Keighley & Worth Valley Railway & Museum
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Overview
The line was built mainly to serve the valley’s mills, and passes through the heart of Brontë country. Beginning at Keighley Station – shared with the mainline – it climbs up to Haworth, and terminates at Oxenhope, which has a storage and restoration building. At Haworth there are locomotive workshops, and at Ingrow West, an award-winning museum. Steam trains operate at weekends and holiday time, but there’s also a regular diesel service. Many special events take place throughout the year, including the successful curry and fish-and-chips trains. The much-loved 1970 family movie, The Railway Children, featured the KWVR and particularly Oakworth Station.
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open daily in summer & weekends all year
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
- Parking nearby
About the area
Everybody knows that Yorkshire has some special landscapes. The Dales and the Moors first spring to mind, but what about West Yorkshire? That’s Leeds and Bradford isn’t it? Back-to-back houses and blackened mills… Certainly if you had stood on any of the hills surrounding Hebden Bridge a hundred years ago, and gazed down into the valley, all you would have seen was the pall of smoke issuing from the chimneys of 33 textile mills.
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The Fleece Inn
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Old White Lion Hotel
Old White Lion Hotel is a 300-year-old coaching inn with 14 well-equipped en-suite rooms. Family-run, the hotel on Haworth’s cobbled main street is close to the Bronte Parsonage Museum ...
Higher Scholes Cottage
Higher Scoles Cottage is set in the heart of Brontë Country and commands stunning views of the romantic moors. This luxury cottage is the perfect place to find some peace and quiet, wit...
Higher Scholes Cottage
Higher Scoles Cottage is set in the heart of Brontë Country and commands stunning views of the romantic moors. This luxury cottage is the perfect place to find some peace and quiet, wit...
Upwood Holiday Park
With panoramas of the surrounding moors and the Aire Valley, Upwood Holiday Park’s accommodation portfolio even includes Mongolian yurts. In the clubhouse is the Upwood Inn, with pool t...
Ploughcroft Cottage
At 1000ft above sea level, Ploughcroft Cottage is in a unique position set in a rural vista only five minutes’ drive from Halifax town centre. Off-road parking is available as well as a...
Shibden Mill Inn
Tucked into the side of a country road in Shibden Dale, this characterful 17th-century inn features exposed beams and open fires. Guests can relax in one of several lounge areas, and me...
Sands Farm Cottage
Sands Farm is a beautifully renovated stone-built cottage set in peaceful countryside, offering picturesque views over the valley. There are two bedrooms, one en suite and the other wit...
