A bus service providing easy and safe access to the countryside around Haworth will operate on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday.

The service - the 812 Bront Scenic Tour - is being operated by the recently re-branded Bront Country Partnership (BCP), formerly the Keighley and Haworth Tourism Management Group.

The bus will run every 45 minutes between 11.40am and 4.55pm from Haworth Railway Station - where it connects with all Keighley and Worth Valley Railway trains arriving from Keighley - to Oxenhope Railway Station, via the Bront Parsonage Museum, Penistone Hill and Oxenhope village.

BCP treasurer Graham Mitchell said: "The Bront Scenic Tour was introduced between Haworth Station and Oxenhope Station over the Easter weekend and proved remarkably successful.

"On many of the journeys the bus was full and I was absolutely delighted when on Easter Monday one of the Keighley councillors brought her whole family to sample the trip. I very much hope that over the Bank Holiday weekend the Worth Valley ward councillors will also take the same opportunity to support this local initiative.

"With the Government going all out actively to encourage the public to visit the countryside in a responsible manner, it is vitally important that we all support the Haworth local economy in every way possible. BCP feels that there is no safer and more sustainable way of doing that than by using the bus."

BCP co-ordinator Carolyn Spencer added: "The service allows people to leave their cars at home and travel by steam train to either Haworth or Oxenhope railway station where they can join the bus for a 30-minute tour of Penistone Hill, with superb views over the high Bront moors. While it is not the same as walking on the moors, it is safe and environmentally sound."

Matthew Stroh, publicity chairman for the K&WVR, said the railway was delighted to be supporting the service.

He added: "We have negotiated a deal whereby K&WVR Day Rover and Family Rover tickets will be valid for travel on bus service 812, which is an added bonus".