Haworth (population 6,379) is a town in City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines, 3 miles (5 kilometres) southwest of Keighley, 10 miles (16 km) west of Bradford and 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of Colne in Lancashire. The bordering locations consist of Oakworth as well as Oxenhope. Close-by towns consist of Cross Roads, Stanbury and also Lumbfoot. Haworth is a traveler destination understood for its association with the Bronté siblings and also the preserved heritage Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Haworth is first pointed out as a settlement in 1209. The name may describe a "hedged enclosure" or "hawthorn unit". The name was recorded as "Howorth" on a 1771 map. Haworth belongs to the civil church of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury, which in turn becomes part of the Bradford Metropolitan District Council, one of the five urbane boroughs of West Yorkshire. In between 1938 and also 1974 Haworth was part of the Municipal Borough of Keighley and also before that it had been a civil parish and also city district in its very own right. Haworth is in the Worth Valley amidst the Pennines. It is 212 miles (341 kilometres) north of London, 43 miles (69 km) west of York and 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Bradford.