| Sandwiched between the industrial areas of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire is the tranquil area of South Pennine moorland comprising of the Forest of Trawden, Heptonstall Moor and the area made famous by the Brontė Sisters' novels such as Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. The area is typical south Pennine moorland dotted with small reservoirs and remains of old quarries. The Pennine Way passes through the Forest of Trawden on it's long sojourn from Edale in the Derbyshire Peak District to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders. Not far away is the attractive mill town of Hebden Bridge which has retained much of it's Industrial Revoloution character and now is popular with the New Age set, and to the north-east is Keighley and Haworth in Calderdale where it is possible to journey on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, setting for the film, 'The Railway Children'. |
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Cast iron footbridge at Widdop Reservoirs. To the west are the Lancashire mill towns of Burnley, Nelson and Colne. In spite of being in such proximity to such great industrial towns, the Southern Pennines is a peaceful haven away from everday life and one great place to find refuge is at the remote Pack Horse Inn at Widdop. Everything you need to know for a weekend break can be found in this website and there is something here for everybody who will discover that you do not have to go so far to get away from it all.
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