| Page Views: 1,734 Last Visit to Whitby: May, 2002 | Wandering Through Whitby by hayward68 - last update: Nov 29, 2002 |
I visited Whitby with VT friends Steven and Susan Tilly. Having seen numerous episodes of Heartbeat in which the constables are wandering through this town I knew I had to have a look.
This town is also where Bram Stoker is supposed to have been inspired to write his novel Dracula, the 199 steps and St Mary's Church being mentioned in the novel.
Whitby is also famous for its adopted citizen Captain James Cook who served his apprenticeship here.
It's a lovely seaside town and well worth a visit.
The picture is of the whale bones which have been formed into an arch at the top of the west cliff. I didn't sketch this pic, it's actually a computerized sketch from a photo I took, thought it looked pretty cool ;-) |
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| Pros: | "Lovely streets to wander, impressive ruins" | | Cons: | "Lots of tacky shops along the waterfront" | | In A Nutshell: | "Worth the visit but ignore the tacky shops" |
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jgemini65 Wed Aug 25, 2004 18:52 UTC
Wonderful ruins...always my favorite part of every trip to the United Kingdom is exploring the old abbeys! Nice page!! | BerniShand Sat May 1, 2004 10:10 UTC
lovely tips Laura, l havent been to Whitby since l was a little girl, but it doesnt look much different, l still have a jet broach my mother bought there | zrim Thu Nov 20, 2003 21:15 UTC
A beautiful village--but that Abbey is amazing. | Pablos_new Mon Jun 9, 2003 05:58 UTC
Nice page! There are so many places in England that could not be visited "in passing". |
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