Bronte house

Ahead of the release of Emily, we look around the house of the literary Brontë sisters in Haworth, where their childhood surroundings have been recreated on the edge of the Yorkshire moors

Some of our most enduring stories were conceived at Haworth, the West Yorkshire parsonage which was home to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte.

“The view from Charlotte Brontë's actual bedroom! @BronteParsonage”

Take a tour in pictures around West Yorkshire through the literary eyes of Charlotte Bronte!

Literary pilgrim Stephen Phelan has explored an author's home or two. From Tolstoy to the Brontes, he shares his favourites.

Statue of the three Bronte Sisters by Jocelyn Horner in the Heather Garden

This little room is particularly associated with the Brontës as children, and later was Emily's bedroom. Originally it would have been wider, with room for a full-sized bed across the window,, but it was affected by the enlargement of Charlotte's room in 1850.

The Bronte Parsonage The Bronte family are perhaps one of the most outstanding literary families of all times. The sentimental myths that have grown around them and their lives since Mrs Elisabeth Gaskell published her famous, though somewhat biased biography , can now be perceived with more honesty through the work of modern biographers with more material to hand and less prejudice in favour of Charlotte. Yet none of the fascination is lost for having a spotlight turned upon the darker…

Some of our most enduring stories were conceived at Haworth, the West Yorkshire parsonage which was home to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte.