The Vikings and Anglo-Saxons are coming to a three-day annual festival in an East Yorkshire town, along with an innovative museum offering.

Pocklington District Heritage Trust is holding it annual Heritage Festival at Burnby Hall Community Hall.

On Saturday (November 16) an open family day from 10am to 4pm sees the unveiling of the Trust's ‘transportable museum’, a series of artefact cases and boards displaying prehistoric finds and information about Pocklington and the villages which surround the town.

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There are free activities and exhibitions for adults and children.

Stamford Bridge Heritage Society re-enactors will feature alongside Dunnington-based Viking educator and craftsman, Hayden Ashby.

There will be free face painting, art and games, junior archaeology sand pits, and Trust members will be on hand to explain about local heritage and the plans for a Pocklington district museum.

An Iron Age shield discovered in the town in 2018An Iron Age shield discovered in the town in 2018 (Image: Supplied) Yesterday (November 14) a sell-out ‘Anglo-Saxon and Vikings in Yorkshire’ conference saw speakers arrive from across the north, including Pocklington Heritage trustee Alex Harvey, author of recently released volume, 'The Forgotten Vikings', and historian-metal detectorist, Dave Haldenby, who showed how metal detecting finds identified the journey of the Viking Great Army throughout East Yorkshire in the 9th Century.

And tonight is Beanfeast music night, with an authentic Viking supper, cooked by the nearby Lilypad Café, a Viking duel fought by local weapon experts, and music from popular East Yorkshire folk band, Shiftipig.

For more information visit https://pocklingtondistrictheritagetrust.org/and the Trust's Facebook page.

The 'transportable museum' is supported by The UK Shared Prosperity Fund.