The Bronte Caravan Park
off Halifax Road
Keigthly
West Yorkshire
BD21 5QF
Tel: 01535 649 222
This site is a member of Tranquil Touring Parks and is for adults only.
It's easy
to find being on the left of the A629 from Haworth to Keigthly and is signed by brown
tourist signs.
The present owners took over the site 3 years ago and are still in the throes of
development.
There are a total of 129 pitches of which 15 are for tents. All have
10 amp electric. . Booking is not always necessary as they never fill it with bookings,
preferring to keep about 6 pitches free for casual tourers.
The site itself is in the valley bottom (steep access road) well away from the main
road and is totally hidden and quiet. It's broken up into 3 separate areas, two of
which are to the right of the entrance road, one being terraced and open, the other
is on the edge of the fishing lake, which seemed to be well patronised at £3.50 per
day. However it did appear that the majority of these pitches had been taken over
by resident tourers. The remaining pitches being of a small size.
The third area was
further along the valley floor into the next field and was more wooded but very level.
All pitches here were hard standing but unfortunately rather narrow which left no
room for the car to stand alongside the 'van. It had to be parked across the front
of the A frame. Which with the vans parked opposite having to do the same did tend
to narrow down the access roads.
The toilet block in this area was a large portakabin, kept very clean, with adequate
toilets and wash hand basins but no showers or heating. There was plenty of hot water
to the sinks including two outside for dishwashing.
There is a modern shower block
on the site which is beside the other two fields but this was a rather long walk
especially in poor weather. Once again, this block was not heated although it did
have radiators Other facilities here were disabled loos and laundrette.
Other points to note were the River Worth running along the length of the site, somebody
was actually fly fishing here.
Picnic area alongside the site fishing lake which also
has two resident black swans which now have four chicks.
Also a small herd of deer
in a field on the hillside.
The best feature of note is the Keigthly &Worth Valley Railway which runs along the entire edge of the site. Being only single track the passing place is right alongside the lake side so there's plenty of time to view the steam trains.
At the time of our visit the site was very wet, the result of being at the bottom
of the hillside. This is an ideal site for motorhomes as the bus stops very near
the main entrance, but beware of the climb.
Also there's a mainline railway station
in town, 2 miles.
The town of Haworth, famous for the Bronte Sisters is only 2 miles and is well worth a visit.
Although we didn't see this site at it's best because of the wet weather I feel it will be very popular and picturesque in summer and as alterations are ongoing no doubt things will get better. As for alterations, can I suggest a cable car to the site entrance.
Harry Burrows.
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Railway Nearby
STEAM
Pet Friendly
Fishing
BBQ Allowed
camping
Motorhomes
10amp
