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Bronte Parsonage
No building is more associated with Emily Brontë than the parsonage at Haworth where she lived most of her life. It is the site of the Brontë Parsonage Museum and has probably more reference material on Emily and her works than anywhere else. She moved to the parsonage when she was less than two years old and, apart from relatively short periods at school or teaching, rarely left it. She died (reputedly) on the sofa in the dining room and is interred in the church opposite the parsonage.

Bronte Waterfall
A favourite spot for the sisters, known to them as "The Meeting of the Waters"

Law Hill
Emily Brontë rarely left her home at Haworth but she did spend about six months at Law Hill School near Halifax as a teacher. The building still remains although it is now a private house.
Law Lane

Ponden Hall
Ponden Hall, near Stanbury, is often cited as the model for Thrushcross Grange. It was the home of the Heaton family and had an extensive library which may well have been seen by the Brontës who visited it regularly. However, it is far less grand than Thrushcross, more similar in size and shape to Wuthering Heights itself, and does not sit in any sort of park.

Ponden Kirk
The likely inspiration for Penistone Crags is Ponden Kirk, an outcrag of gritstone rock about one kilometer north of Top Withens and nearly five kilometers west of Haworth. It has a hole in the base which corresponds to the Fairy Cave in the book. Several local legends are associated with it, for example, that a woman passing through the hole will marry within a year.

Shibden Hall
Shibden Hall near Halifax is much closer to the sort of grand house imagined for Thrushcross Grange. Emily would probably have visited it while teaching at Law Hill near the town and although not a direct inspiration, may have contributed something to her idea of the Grange.
Lister’s Road

St Michael & All Angels Church
The church where Emily Brontë's father preached and where she is interred along with her parents, brother and sisters (apart from Anne). It is important to realise that most of the church was rebuilt after the Brontës died so they would not have known the building we see now. The tower is the only original part and has bullet holes which resulted from Mr Brontë's habit of firing a pistol off at it every morning. The family is buried in a vault below (not accessible) but there is a memorial chapel (built in 1964) and plaques).

Thornton
This is Emily Brontë's birthplace although she was less than two years old when she left it and moved to Haworth. The building, at the moment, is a private house and can only be seen from the exterior. The angular extension to the right of the front door, originally a butcher's shop, was added in 1898 over one of the flower beds.
Market Street

Top Withens
The remote, abandoned farm of Top Withens (or Top Withins) is often thought of as the inspiration for Wuthering Heights although its appearance does not match the house in the book. Its location though does suggest the isolated and windswept site of the Heights.