Brontë Tours from Oxenholme

Brontë tours from Oxenholme

Oxenholme Lake District station, just outside Kendal, is on the West Coast Main Line, with direct trains from London Euston, Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is the gateway to the Lakes for travelers arriving by train, and the starting point for our full-day tours into Yorkshire.

Our Brontë tours cross the Pennines from the Lake District to Haworth and the moors that shaped Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, on a full day with a specialist guide.

The Brontës' Haworth

The Brontë family moved to the parsonage at Haworth in 1820, and it was there, in 1847, that Charlotte's Jane Eyre, Emily's Wuthering Heights and Anne's Agnes Grey were published. The house is now the Brontë Parsonage Museum, and the moorland behind it is still the landscape of Wuthering Heights. Our tour takes in the Parsonage, Ponden Hall, Wycoller Hall and the moors, in a small group of no more than six, with a separate driver and guide.

What you'll see

• The Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth, with entry included
• Haworth, the village the Brontës called home
• Ponden Hall and Wycoller Hall, both linked with the novels
• The moors that inspired Wuthering Heights

Meeting us in Oxenholme

We meet you outside the ticket office at Oxenholme Lake District station. If a tour you want doesn't pick up at Oxenholme, the branch line to Windermere leaves from the same station and takes about twenty minutes.

Every tour listed on this page picks up in Oxenholme. If the one you want isn't listed, it may start from Windermere instead.

A small group or a private tour

Our shared tours are small groups of no more than six, priced per person, for ages 7 and up. A private tour is for your group alone, at one price for up to six guests and with no age limit, and can collect you from your hotel in the Windermere or Ambleside areas.

Brontë tours from other places

These tours also start from Windermere and Coniston. See all our Brontë tours.

Why travel with English Lakes Tours

Since 2018 we have shown visitors from all over the world the Lake District we live in. Groups are small, the minivans are comfortable, and our guides are specialists, with Masters and PhD-level qualifications in the subjects they talk about.

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