Brussels Brontë Group goes to Haworth – photo gallery

Here is a selection of photos from the delightful trip to Haworth that members of the Brussels Brontë Group took in June 2025, taking in the Parsonage Museum and the surrounding Brontë Country, including stops at the Brontë Birthplace in Thornton and Roe Head School in Mirfield. 

 

Led by the tireless Helen MacEwan and Joanne Wilcock, the group visited Oakwell Hall in Birstall and Shibden Hall in Halifax, and some members even trekked over the moors to Top Withens. There was also an expedition to Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast, where Anne Brontë is buried.

On a special Brontë mission in Haworth

One member of the Brussels Brontë Group on the trip to Haworth in June was on a mission of her own apart from her desire to see a place she had long wanted to visit. 

Ann Dinsdale and Carmen Albaladejo

My two lovely Brontë weekends

I took part in two Brontë weekends in Haworth in June 2025: one organised by the London Brontë Group and one organised by the Brussels Brontë Group. 

A very special visit to the Brontë Birthplace in Thornton

Brussels Brontë Group member Marina Saegerman has been involved in a fundraising project for the Brontë Birthplace in Thornton in a unique way. In this blog post, Marina tells about her particular experience in this extraordinary endeavour. 

Marina Saegerman and Liliana Pasterska

Haworth trip — the tour organiser’s perspective!

The idea of organising an excursion of Brussels Brontë Group members to Haworth grew out of Joanne Wilcock’s talk to us in October 2024 – "In the Footsteps of the Brontës in the North of England."

Joanne, a tireless Brontë traveller based in Lancashire, often shepherds Brontë fans around the places she knows so well. She and I discussed the possibility of organising a trip together. 

Joanne and Helen in action