Activities in Whitby
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Whitby Whitby railway station is, on many operating days, the railway’s northern terminus. All but two of the various timetables see steam trains operating through from Pickering, including daily throughout July and August except on Sundays. When North Yorkshire Moors Railway trains terminate at Grosmont rather than Whitby at off-peak times, connecting […]
199 steps Whitby The East Clifftops, St Mary’s Church and the Abbey at Whitby is quite a distance by road from the town centre. The alternative is to climb the 199 steps of the “Church Stairs” or use the footpath called “Caedmon’s Trod”. The stone stairs, which replaced the original wooden steps, were built about […]
Farndale Daffodil Walk Tourist Attraction Address: The Old Vicarage Bondgate Helmsley York, North Yorkshire YO62 5BP Farndale is internationally famed for its show of wild daffodils which normally bloom every Spring. It is believed the wild daffodils were first brought to Farndale by some medieval monks from Rievaulx. The Daffodil walk runs along side the […]
Whitby to Scarborough Railway The Scarborough & Whitby Railway was a railway line from Scarborough to Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. The line followed a difficult but scenic route along the North Yorkshire coast. During its operational lifetime the Whitby to Scarborough Railway line became notoriously impracticable and difficult to work. The junction layouts at both ends […]
Coast Guard Station – Robin Hoods Bay Visit the Old Coastguard Station in Robin Hood’s Bay village. The exhibition is all about life at ‘the edge’ – living, working and surviving where land meets sea. You can have fun making waves, generating wind power and finding out more about the natural processes happening every day […]
Robin Hood’s Bay Ghost Walk Take a unique tour through streets and alleyways as you listen to Tales of the Strange and Supernatural. Journey into a mysterious past of Spirits, Shipwrecks, Smugglers, Local Folklore and Legend. This walk is designed to suit all ages. Adult only groups receive a different kind of story to groups […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
