A NEW children's activity book has been created to bring one of the district's museums to life.

Bradford Council’s Neighbourhoods and Customer Services along with Bradford Museums and Galleries staff created the children’s guide and activity book.

Aimed at primary school children, the book contains a host of activities to help children explore and enjoy Cliffe Castle Museum and its surrounding park.

Using the guide, children can enjoy making a model Pholiderpeton, the giant fossil amphibian housed in the museum’s Airedale Gallery or learn to write ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic alphabet to pen secret messages.

The book contains a short story to enjoy whilst exploring the site’s woodland.

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Local artist, Ruth Wrightman, has created a "magical" map of the museum site illustrating what people can see within the newly restored grounds.

The Children’s Guide and Activity Book will be on sale at the museum for £2, however, thanks to funds raised by Cliffe Castle Support Group, park and museum staff will be visiting around 25 local schools with 1500 copies which they will give to the children for free.

It is hoped this will inspire them visit the Museum and Park during the summer holidays.

Councillor Sarah Ferriby, Healthy People and Places Portfolio Holder, said: “Cliffe Castle is a fantastic resource for the people of Keighley and broader district.

“We wanted to create a booklet, aimed at primary pupils, to ensure that over the long summer holidays both the children and their parents were able to visit, enjoy and engage with local heritage.”