IN BRONTË COUNTRY

From the Hebden Bridge area, it's not far, though over the moors, to Oxenhope. The village is down there, under the mist (Photo by Tim Green - Creative Commons License). 

While we're up on the moors, we might as well take a look at Oxenhope Airfield.

Into the village and we find the Church of St Mary the Virgin (Photo by Tim Green - Creative Commons License). 

The Waggon & Horses, when I visited in 2004, brewed its own beer.

The Bay Horse is an excellent former Whitbread pub.

The Dog & Gun is another good pub, with Taylor's beers from nearby Keighley.

Oxenhope was the terminus of a Midland Railway branch line from Keighley. This view is from 1905 or thereabouts.

Today, the branch is run by the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. This is the scene in 1994.

34092 has arrived and is about to run round.

Sheffield tram 513 was stored at Oxenhope station yard in the early 1970s.

The K&WVR have built an exhibition shed at Oxenhope.

A beer festival is held in here annually.

Only a couple of miles away, high above Oxenhope village and Haworth, is Stanbury. There are two pubs in the village. One is the Wuthering Heights.

The other pub is the Friendly. It lives up to its name!

A Transdev bus (ex London) will transport us into nearby Hworth.

That drops us off at the first pub in Haworth, the Old Sun, probably the least touristy of the village's hostelries.

Now, onto Main Street in Haworth (Creative Commons License).

The Fleece, on Main Street, is another Taylor's house.

The Haworth Steam Brewery Bar is worth a visit, though the beers are brewed in Leeds.

In the valley bottom is Haworth station, seen in Midand Railway times.

Today, Haworth station is an important stop on the K&WVR.

Here are a couple of photos from 1969.

Twenty years later, a railbus calls.

The old goods yard now acts at the motive power depot of the K&WVR and a good selection of locos can be found here.

The first Cedes "trackless" run in England reached Haworth, seen near the station.

Today's Transdev buses are a lot more modern.

Right across the road from the station is the Royal Oak. Since this photo was taken in 2008, it has been renamed as the Mill Hey Brew House.

Right, that's it for today. The next post will seen us heading downhill to Keighley.