Royalty is to grace two tourist attractions, which this year are celebrating special milestones.
The Duke of Kent is to visit the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and the Bronte Parsonage Museum at Haworth on Thursday, July 10.
The heritage steam railway is this year commemorating its 40th birthday and marked the event with a special festival of steam at the weekend which drew large numbers of visitors. The Bronte literary museum at Haworth – where sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne wrote their classic novels – is 80 years old this year.
Andrew McCarthy, acting director of the museum, said: “The Duke is visiting us in our 80th year. We have yet to finalise the details but we expect him to be here about 45 minutes. We will provide a reception and are inviting donors and trustees and children from Haworth Primary School.”
A Worth Valley Railway spokesman said arrangements were still in the pipeline but the Duke would be given a tour of the line.
He is expected to board a train pulled by the steam locomotive Ivatt.
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