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Monday, 24 August 2020

By the Brontë Waterfalls

The Brontë Waterfalls lie in the valley of a stream called Sladen Beck, two or three miles up onto the moors above the historic village of Haworth. It is known from their writings that the famous literary Brontë sisters: Charlotte, Emily and Anne, used to visit this spot in the early 1800s. At this time of year when the heather is out, it is a very pretty area and attracts a lot of visitors, though it's not the easiest of walks, quite steep in parts and rather rocky. There is a little clapper bridge over the beck, although sadly that isn't the original, which was swept away in a storm in the 1980s.  

The Falls themselves aren't much to look at compared to some, though better after rain (and we'd had a fair bit just before I made this visit). 


This curious stone is known as the Brontë Chair, for obvious reasons. It's said that Charlotte used to sit there and make up her stories... 

 

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