Millennium Statue Robin Hoods Bay At the upper end of Robin Hood’s Bay and very near to the Victoria Hotel is this attractive stone sculpture. The round top represents a globe of the world.
Category: Attractions
Whitby Attractions
Things to see and do. Whitby Abbey, Goths, Dracula, Endeavour, Saucy Seaside Postcards, Folk Festival, Whitby Lighthouse, St Mary’s Church, St Hilda’s Church.
Whitby Archives Heritage Centre
Whitby Archives Heritage Centre This heritage centre contains historic photographs and artifacts from Whitby and North Yorkshire area. It contains family and local history departments, an exhibition hall and also a heritage shop. They are holders of the entire collection of the regional newspaper “Whitby Gazette” and home to the original West Cliff historic whalebone […]
Khyber Pass Whitby
Khyber Pass Whitby George Hudson, also known as “The Railway King”, was instrumental in bringing the rail link to Whitby. He had the road now called the “Khyber Pass”, named from a pass in the Afghan campaigns, built into the cliff to provide access to his West cliff estates which he had acquired in mid […]
Whitby Swing Bridge
Whitby Swing Bridge The River Esk has been crossed by bridges at this location for centuries. A grant made by King Edward III in 1351 allowed the collection of tolls for the maintenance of a bridge. By the mid 1550s the tolls averaged around £6 per annum (£2,033 as of 2015). In 1629 an agreement […]
Whitby Whale Bones
The Bark Endeavour Whitby
About Bark Endeavour The Endeavour was originally a merchant collier launched in June 1764 from the coal and whaling port of Whitby in North Yorkshire. She was ship-rigged and sturdily built with a broad, flat bow, a square stern and a long box-like body with a deep hold. Her length was 32.3 metres with a […]
Bram Stoker
Abraham “Bram” Stoker 8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) Bram Stoker was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel, Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as personal assistant of actor Henry Irving and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London, which Irving owned. Stoker was born on […]
Dracula
Dracula One of the most popular stories ever told, Dracula has been re-created for the stage and screen hundreds of times in the last century. Yet it is essentially a Victorian saga, an awesome tale of thrillingly bloodthirsty vampire whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of a supremely moralistic age. Above all, Dracula is […]
Sutcliffe Gallery Whitby
Whitby Yacht Club
Whitby Yacht Club The Whitby Yacht Club was established in 1932. It offers a full programme of sailing and power-boating through the season, with a good number of races, competitions and events. A lively social scene and a welcoming atmosphere makes Whitby Yacht Club the perfect place to enjoy the sport of sailing on the […]