US President Donald Trump will visit the UK this summer, the White House has announced.

The visit will take place on Friday, July 13, following a Nato summit in Brussels.

It comes amid speculation that the visit may include a trip to one of the President's two golf courses in Scotland.

Trump last visited the UK in June 2016 during a brief break from his presidential campaign, spending two days at Turnberry in Ayrshire and Trump International in Aberdeenshire.

The trip has been described as a "working visit" and Trump will not meet the Queen.

The half-Scottish President, whose mother was born in the Western Isles, reportedly cancelled an earlier visit to the UK amid concerns over protests in London.

He was met by dozens of protesters during his 2016 trip to Scotland.

Tory leadership has welcomed the announcement of Trump's visit.

Theresa May said: "I am looking forward to welcoming President Trump to the United Kingdom for a working visit on July 13."

And foreign secretary Boris Johnson said it was "fantastic news" that he was making the trip "at last" and it would be the "greatest visit ever".

Ahead of the visit, there are already calls for protests against the polarising president.

London mayor Sadiq Khan, who has clashed with Trump over the response to a terror attack in the city, said: "If he comes to London, President Trump will experience an open and diverse city that has always chosen unity over division and hope over fear.

"He will also no doubt see that Londoners hold their liberal values of freedom of speech very dear."

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Jo Swinson said the "scaled-down trip must not be met by scaled-down protests".

And Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK's director said: "Since moving into the White House, Mr Trump has shown an impatience bordering on intolerance toward peaceful protests, the media and even the democratic process itself.

"So his visit to Britain will be an important opportunity to underline the importance of free speech and the right to protest."

Trump cancelled a planned trip to London to open the new US embassy in Vauxhall earlier this year, complaining the move to an "off location" south of the Thames had been a "bad deal".

But it is thought his decision may have been driven by a fear of protests in the capital.

The expectation of demonstrations is also believed to have played a part in the postponement of a state visit mooted for 2017.

That trip - which would involve lavish ceremonies and a stay with the Queen at Buckingham Palace - has been put off indefinitely, though Number 10 insists the invitation stands.