4 Mile Walk From Oakworth To Haworth

 

Distance: 4.2 miles

Ascent: 700 ft

Walking: Andrew

Weather: Overcast with occasional sunny spells

OS Map: OL21 - South Pennines

Starting point: Station Road, Oakworth

Photography: Andrew using Nikon D750 / Nikon 24-70 mm f2.8

Station Road, Oakworth

Station Road, Oakworth, with the level crossing and, just beyond, Mr Perks' cottage from the Railway Children

Oakworth Station

Waiting for the 13:12 from Haworth

The Station Master prepares to open the crossing gates and change the signal

'Big Jim' arriving at Oakworth Station

The Flying Landlord (so-named just for this weekend because it is Haworth Beer Festival) arriving from Keighley at 13:15

Hoot Corner, as it's known locally, is a sharp, narrow blind corner on Mytholmes Lane

Mytholmes Lane

A beautiful Oxenhope gate at Vale farm

Mytholmes Lane climbs up over the top of Mytholmes Tunnel, where many of the key scenes in the Railway Children were filmed

Providence Lane, Oakworth

Lord Bridge, in the Worth Valley below Haworth

This weir on the River Worth was built to regulate the flow of the water to Springhead Mill, just downstream

Another weir / sluice further up the river

Long Bridge is an old packhorse bridge across the River Worth at the point where Sladen Beck flows into it

The ford is a more recent addition to allow motor vehicles to cross

Looking across the valley from Oldfield Lane, Haworth

A fantastic range of autumn colours in this bramble leaf

Oldfield Lane, Haworth

Allotments, Haworth

Haworth churchyard & the Bronte Parsonage Museum

Main Street, Haworth

Oakworth seen from Changegate, Haworth

Lord Lane, Haworth