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What’s On Worth Reading Book Group 1st May Worth Reading Book Group 5th Jun Worth Reading Book Group 3rd Jul More Local Events… Latest News Haworth Village Trust – Better Together Event 18th Jan Haworth Central Park Wins its 10th Successive Gree 25th Jul Haworth Flood 2015 26th Dec More Local News… Local Groups Updated […]

Oakworth Station is set in the Edwardian period keeping as near as possible to 1905 – 1914. The Railway Children, 1969/1970 EMI production starring Jenny Agutter was filmed at the station. COMMEMORATING THE CENTENARY OF CINEMA 1996 The Classic Film THE RAILWAY CHILDREN Was Filmed at Oakworth Station 1970 In association with the British Film […]

21/02/1804 Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren, the world’s first steam locomotive made its first journey. It hauled ten tons of iron, 60 – 70 passengers and five wagons on the nine-mile journey from Penydarren to Merthyr Tydfil. 27/09/1825 The Stockton Darlington Railway opened. It was the first passenger rail service, the steam locomotive travelled at 10mph. 06/10/1829 […]

Distance 10 miles from Haworth Travel time by car About 35 mins Location Skipton Castle, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 1AQ Tel:01756 792442 N53° 57. 847 W002° 00. 917 Map here… About Skipton here… Elevation 515ft Date visited 31/08/2004 Length of visit 2hrs Opening times As of January 2009: Open daily from 10am (Sunday 12 noon), except for 25 […]

Saltaire was created by Sir Titus Salt in the nineteenth century as a “model village” for his workforce who worked at his textile mills. Titus Salt was born at Morley on 20th September 1803. His family were successful in the textile business and in 1833 he ran the family company. In Bradford where Titus Salt’s […]

Distance 4 miles from Haworth Travel time by car About 20 mins, Car Parking at the castle. Location Cliffe Castle Museum Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley, BD20 6LH Telephone: (01535) 618231 Fax: (01535) 610536 Map here… Elevation   Date visited 27/01/2004 Length of visit 1.5hrs Disabled Facilities Wheelchair access to Museum ground floor (75% exhibits), café […]

Springwatch is the biggest ever survey into the arrival of spring across the UK. It’s run by the BBC in association with the Woodland Trust and the UK Phenology Network. They would like you to watch out for and record your first sightings of any of the six species below. Make a note of the […]

Mammals like birds are warm blooded, but three features set them apart from other creatures. All mammals have hair or fur, they feed their young on milk and they have a unique jawbone joint. Name: American Mink Month: July Location: Bridge house beck Haworth Name: Field Vole Month: AprilLocation: Haworth Name: Hedgehog Month: August Location: Haworth Name: Mole Month: […]

Insects are the largest group of animals. They have six legs and a segmented body covered by a hard exoskeleton. Some have one or two pairs of wings. Certain insects are a problem such as the house- fly which spread disease, there are also other insects that are useful such as the Bee and Hoverfly […]