Keighley



Cliffe Castle Museum
East Riddlesden Hall
The Bronte Parsonage Museum
The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
The Museum of Rail Travel

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Cliffe Castle Museum

Cliffe Castle Museum was originally the spectacular mansion of the local Victorian millionaire and textile manufacturer, Henry Isaac Butterfield. It stands in attractive hillside grounds with greenhouses a garden centre, aviaries and a children's pla...




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East Riddlesden Hall

Atmospheric 17th-century manor house with oak-framed barns and a lovely garden. The house has distinctive architectural features and is set in mature grounds with beech trees and a large duck pond. The interior has a wonderful ambience, furnished wit...




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The Bronte Parsonage Museum

The Bront's are perhaps the world's most famous literary family and Haworth Parsonage, now the Bront' Parsonage Museum, was their home from 1820 to 1861 and the place where great, romantic novels such as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights were written. ...




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The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Step back in time and enjoy a train ride through the heart of Bronte country. Most services are operated by steam trains, but the railway also serves the local community, with many people using the morning diesel railcar services to do their shopping...




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The Museum of Rail Travel

The Vintage Carriages Trust (VCT) is a volunteer body, based on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. It was formed in 1965 by a group of volunteers whose interest was in wooden bodied carriages. They could see that there was a need to concentrate on ...