Photo: Margot Robbie in Wuthering Heights, Courtesy of Warner Bros

Emerald Fennell’s upcoming Wuthering Heights is being released on Friday 13th February, and we for one cannot wait! The film takes full advantage of Yorkshire’s dramatic landscapes, with much of it shot across the Yorkshire Dales and West Yorkshire countryside. Think windswept moors, stone‑built villages, and the kind of brooding scenery that instantly calls Cathy and Heathcliff to mind.

Much of the production took place across some of the most atmospheric spots in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, including Arkengarthdale, Swaledale, and Low Row. Fennell’s team used the Dales’ sweeping views, stone barns, and rugged lanes as the backdrop for the film’s emotional turmoil, romance, and gothic mood. Take a look at Visit England’s Wuthering Heights itinerary to discover filming locations in the Yorkshire Dales, plus details on where the cast stayed throughout.

BUT – did you know that filming also took place in Calderdale?

Filming in Calderdale

The well-loved Bridestones Moor, above Todmorden, provided another wonderfully wild setting for the movie – and when you visit the unusually shaped ancient stones above the heather moorland, you can totally see why! For one day in March 2025, Bridestones Moor accommodated a crew of over 200 people shooting scenes in this beautifully remote landscape.

Not only that, actors Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, and director Emerald Fennell all stayed at the historic Holdsworth House in Halifax at the end of March 2025 whilst filming. They dined in their award-winning restaurant and chatted with the hotel’s brilliant maître d’ Anthony who, like Margot and Jacob, is also from Brisbane Australia. Anthony said the whole evening felt like Brisvegas had come to Halifax!

Haworth and the Bronte Country

Whilst the new film explores new locations, Haworth, in the Bradford district, is still the true home of the Brontës. It’s where Emily’s ideas took shape, and you can still feel her story in the moors and cobbled streets.

The Pennine moors are the heart of Brontë Country. Their wild landscapes inspired Wuthering Heights and still draw visitors today. A walk to Top Withens, thought to be the model for the Earnshaw home in the book, gives you a real sense of the novel’s isolation. Penistone Hill offers sweeping views, and the Brontë Way links many key spots in the area.

Start in Thornton at the Brontë Birthplace, then wander to the remains of the Bell Chapel, the family’s old place of worship before they moved to Haworth. The trip from Thornton to Haworth is scenic in its own right, with big Pennine views and old railway viaducts adding to the Brontë-like feel.

In Haworth, the must‑see is the Brontë Parsonage Museum, where Emily, Charlotte, and Anne wrote their famous books. The village has plenty of charm too—cobbled Main Street is lined with cafés, pubs, and indie shops.

All Aboard the Bronte Bus (to Hepstonstall and Hebden Bridge)

Whilst you’re in Haworth, we’d recommend you hop onto the Brontë Bus, which runs between Haworth and the charming market town of Hebden Bridge. The route takes you high over the tops, with stunning views across the moors—exactly the kind of scenery that fed Emily Brontë’s imagination. It’s a scenic, easy way to hop between the towns while soaking up the landscape that ties them all together.

Hebden Bridge has a creative, laid‑back vibe, full of indie shops, cafés, and a long history of attracting writers and artists. It’s a real hub for book lovers, with its indie bookshop, poetry nights, and a general sense that stories thrive here.

Up the steep hill is Heptonstall, a gorgeous, time‑capsule village of stone cottages and narrow lanes. It’s famous in the literary world as the resting place of poet Sylvia Plath, and the whole place has that atmospheric, windswept feel that writers adore.

While the Brontës didn’t live in either village, they’re firmly linked by the landscape. The same rugged Pennine moors that inspired Wuthering Heights run between Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, and Haworth. The views, the wild weather, the drama of the valleys—it’s Brontë Country at its very best.