Village to become top international tourist attraction (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Only last week the T&A said the popular 1940's weekend would not be held this year and Bradford Council getting the blame, did David Green have nothing to say about that?
Car parking is a very big problem what is to be done about that?

I wouldn't have thought that Haworth could cope with a larger amount of visitors as it simply doesn't have the facilities to cope. The train is a great mode of transport for Haworth but the walk up the steep hill is not the easiest even for the most able bodied.

when will you people that whinge about the parking in howarth realise there is no problem with parking. the problem is with people that cannot park properly or obey the very simple rules. 1/ park between the lines using one bay only, 2/ get back on time, 3/ display your ticket properly and in a readable position. hardly rocket science and for every 1 person that complains (and the dozens that jump on the bandwagon) there will be hundreds that obey the rules without problems or well deserved fines.
maybe one day someone will have the bright idea of donkey rides to the top of the hill from the station or some sort of minibus transfer. got to be money to made from that, and a talking point that would get more people in to haworth, then its just another decent sized cafe thats needed.

Joedavid wrote:
Only last week the T&A said the popular 1940's weekend would not be held this year and Bradford Council getting the blame, did David Green have nothing to say about that?
Car parking is a very big problem what is to be done about that?

Cllr Green is a bit busy thinking up the next bit of propaganda about City Park to think about Haworth.

All these councillors are same- if there hasn't been a clear strategy, why hasn't he already done something about it?

It often seems to be full of Japanese people, so it must have some international recognition, It seems to be well known among my American friends too.

I have to say I don't see the appeal of Haworth. It feels like a Bronte Sisters theme park and to me this is all comes accross as being a bit forced and quite cheesy.
I think I am in the minority in this though as whenever I've been it has been packed.

Haworth should not be visited by anyone until they get the car parking situation sorted out.

We see nothing but bad publicity about the crooked clamping situation.

Avoid Haworth.

Apollo wrote:
Haworth should not be visited by anyone until they get the car parking situation sorted out.

We see nothing but bad publicity about the crooked clamping situation.

Avoid Haworth.

There is absolutely nothing crooked about the parking situation, presumably you refer to The privately owned car park which despite numerous people moaning for being caught out trying to abuse the set up, still continues totally legally!
There are other places to park by the way.
I like Haworth, the shops, the pubs and even the car park and so it seems do thousands of others, Bradford is lucky to have it! Some of us can still remember when it belonged outside of the Bradford Comedy Council.

Apollo wrote:
Haworth should not be visited by anyone until they get the car parking situation sorted out. We see nothing but bad publicity about the crooked clamping situation. Avoid Haworth.

What parking problem? The wardens may be a bit keen but put enough cash in the meter (it is not expensive either) and you will have no problem.
The recent stories on this website have been typical T&A non news stories and I imagine badly researched ones at that.
Like I said earlier it is not putting people off as it has been very busy everytime I've been.

Farsley Bantam wrote:
I have to say I don't see the appeal of Haworth. It feels like a Bronte Sisters theme park and to me this is all comes accross as being a bit forced and quite cheesy. I think I am in the minority in this though as whenever I've been it has been packed.

Agreed: It's got one street and the steam train that goes down the rather dull Worth Valley. We went to Hebden Bridge a few weeks ago. Had a lovely walk around Hardcastle Crags and lunch in the town. Much prefer that to Haworth.

I took visitors to Haworth. It was embarrassing, just a row of overpriced tat shops with unbelievably rude staff who don't even acknowledge you. We went back a couple of months later to see if maybe it wasn't usually that bad - it was. Surely British Heritage have seen this - why not address the basic problems?

BD16 wrote:

Farsley Bantam wrote: I have to say I don't see the appeal of Haworth. It feels like a Bronte Sisters theme park and to me this is all comes accross as being a bit forced and quite cheesy. I think I am in the minority in this though as whenever I've been it has been packed.

Agreed: It's got one street and the steam train that goes down the rather dull Worth Valley. We went to Hebden Bridge a few weeks ago. Had a lovely walk around Hardcastle Crags and lunch in the town. Much prefer that to Haworth.

Have to agree that Hebden Bridge is far nicer than Haworth. Then again almost anything with the dead hand of Bradford Council upon it is going to struggle.

Apollo wrote:
Haworth should not be visited by anyone until they get the car parking situation sorted out.

We see nothing but bad publicity about the crooked clamping situation.

Avoid Haworth.

read the third post you fool. or are you one of those that can't obey simple rules and restrictions there for your benefit. or just a driver that can't park properly so deserves to be stung, clamped and fined.
farsley bantam and bd16, i am not a fan of haworth myself, but its not just one street of tat shops. you've obviously not taken the walks to the parsonage or beyond, not quite hardcastle crags but worth a look around. there's also the worth valley railway at the bottme of the hill, worth a look if you remember fondly the old steam trains.

Yes, repairing the Parish Church roof will really pull people in . . ..

hemmy wrote:

Apollo wrote: Haworth should not be visited by anyone until they get the car parking situation sorted out. We see nothing but bad publicity about the crooked clamping situation. Avoid Haworth.

read the third post you fool. or are you one of those that can't obey simple rules and restrictions there for your benefit. or just a driver that can't park properly so deserves to be stung, clamped and fined. farsley bantam and bd16, i am not a fan of haworth myself, but its not just one street of tat shops. you've obviously not taken the walks to the parsonage or beyond, not quite hardcastle crags but worth a look around. there's also the worth valley railway at the bottme of the hill, worth a look if you remember fondly the old steam trains.

Before you start calling anyone names which is really foolish.....

I did read the posts - all of them.

I just happen not to agree with them. The parking situation brings nothing but bad publicity to the place and needs sorting out. Until it is I suggest avoiding the place.

How many times do we have to read of drivers parking perfectly correctly, getting tickets and still being clamped by the odious owner?

It happens too often just to be a case of a lot of bad drivers.

I make no comment about the place being one street and full of tat.

I do agree that Hebden Bridge is a better day out.

Read my posts.

Apollo wrote:

hemmy wrote:

Apollo wrote: Haworth should not be visited by anyone until they get the car parking situation sorted out. We see nothing but bad publicity about the crooked clamping situation. Avoid Haworth.

read the third post you fool. or are you one of those that can't obey simple rules and restrictions there for your benefit. or just a driver that can't park properly so deserves to be stung, clamped and fined. farsley bantam and bd16, i am not a fan of haworth myself, but its not just one street of tat shops. you've obviously not taken the walks to the parsonage or beyond, not quite hardcastle crags but worth a look around. there's also the worth valley railway at the bottme of the hill, worth a look if you remember fondly the old steam trains.

Before you start calling anyone names which is really foolish.....

I did read the posts - all of them.

I just happen not to agree with them. The parking situation brings nothing but bad publicity to the place and needs sorting out. Until it is I suggest avoiding the place.

How many times do we have to read of drivers parking perfectly correctly, getting tickets and still being clamped by the odious owner?

It happens too often just to be a case of a lot of bad drivers.

I make no comment about the place being one street and full of tat.

I do agree that Hebden Bridge is a better day out.

Read my posts.

"How many times do we have to read of drivers parking perfectly correctly, getting tickets and still being clamped by the odious owner?"
Never?
If someone did that they would be clamped for going over time or failing to correctly display the ticket.

Then why does every second story about Haworth that appears in the T&A concern someone claiming to have been wrongly clamped by the odious one?

Is it just a coincidence or a conspiracy?

The old trick of claiming that the ticket 'was not correctly displayed' and which is almost impossible to disprove is one of the more well known transparent of the clampers.

The easy way to avoid being clamped is to avoid Haworth. It really is that simple.