The former home of the Brontë sisters has come out top of a poll among book fans to find the country's must-see literary locations.
The study of 2,000 people saw the Haworth attraction beat other locations including the homes of Beatrix Potter and William Wordsworth in the Lake District - and even the birthplace of William Shakespeare.
The parsonage at the top of Haworth's main street was the residence for Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, with the majority of the sisters' famous works written at the house.
Darren Hardy, author and editorial programmes manager at Amazon, which commissioned the research to launch the Kindle Storyteller Award, celebrating the best self-published stories, said: “It is such an exciting time to be in the independent publishing space.
“Iconic locations such as Shakespeare’s Globe and the home of the Brontë sisters hold such cultural importance, and it’s great to see them feature so prominently in our research."
Professor Elleke Boehmer from the University of Oxford, said: “The British Isles are rich in vital literary traditions that extend across time, from the medieval period onwards, and across space, ramifying throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
“In Britain, you almost get the sense in some literary places of the land, trees and surroundings pregnant, still, with the writer's presence, or a sense of how they have interacted with the context - like Coleridge's Quantock hills.
“The walks that he made through those hills still exist today, and as we walk them we can imagine him pacing out the lines of his poetry, like 'The Ancient Mariner', looking out onto the Bristol Channel at the passing ships from around the world.
“Some of my favourite literary sites, like Coleridge's Nether Stowey, the Brontës' Haworth or DH Lawrence's Eastwood, also feature truly wonderful and significant houses where the rooms in which the writers were born, or wrote some of their key works, are preserved for all generations.”
The study also revealed the nation’s favourite British writers, with Charles Dickens in first place, followed by Charlotte Brontë in second. Sister Emily wasn't far behind and inside the top five.
Researchers also found that many book readers across the UK are also budding writers themselves.
Darren Hardy, from Amazon, added: “Not only are we a proud nation of booklovers with a rich literary history which spans across the UK, we’re also a highly inspired by the writing we come into contact with.
“It’s amazing that so many people have been inspired to take up writing themselves after reading books, and it shows writing is an accessible hobby for everyone."
Top 35 literary locations – as voted by readers
- Haworth – home of Brontë sisters, Emily, Charlotte and Anne
- Shakespeare’s Globe, London
- Jane Austen’s Chawton cottage
- 221B Baker Street – the home of Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes museum
- The Eagle and Child Pub, where JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis both visited
- Sherwood Forest
- Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon
- British Library, London
- Dove Cottage in Grasmere, home of William Wordsworth
- Hilltop House, the home of Beatrix Potter
- Whitby – setting for Bram Stoker’s 1897 Dracula
- PoohSticks Bridge, Buckhurst Park Estate, East Sussex (associated with A.A. Milne)
- Anne Hathaway’s cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Chatsworth House, named in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
- Charles Dickens’ birthplace museum, Portsmouth
- The Jane Eyre trail, Peak District
- Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey
- Greenway, Agatha Christie’s Devon retreat
- Roald Dahl's Gipsy House, Great Missenden
- Keats’ House, London
- Thomas Hardy’s Birthplace, and Max Gate House, Dorset
- Sedbergh book town, Lake District
- Abbotsford, near Selkirk, Scotland, made famous by Walter Scott
- Dylan Thomas boathouse, Laugharne, Wales
- John Rylands library, Manchester
- 48 Doughty Street, Charles Dickens' home
- John Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire
- H. Lawrence Birthplace and Hagg’s Farm
- Elizabeth Gaskell’s house, Manchester
- Lamb House, Rye, East Sussex, associated with Henry James
- Bateman’s, East Sussex, home of Rudyard Kipling
- Shelley Lodge, Marlow, home of Mary Shelley
- Woolwich, and central London, famously associated to Bernardine Evaristo
- Coleridge Cottage, Nether Stowey, home of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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