Parking & Travel

All Elf Explorer trains will depart from Oxenhope Station.

We have limited car parking at Oxenhope station, and therefore you can arrive by the following means:

Book a car parking space (whilst spaces last) at Oxenhope when you book your Elf Explorer tickets.
Park at Haworth Station or surrounding car parks and use our Park and Ride service to Oxenhope.
Hop on our free Elf Explorer bus service to Oxenhope; the bus will stop at any bus stop on the route, see the route below.

If you live locally, please use public transport to Oxenhope or one of our stations to use the park-and-ride train service.

Park & Ride

Enjoy a stroll around the village of Haworth and climb up the famous cobbled Main Street before or after your Elf Explorer experience. There are multiple private car parks in Haworth, which are within walking distance from the railway station or close to the free shuttle route.

Please note that some of the car parks are situated on steep hills.

Car Park	Address
Bronte Village	Spinners Way, Haworth. BD22 8BW	300 spaces and £4.00 for over three hours.
Gas Street	Gas Street, Haworth. BD22 8NQ	72 spaces and £3.00 for over two hours
Brontë Parsonage Museum	West Lane, Haworth. BD22 8DU	65 spaces and £1.50 per hour
Central	North Street, Haworth. BD22 8DG	50 spaces and £3.50 for up to 4 hours
Haworth Station	Station Road, Haworth. BD22 8NJ	30 spaces and £3.00 for all day

Please do not arrive at Oxenhope unless you have a pre-booked parking slot. If you haven’t pre-booked at Oxenhope, please do not park on the surrounding streets and use one of the other local car parks.

Station	Address
Keighley Station	Station Bridge, Keighley. BD21 4HP	Limited free parking
Ingrow West Station	South Street, Ingrow, Keighley. BD21 5AX	Large free car park
Haworth Station	Station Road, Haworth, Keighley. BD22 8NJ	Large pay & display car park
Oxenhope Station	Station Road, Oxenhope, Keighley. BD22 9LB	Pre-booked parking only

timetables

A diesel train service will be operating from all stations on the railway to Oxenhope; this is free for all Elf Explorer ticket holders.

	Notes:	00000					*
Oxenhope	d	–	1040	1210	1355	1525	1655
Haworth	d	–	1046	1216	1401	1531	1701
Oakworth	d	–	1049	1219	1404	1534	1704
Damems	d	–	1057x	1226x	1411x	1540x	1710x
Ingrow West	d	–	1059	1229	1414	1544	1714
Keighley	a	–	1105	1235	1420	1550	1720

	Notes:					*	00000
Keighley	d	1000	1130	1315	1445	1615	–
Ingrow West	d	1006	1136	1321	1451	1621	–
Damems	d	1009x	1139x	1324x	1454x	1624x	–
Oakworth	d	1015	1146	1330	1500	1630	–
Haworth	d	1019	1150	1334	1504	1634	–
Oxenhope	a	1025	1155	1340	1510	1640	–

a	Arrival Time
d	Departure Time
x	Request Stop. To board a train, inform the station staff. To alight from a train, inform the Train Guard before the train leaves the previous station.
	Connections with National Rail services to Leeds, Bradford, Skipton & beyond
	Alight at Ingrow for “Rail Story” museums & exhibitions.
	Diesel Train
*	This service does not operate on 24th December

Shuttle buses will operate from Keighley and transport you very conveniently to Oxenhope station. This is operated by modern buses and will have ‘Elf Explorer’ on the destination board.

Route	0000	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	0000	0000	0000
Keighley Station		0835	0840	1005	1010	1145	1150	1315	1320	1500	1505
Ingrow Station		–	0847	–	1017	–	1157	–	1327	–	1512
Oakworth Station		0845	–	1015	–	1155	–	1325	–	1510	–
Hebden Road		0850	–	1020	–	1200	–	1330	–	1515	–
Haworth Station		–	0855	–	1025	–	1205	–	1335	–	1520
Oxenhope Station		0855	0900	1025	1030	1205	1210	1335	1340	1520	1525

ROUTE	0000	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2*	1*	2*	1*
Oxenhope Station		0940	1120	1125	1250	1255	1435	1440	1605	1610	1735	1740	1815	1820
Haworth Station		–	–	1130	–	1300	–	1445	–	1615	–	1745	–	1825
Hebden Road		–	1125	–	1255	–	1440	–	1610	–	1740	–	1825	–
Oakworth Station		–	1130	–	1300	–	1445	–	1615	–	1745	–	1830	–
Ingrow Station		–	–	1138	–	1308	–	1453	–	1623	–	1753	–	1833
Keighley Station		1000	1140	1145	1310	1315	1455	1500	1625	1630	1755	1800	1840	1840

ROUTE 1 (Double Decker)	Keighley Station – South Street – Ingrow Station – Halifax Road – Cross Roads – Vale Mill Lane Top – Haworth Station – Bridgehouse – Sun Street – Oxenhope Station
ROUTE 2 (Strata Minibus )	Keighley Station – Oakworth Road – Oakworth Station – Vale Mill Lane – Hebden Road – Oxenhope Station
*	These trips do not operate on 19th, 20th, 23rd & 24th December