AN EVENT this month on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is being billed as the “longest beer festival around”.

The annual Beer and Music Festival will be five miles long, with lots to watch, hear and taste at both ends of the line.

There will beer on the trains in the shape of two separate bars selling ales from Copper Dragon and Ossett Brewery.

The popular event runs from October 23 to 26, and offers more than 100 hand-pulled real ales, beers, side and wine.

The main venue is Oxenhope Exhibition Shed, where there will be a quiet night on Thursday, and be jazz, blues and rock ‘n’ roll bands on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Old Spot Brewery will have a bar on Keighley station platform, and there will be bands on the Friday and Saturday including Eddie Earthquake and the Tremors.

Visit kwvr.co.uk or call 01535 645214 for further information.