Final preparations are being made ahead of Clitheroe Food Festival, which takes place tomorrow with thousands expected in the town.

The hugely popular event will kick off at 9am on Saturday, August 10, running until 4.30pm with dozens of stalls filling the town centre selling all sorts of food and drink.

The finishing touches are being made as Clitheroe is transformed into Flavour-town, with around 100 stalls due to be open, with all spots at the festival fully booked.

An estimated 20,000 people visited last year, and organisers Ribble Valley Council expect similar numbers, if not more, this weekend.

The festival has been preceded by the annual Taste Fest, which has been running all week.

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Councillor David Birtwhistle, chair of Ribble Valley Council’s economic development committee, said: “Clitheroe Food Festival is the biggest event of the year in the town and draws in thousands of visitors from a wide area.

“It’s a marvellous advert for the town, for the Ribble Valley as a whole, and for all the traders and businesses taking part, as well as delivering a boost for town centre shops.

“It brings some people to Clitheroe for the first time and, hopefully, they will keep coming back after they’ve seen the town in all its glory.

“The Ribble Valley has a reputation nationally for offering some of the best food and drink in the country and this event builds on that.”

Park and ride schemes will be in operation to and from Hanson’s Cement Works, West Bradford Road, and Edisford Road public car park.

The cost will be £5 which covers parking and the bus journey to and from the town centre. Card and cash payments will be accepted.

Most stalls at the festival will be local Lancashire producers, but there will also be vendors from further afield.