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 also 10 miles (16 km) east of Colne in Lancashire. The surrounding locations consist of Oakworth as well as Oxenhope. Close-by towns include Cross Roadways, Stanbury and also Lumbfoot. Haworth is a vacationer destination understood for its association with the Bronté sis as well as the preserved heritage Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Haworth is first discussed as a settlement in 1209. The name might refer to a "hedged room" or "hawthorn enclosure". The name was recorded as "Howorth" on a 1771 map. Haworth is part of the civil parish of Haworth, Cross Roads and also Stanbury, which consequently becomes part of the Bradford Metropolitan Area Council, one of the five cosmopolitan boroughs of West Yorkshire. In between 1938 and 1974 Haworth was part of the Municipal Borough of Keighley and prior to that it had been a civil parish and also metropolitan district in its own right. Haworth remains 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.