Brontë Country Landscapes
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Andrew Fowler - Pro photographer & lapsed landscape painter, on a mission to share the beauty of Brontë Country
Happy Wuthering Heights Day, the joint birthday of Emily Brontë (207) and Kate Bush (67). This is the ruin of Top Withins, said to be Emily Brontë’s inspiration for the location of Wuthering Heights.
July 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Happy Wuthering Heights Day, the joint birthday of Emily Brontë (207) and Kate Bush (67). This is the ruin of Top Withins, said to be Emily Brontë’s inspiration for the location of Wuthering Heights.
An early summer evening in Oxenhope.
I didn't spot the robin on the gate until I was going through the day's shots on the computer. 😆
I didn't spot the robin on the gate until I was going through the day's shots on the computer. 😆
July 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
An early summer evening in Oxenhope.
I didn't spot the robin on the gate until I was going through the day's shots on the computer. 😆
I didn't spot the robin on the gate until I was going through the day's shots on the computer. 😆
Summer in Haworth.
July 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Summer in Haworth.
Patches of bell heather are in full flower on the moors now, a precursor to the hills being cloaked in purple in a couple of weeks, or so, when the ling blooms.
Note how the bees puncture a hole in the side of the flower to access the nectar, rather than access it through the end as you'd expect.
Note how the bees puncture a hole in the side of the flower to access the nectar, rather than access it through the end as you'd expect.
June 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Patches of bell heather are in full flower on the moors now, a precursor to the hills being cloaked in purple in a couple of weeks, or so, when the ling blooms.
Note how the bees puncture a hole in the side of the flower to access the nectar, rather than access it through the end as you'd expect.
Note how the bees puncture a hole in the side of the flower to access the nectar, rather than access it through the end as you'd expect.
It's foxglove season here in Brontë Country and the bees are making the most of it.
June 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It's foxglove season here in Brontë Country and the bees are making the most of it.
Had a really enjoyable Sunday at the Antiques Roadshow in Lister Park, Bradford & we were lucky to be chosen to film with Wayne Colquhoun.
Can’t say too much about the item or valuation but Wayne and the crew were brilliant - I was hopeless so don’t know if we’ll make the cut but here’s hoping 🤞
Can’t say too much about the item or valuation but Wayne and the crew were brilliant - I was hopeless so don’t know if we’ll make the cut but here’s hoping 🤞
June 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Had a really enjoyable Sunday at the Antiques Roadshow in Lister Park, Bradford & we were lucky to be chosen to film with Wayne Colquhoun.
Can’t say too much about the item or valuation but Wayne and the crew were brilliant - I was hopeless so don’t know if we’ll make the cut but here’s hoping 🤞
Can’t say too much about the item or valuation but Wayne and the crew were brilliant - I was hopeless so don’t know if we’ll make the cut but here’s hoping 🤞
My attempts to photograph the Northern Lights last night were thwarted by cloud so here’s a shot of the Strawberry / Mead Moon rising over The Hawthorn in Haworth.
June 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
My attempts to photograph the Northern Lights last night were thwarted by cloud so here’s a shot of the Strawberry / Mead Moon rising over The Hawthorn in Haworth.
Early morning at Slippery Ford, near Oakworth.
June 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Early morning at Slippery Ford, near Oakworth.
Fifty Shades of Green.
Goose Eye, near Oakworth this morning.
Goose Eye, near Oakworth this morning.
June 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Fifty Shades of Green.
Goose Eye, near Oakworth this morning.
Goose Eye, near Oakworth this morning.
It’s always a joy to see local wildlife when I’m out and about around Brontë Country, especially the hares. This chap wasn’t at all camera-shy.
June 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It’s always a joy to see local wildlife when I’m out and about around Brontë Country, especially the hares. This chap wasn’t at all camera-shy.
There's definitely a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow - Mine's a pint of Landlord 🍺
May 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
There's definitely a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow - Mine's a pint of Landlord 🍺
A flavour of 1940s Weekend on the KWVR and in Haworth.
May 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
A flavour of 1940s Weekend on the KWVR and in Haworth.
Evening in Brontë Country
May 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Evening in Brontë Country
We’ve just had a wonderful couple of days down at Badminton Horse Trials, last week, watching step-niece, Rebecca, and her horse, Ember, competing in the Grassroots competition. Well done Bex! 😁
May 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We’ve just had a wonderful couple of days down at Badminton Horse Trials, last week, watching step-niece, Rebecca, and her horse, Ember, competing in the Grassroots competition. Well done Bex! 😁
Another colourful Steampunk weekend in Haworth. 😊
May 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Another colourful Steampunk weekend in Haworth. 😊
Late evening light yesterday over Wadsworth War Memorial, Hebden Bridge. I’m starting to embrace lens flare, having spent decades trying to avoid it.
May 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Late evening light yesterday over Wadsworth War Memorial, Hebden Bridge. I’m starting to embrace lens flare, having spent decades trying to avoid it.
A splash of spring colour at North Ives Farm, Oxenhope.
April 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
A splash of spring colour at North Ives Farm, Oxenhope.
Forgot to add the photo last time 🤣 so let’s retry again:
The old telephone box at the bottom of Haworth Main Street is now, appropriately enough for a village with such a famous literary pedigree, a popular book exchange
The old telephone box at the bottom of Haworth Main Street is now, appropriately enough for a village with such a famous literary pedigree, a popular book exchange
April 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Forgot to add the photo last time 🤣 so let’s retry again:
The old telephone box at the bottom of Haworth Main Street is now, appropriately enough for a village with such a famous literary pedigree, a popular book exchange
The old telephone box at the bottom of Haworth Main Street is now, appropriately enough for a village with such a famous literary pedigree, a popular book exchange
Today is the 60th birthday of the 268 mile Pennine Way, which passes through Brontë Country at Top Withens, Stanbury Moor & across Oakworth Moor. I often meet Pennine Way walkers when I’m on the moors & I’m very jealous of them for having the determination & stamina (& time) to do it.
Maybe one day
Maybe one day
April 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Today is the 60th birthday of the 268 mile Pennine Way, which passes through Brontë Country at Top Withens, Stanbury Moor & across Oakworth Moor. I often meet Pennine Way walkers when I’m on the moors & I’m very jealous of them for having the determination & stamina (& time) to do it.
Maybe one day
Maybe one day
The hilltop village of Stanbury and Lower Laithe Reservoir play host to a bit of showing off by Mother Nature
April 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The hilltop village of Stanbury and Lower Laithe Reservoir play host to a bit of showing off by Mother Nature
Evening light, Oldfield near Oakworth.
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Evening light, Oldfield near Oakworth.
It would have been rude not to, wouldn’t it?
April 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It would have been rude not to, wouldn’t it?
A chance encounter yesterday evening with a herd of 7 fallow deer near Oakworth Station. I've seen them around quite a bit when I'm out and about but not usually as many as this and not as close-up. 😊
April 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A chance encounter yesterday evening with a herd of 7 fallow deer near Oakworth Station. I've seen them around quite a bit when I'm out and about but not usually as many as this and not as close-up. 😊
Built in 1887 and originally run by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, this engine became famous as the Green Dragon in the classic 1970 film, The Railway Children.
April 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Built in 1887 and originally run by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, this engine became famous as the Green Dragon in the classic 1970 film, The Railway Children.
Heptonstall: The grave of "King David" Hartley, the leader of the notorious Cragg Vale Coiners, a gang of C18th counterfeiters who shaved the edges off gold coins & melted down the shavings to make fakes.
He was hanged in York in 1770.
The nearby Heptonstall Museum tells the full fascinating story.
He was hanged in York in 1770.
The nearby Heptonstall Museum tells the full fascinating story.
March 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Heptonstall: The grave of "King David" Hartley, the leader of the notorious Cragg Vale Coiners, a gang of C18th counterfeiters who shaved the edges off gold coins & melted down the shavings to make fakes.
He was hanged in York in 1770.
The nearby Heptonstall Museum tells the full fascinating story.
He was hanged in York in 1770.
The nearby Heptonstall Museum tells the full fascinating story.