley to Lumb Foot and Stanbury from Lower Scholes, with Top Withens just visible on the horizon |
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| Approaching Lumb Beck |
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| The wooded banks of Lumb Beck |
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| The old packhorse bridge at Lumb Foot |
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| Lumb Foot |
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| Lumb Foot's newest residents |
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| The lamb on the right belonged to a different ewe and this one kept butting it away..... |
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| ...but it was eventually reunited with its mother. |
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| Long Bridge crosses the River Worth below Haworth at the point where Sladen Beck joins it |
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| Most of these old field ponds have been filled in by the farmers so it was nice to see this one |
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| Gorse seems to flower at all times of the year round here |
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| Lesser celandines on a bank near the river |
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| This weir was used to regulate the flow of water for Springhead Mills, a short distance downstream |
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| The remains of winding gear for the sluice gate |
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| The River Worth near Lord Bridge |
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| Footpath between Providence Lane and Station Road |
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| Gingerbread Dam, above Hoot Corner, was a small reservoir that served Vale Mills |
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| Lower Providence Mill Chimney with Lower Laithe Farm behind |
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| Hawthorn Blossom at Dockroyd |
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| Ebor Mill chimney and Haworth from the footpath up to Dockroyd |
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