The Brontë Connection
Grade
Easy to ModerateType
WalkDescription
A Circular Route from Stanbury to Top Withens.
Walk Waypoints
- 1 Begin the walk at Stanbury bus terminus.
- 2 Take the side road onto Back Lane.
- 3 Continue straight on at the junction.
- 4 When the path splits again take the right hand track to the gate and cattle grid.
- 5 Continue to follow the track for some distance until you reach Top Withens.
- 6 Pass Top Withens and take a right turn along a path down across the moors
- 7 Follow this track to reach the Delf Hill trig point.
- 8 Take the path to the right.
- 9 Follow the path past some grouse butts.
- 10 When the path divides take the left hand route towards Ponden Reservoir.
- 11 Join the farm road and follow it towards the Pennine Way and turn right.
- 12 Follow the road round the end of the reservoir.
- 13 Take a right turn onto a footpath.
- 14 Rejoin the Pennine Way and follow the road going straight until you return to Back Lane and retrace your steps to the start of the walk.