Buses will be bringing people closer together this Boxing Day.

Workington Transport Heritage Trust have announced they will be putting their free Boxing Day buses back on the road after a two year break.

The Trust is offering services from Whitehaven to Mirehouse, Cleator Moor and Frizington, and hopes the buses will give residents the freedom to get out and about over the Christmas period.

Volunteers will be operating an hourly service 32, linking Frizington with Cleator Moor, West Cumberland Hospital, Mirehouse shops, Meadow Road and Whitehaven Lowther Street.

Services will leave Frizington every hour from 9.35am to 4.35pm, returning from Lowther Street hourly from 10.03am to 5.03pm.

Buses will connect at Whitehaven with Stagecoach services to and from Workington and Carlisle.

Trust Secretary Alistair Grey said: "Stagecoach are again operating an enhanced Sunday service on Boxing Day, so we have been able to concentrate our efforts on an important local route that won't be served on that day.

"Our heritage buses and volunteers will be putting in a 10 hour day on Thursday, December 26. We know that people appreciate our service, as we have recorded hundreds of passenger journeys in previous years.

"We are grateful to Stagecoach, Cumbria Community Foundation and Cumberland Building Society for their valuable support."