Brontë Waterfall

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Brontë Waterfall on the South Dean Beck is about a mile south-west of Stanbury, near Haworth in West Yorkshire, England. Beck is a dialect word for a stream. The waterfall is known to have been appreciated by the Brontë sisters. The area surrounding the waterfall is mainly moorland and farmland in Brontë Country, an area famous for its association with the sisters. There is a plaque with a quotation from Psalm 104 (How manifold are Thy works), evidently referring to the natural beauty of the site. Below the falls is Brontë Bridge, an old stone bridge across the beck. A flash flood in May 1989, swept the bridge away. In March 1990, a Lynx helicopter from No. 9 Regiment Army Air Corps, airlifted five gritstone slabs into the narrow valley to allow park rangers to repair the crossing.

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