Brontë Tours from Windermere

Brontë tours from Windermere

Windermere is where most of our tours begin. The town grew up around its railway station, which sits at the end of the branch line from Oxenholme, so it is the easiest place in the Lake District to reach without a car, and hotels, guesthouses and the lake itself are all a short walk or taxi ride away.

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 Windermere

We meet you outside the ticket office at Windermere railway station. If you are staying in Bowness, the station is about a mile and a half up the hill, or you can join many tours at the Bowness pickup instead.

Every tour listed on this page picks up at Windermere station.

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 Coniston and Oxenholme. See all our Brontë tours.

Why travel with English Lakes Tours

English Lakes Tours has run small-group tours of the Lake District since 2018. Our guides hold Masters and PhD-level qualifications, and the stories they tell are researched from our own library of around 6,500 books, academic journals and local archives.

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