Christmas is coming early for children in the area after the Windermere based Treetop Trek attraction announced they are distributing thousands of pounds' worth of free tickets to local schools.

Each gift voucher is worth £40 and can be used at the Treetop attraction at Windermere but also at the company's other venues in Manchester and Ripon.

“We are regularly asked by schools for help with their much-needed fundraising efforts, especially at Christmas and, rather than be selective, we decided to send all our local primary and secondary schools a voucher for Christmas which we hope they will be able to use to raise money for their school," said Treetop managing director Mike Turner.

Treetop Trek welcomed more than 200 schools to their various sites in 2018, and further information on their facilities are available at www.treetoptrek.co.uk.