Haworth (population 6,379) is a town in City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines, 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Keighley, 10 miles (16 kilometres) west of Bradford and also 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of Colne in Lancashire. The bordering areas consist of Oakworth and also Oxenhope. Close-by villages include Cross Roadways, Stanbury as well as Lumbfoot. Haworth is a traveler location understood for its organization with the Bronté sisters as well as the preserved heritage Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Haworth is first pointed out as a settlement in 1209. The name might describe a "hedged enclosure" or "hawthorn room". The name was recorded as "Howorth" on a 1771 map. Haworth becomes part of the civil parish of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury, which subsequently belongs to the Bradford Metropolitan District Council, one of the five urban districts of West Yorkshire. Between 1938 and 1974 Haworth belonged to the Municipal Borough of Keighley as well as prior to that it had actually been a civil parish as well as urban district in its own right. Haworth is in the Worth Valley in the middle of the Pennines. It is 212 miles (341 kilometres) north of London, 43 miles (69 kilometres) west of York and also 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of Bradford.