SANTA is preparing to make his usual pre-Christmas tour of Otley and Pool-in-Wharfedale.

Mr Claus, hosted by Otley Lions, will begin a series of fundraising sleigh rides in the area on the Weston estate on Saturday, December 3.

He will then visit Otley's Riverside estate on Friday, December 9 and the Cambridge estate and Garnett estate on Wednesday, December 14.

It will be Pool's turn for a visit on Sunday, December 18 before Santa returns to Otley for a tour of the St David's area on Wednesday, December 21.

Children will also be able to find him in his grotto at Stephen H Smith's Garden Centre, on Pool Road, each weekend up to Christmas, and also at Waitrose Otley on Friday, December 23 and Saturday, December 24.