Local residents will be able to see steam power in action on the mainline every weekend throughout August as 'The Shakespeare Express' makes multiple trips through Warwickshire.

The express will travel to Stratford-upon-Avon every Sunday until 30 August, travelling through Hatton and Henley-in-Arden.

Run by Vintage Trains, the excursion will actually pass through South Warwickshire four times on each Sunday, as it makes the journey to and from Birmingham in the middle of the day.

The express will be hauled by either 7029 Clun Castle or 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe - as has been the case on previous occasions.

Organisers said: "The Shakespeare Express is Vintage Trains' flagship service: a steam-hauled journey between Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon, running every Sunday through the summer along one of England's most distinctive routes.

"Hauled by a restored steam locomotive at mainline speed through the Warwickshire countryside, it connects the West Midlands' biggest city with one of the world's most visited cultural destinations in a way that no other service does."

See more on the Vintage Trains website.