Photograph of Top Withens by kind courtesy of Simon Warner
Photograph of Top Withens by kind courtesy of
Simon Warner
Although being at odds with her description in the novel "Wuthering Heights", Top Withens is popularly credited as being Emily Bronte's setting for the Earnshaw moorland farmstead. Whether or not this desolate ruin on the Pennine moors above the village of Haworth is the genuine location hardly seems to matter to most visitors; the setting is romantic enough to have appeared in several film versions and paintings, and - even on a fine day - it is hard not to be impressed by the wildness of the place.
Walkers on Britain's long distance footpath the Pennine Way pass by Top Withens on their way from Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District to Kirk Yetholm in Scotland. For more casual visitors, Top Withens is usually approached by following one of the footpaths from Stanbury or Haworth.
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