VISITORS from around the world will arrive in North Yorkshire next month -for a fortnight of hard work.

The volunteers will carry out conservation work on the North York Moors as part of a two-week working holiday organised in partnership with Concordia, an international volunteering charity.

Aged between 18 and 28, the 12 volunteers from Slovakia, Germany, France, Japan, Korea and Uganda will work alongside the National Park's regular team of volunteers on several projects.

One of the tasks for the volunteers will be to put down stone on a wet and muddy section of the Cleveland Way at Coate Moor near Captain Cook's Monument, Kildale, to make it more accessible.

They will also cut and rake hay in a species-rich hay meadow in the village of Wass, and clear scrub elsewhere in the National Park.

Volunteers officer Graham Stubbs said: "This is a great opportunity for us to introduce people to the North York Moors and the work of the national park authority.

"With more than 500sq miles of varied countryside, there is always plenty to do.

"The work that the international volunteers will carry out over the two weeks is much appreciated."