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Day 3 Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Included meals
Brontë Moor and Haworth This morning, we
board the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Look out for 'B', 'D' or 'P' – they're the secret
for a fantastic one-way trip on this 5-mile code for when breakfast, lunch, dinner or
branch line that was built to serve the mill packed lunch is included!
trades in the late 19th century. Our journey
starts in Keighley at the foot of the beautiful Included memory makers
Worth Valley. In total we’ll see six stations,
including the tiny station at Damems which Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway
and Bolton Abbey River Loop Walk -
once served a small mill nearby, and the
7-mile
charming station at Oakworth that shot to
fame in the Railway Children. We alight in the Keighley and Worth Valley
Pennine village of Oxenhope surrounded by Railway, Brontë Moor and Haworth -
rolling hills and windswept moorland. Lower 5.5-mile
Laithe Reservoir is the start of our Brontë
Skipton to Settle Line and The
Moor Walk. We’ll pass the Brontë Bridge and
Pennine Bridleway - 6.5-mile
waterfall as we walk to Top Withens before
returning via the Pennine Way to the reservoir.
The world of Wuthering Heights is brought Your home away from home
to life in Haworth, home of the Brontë sisters.
This is a moderate 5.5-mile walk along country You will stay for four nights at the
roads and well-marked paths with some hills, Rendezvous Hotel in Skipton, known
lasting approximately 3.5 hours. There is an as the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales.
option to shorten this – your Tour Manager and Overlooking the canal, the hotel offers
local guides will provide details if required. We’ll stunning views, as well as fantastic
have time to enjoy this delightfully quaint town facilities including a bar, restaurant, indoor
before returning to Skipton, where dinner will be swimming pool, sauna, steam room
served in our hotel. BPD and gym. Complimentary car parking
Day 4 Skipton to Settle Line and The Pennine is available on site, and Skipton railway
Bridleway After breakfast, we’ll take a leisurely station is just less than two miles from
stroll along the Leeds and Liverpool canal path the hotel.
to Skipton Railway Station, where we board
walks each way between the hotel and Skipton
the train and travel on a section of the Settle.
station. At the end of our walk, there is time
Here, we begin our walk up onto the Pennine
to stop for coffee in the market town of Settle
Bridleway to enjoy the beautiful views that
before we take the train back to Skipton. BPD
stretch far and wide across the Dales. Along
our route, we’ll pass a number of caves carved Day 5 After a leisurely breakfast and checking
from limestone synonymous with this area. out of our hotel, it is time to make your own
They include the famous Victoria Cave, which way home. B
was discovered by chance in 1837, the year of
Queen Victoria’s coronation. This is a moderate
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6.5-mile walk along well-marked paths, some
hills and bridleways, lasting approximately 3.5 Code A5DUNYD
hours. There is an option to shorten this – your
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Tour Manager and local guides will provide
details if required. There are also 1.5 mile Single Room Supplement from £200

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