[5] The site covers 72 hectares (180 acres) and whilst being owned by Yorkshire Water is promoted and maintained by the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council on a long-term lease.

[13] Some have maintained that when she was descending dangerously close to Ponden Reservoir, she deliberately loosened her straps as she was a non-swimmer.

[16] Since 2003 Penistone Hill has been home to Literary Landscapes, an artwork comprising two sets of books carved in stone partly buried in the moorland.

The quarries were noted for the quality of their sandstone[19] and as such supplied all the stone used in the buildings in the upper Worth Valleys.

This enabled the BBC to film exterior shots of the building for a drama about the Brontë family called To Walk Invisible.

[27] One local councillor commented that it was quite realistic as the actual parsonage was now surrounded by trees that were not present during the time that the Brontë family were in residence.

The application noted that The Brontës, and indeed their work, are recognised as having been shaped by their unique domestic and landscape environment.

Their home, Haworth Parsonage, their geographical isolation in hilltop Haworth village and the spectacular desolation of the surrounding moorland scenery provided a vital touchstone for works perceived as shocking....[6]The park is the starting point of a 6-mile (9.7 km) fell race that was inaugurated in 1994 and has been held every year since on New Year's Eve.

[29] The Auld Lang Syne race is sponsored by Daleside Brewery and has been won in past years by both Alistair and Jonny Brownlee.