PASSENGERS can sample a new rural bus service free of charge for a week in August.

The five-day-a-week bus service in Harrogate has been set up following a successful bid by the County Council to the Government's Rural Bus Challenge Competition.

The South Harrogate village bus is aimed at people travelling to and from North Rigton, Huby and Weeton to Wetherby, via Kirby Overblow and Sicklinghall. The service begins on Monday, August 4.