In Haworth for the Parsonage Museum

Amongst the passengers who used to travel in the carriages of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and then alight at the terminus in Oxenhope were the three sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. In the parsonage the candles and tapers, with which the Brontë sisters used to light and warm their evenings at Christmas time, were already lit. Now, in what was for a long time their favourite home, one can visit the Parsonage Museum that the Brontë Society has curated with maniacal diligence since 1928, bringing together a vast collection of original manuscripts and personal items, including those that belonged to Patrick Brontë, their pastor father, to the point that one almost expects Emily to come down from her room at any moment. The furnishings, very much in keeping with those of the 1840s, redeem the austerity of the façade. Children can take part in workshops, while for adults there is a temporary exhibition entitled 'From Haworth to Eternity: The Enduring Legacy of the Brontës'. Then in the afternoon, when the clock strikes precisely 5pm, it's off to have a cup of tea with butter biscuits and scones at the Haworth & Brontë Country Cafes & Tearooms, while the Haworth Steam Brewery retains the vintage charm of decades gone by just beyond its brick façade and blue sign. Instead, The Hawthorn is a gem of Georgian architecture in which to dine on a fine local roast. Decidedly Victorian and absolutely in tune with 19th-century novels is the Haworth YHA, a hostel that indeed bears many similarities to the homes cherished by the three sisters.