When you first arrive in the sleepy village of Wycoller, you may be shocked by the stillness.
The efforts to preserve the area's incredible history and the fact that many cars are banned from entering, except for disabled badge holders and residents, means it feels frozen in time.
The 'lost' Lancashire village of Wycoller has a rich history, with ancient bridges and ruined hall, as well as some of the most beautiful scenery Britain has to offer.
Bronte lovers flock to the ruined hall, which is said to have been the inspiration for Ferndean Manor, the property which Mr Rochester moved to after fire destroyed his home in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre.
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The village was once thriving, with several hundred residents working on farms or as handloom weavers.
But many of the workers moved to the mills in nearby Colne during the Industrial Revolution, and the village fell into a slow decline, the Manchester Evening News reports.
Many of those residents never returned - and over the years 35 buildings fell derelict and were ultimately lost to history.
For some time, few residents walked across the ancient bridges - including the 1000-year-old Clam Bridge which crosses the bubbling waters of Wycoller Beck.
But the ruined Wycoller Hall is now a scheduled monument, with local whispers that it is haunted by a ghost horseman spotted galloping through the village on clear nights, and a woman in black previously spotted at its windows.
The Brontë sisters are said to have regularly trekked to visit, from their neighbouring village of Haworth, with the rugged Yorkshire landscape later inspiring their novels.
The village became a designated Country Park in the 1970s, and is now a highly desirable place to live, while thousands of visitors flock there each year.
Its increase in popularity prompted officials to ban cars from the village, excluding residents and disabled badge holders, in a bid to preserve the area's natural beauty.
Over time many of the surviving old stone cottages were renovated and are now mostly residential homes.
There's even a B&B holiday cottage in the village - in a converted 300-year-old barn at Oaklands.
There are two car parks, one at Trawden Road and one at Haworth Road, and parking charges apply.
According to Visit Northwest, dogs are allowed to visit, if they are kept under control.
