Whitby and its harbour are set in a ravine at the mouth of the River Esk and is dominated by the clifftop ruined Abbey,
The churchyard is famous for providing the setting which inspired Bram Stoker to write his classic novel Dracula.
A view of what the Abbey looked like
The skyline is dominated by the ruins of St. Hilda's Abbey, high on the Cliff
You can see the Abbey for miles
Staithes is beyond the bay, and the Abbey greeted us each morning during our travels
Whitby Abbey was founded in the seventh century by the Norse
The Abbey was sacked by the Danes in 867AD.
Of course, we picked the day the Abbey was closed to visit.....
The monastary was re-founded in 1078
Most of the ruins of the Abbey date from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
Much of the stone was carried of by locals for building material
Old and New
The parish church of St. Mary
You can climb 199 steps up the cliff to the Abbey....
...but we took the (un)-mighty Previa. Fear not the steering wheel is on the right!
Captain Cook's four ships, Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure and Discovery were built at Whitby. Whitby harbour is still home to commercial fishing boa...
You can take a ride on an authentic replica of HM Endeavour (it's only 40% of the original)
The Grand Turk was used in A&E's Horatio Hornblower series
