A race is on to secure the future of an historic meeting house in Addingham, once home to the Quakers.

Farfield Friends Meeting House has been given a £30,000 facelift by the London-based Historic Chapels Trust.

But now the Trust wants local people to get involved in bringing the building back into use and has organised a public meeting next month.

It wants groups and organisations to consider using the building as a place for their get-togethers, as well as opening it up as a tourist attraction.

"We hope that people will visit it because it's so near the Pennine Way," said Jennifer Freeman, director of the Historic Chapels Trust.

Farfield Friends Meeting House was built in 1689.

A public meeting to discuss the future of Farfield Friends Meeting House takes place on October 5 at 7pm at the house off Bolton Road.

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