I came here for a weekend when I was at Oxford to see the Bronte museum and parsonage. It ended up being one of the best weekend trips we took. It was November, so it got dark very early… we stayed in an old manor house that had been turned into a youth hostel- we had a fireplace in our room. Since it was dark so early, we went out right after we got there to a Guy Fawkes bonfire. We met an older man who was the retired police constable, and he gave us his phone number and told us to call him from the call box outside the parish church the next day, because he wanted to show us around the church. In the morning we hiked across the moors to Top Withins, which was the inspiration for Wuthering Heights. The path goes past Bronte falls, and some other places where the Bronte sisters frequented. The parsonage museum was interesting- worth a visit. The graveyard outside is eerie- distenegrating headstones covered with moss. We called the man from the bonfire, and he showed up and said he was the official clock-winder for the clock in the tower of the church, so he took us up the tower and let us wind the clock (it was huge and old), and then up the rickety old ladder, past the bells, and to the top of the tower, where we had an amazing view of the countryside. He then took us to his house where his wife served us tea and biscuits. You can’t plan weekends like that!