FIREFIGHTERS and National Trust volunteers worked side by side to tackle a large moorland blaze.

The fire was seen in the Wessenden Valley above Marsden at 4.30pm on Sunday.

At its height it had spread to cover about half a square mile.

Firefighters from Marsden, Slaithwaite and Huddersfield used beaters to attack the flames. An all-terrain vehicle owned by the National Trust in Marsden took water to the scene.

The fires were put out by 9pm.