Railway Children Walk part 1

Taking in Main St Haworth, Oakworth station, Mytholmes tunnel, Ebor Mill, Haworth Station.

The walk from Haworth Main St to Haworth Station is about 2.4 miles long. You can check where you are at any stage by clicking on the numbered links which will take you to google maps. Part one of the walk is shown as blue markers

1) Haworth Visitor Centre
Starting from Visitor Centre (also known as Haworth Tourist Centre, TIC), elevation is: 795ft. Grid ref: N53°49.880 W001°57.339

The Tourist Information Centre was the Butchers shop in the film.

Take a 360º view Haworth Main St by the Tourist Information Centre here…

2) Opposite Fleece Inn
Continue down Main St, look out for Lodge St on your right, the house on the corner is where the children were given a small shovel for Mr Perks Birthday. 

At the Fleece Inn on the right, take the road left which descends steeply.

3) Butt Lane
Continue down Butt Lane, the old school on your left. 360º panorama here… Distance you have walked is 0.2 of a mile, elevation is: 699ft. Grid ref: N53°49.802 W001°57.136
Information and history about the school here…

4) School and Community Centre
Just past the school and Community Centre there is an unmade road. Turn left and continue to end and take a right turn. 

5) Acre Lane
Follow the path to the left, down to a Kissing Gate, go through and you are on Greenfields, continue on the path. 

6) Greenfields
At the end of Greenfields there is a Kissing Gate, go through and take the unmade road to your left, Greenfield Ter is on your left, straight ahead is Mytholmes Lane. Distance you have walked is 0.5 of a mile, elevation is: 730ft. Grid ref: N53°50.047 W001°57.044

7) Mytholmes Lane
Continue down Mytholmes Lane, staying on the right hand side pavement.

8) Ebor Lane
Cross over Ebor Lane. Continue downhill, at the bottom the road becomes Providence Lane. 

There are Toll House signs at each end of Ebor Lane. Information here…

9) Providence Lane

Continue uphill, opposite the row of cottages and before the mill chimney on your right is the footpath. Click on the picture for more detail.

10) ABC steps
Distance you have walked is 1 mile, elevation is: 550ft. Grid ref: N53°50.381 W001°56.961

Climb the steps (locally known as the ABC steps as apparently there are 26 of them) and continue along the path, the railway can be seen on your right. Along the section they filmed parts of the paper chase and the landslide. You can glimpse Mytholmes tunnel. 

11) Footpath
Continue along the path. You can see the remains of the old street lamps still in the stone walls.

12) Kissing Gate
Distance you have walked is 1.2 miles, elevation is: 612ft, the highest point on the walk. Grid ref: N53°50.506 W001°56.690

Go through the iron kissing gate and continue along footpath. Click on the picture for more detail.

13) Station Road
Past the gate on the left is another kissing gate, go through and a turn right brings you on to Station Rd. Click on the picture for more detail.

14) Station Road
Continue downhill along Station Rd

15) Oakworth Station
Oakworth Station is on your left where much of the filming took place. About the station here… Distance you have walked is 1.5 miles, elevation is: 535ft. Grid ref: N53°50.469 W001°56.549