Whitby is dominated by the cliff-top ruins of a beautiful 13th century Abbey. This traditional maritime town, with its old cobbled streets, picturesque houses and sandy blue flag beach, a great place for a holiday or short break, Whitby is set among fine stretches of coast with spectacular cliffs, beaches and bays.
For food connoisseurs, Whitby has it all. Award winning seafood restaurants, continental delights, traditional sea-shanty inns preparing locally cooked produce and olde worlde English tea rooms serving freshly baked pastries and Yorkshire teas.
From last minute bookings, weekend breaks to fortnight holidays on the coast, Whitby offers a variety of 3 star and 4 star Hotel and Guest Star rated, accredited and inspected accommodation, offering family rooms, en-suite facilities, everything for a special Yorkshire visit.
Whitby's West Cliff Beach has been awarded a Blue Flag for its high standard of cleanliness.
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Stranded cliff teenagers moments from tragedy
TWO Whitby teenagers were dramatically winched to safety just moments from tragedy as they perched perilously on a cliff ledge on Thursday.
New owner to carry out repair work to Whitby's old engine shed
REPAIRS to Whitby's much maligned engine shed are set to be carried out by its new owner, Scarborough Borough Council has confirmed.
Whitby street makes it into the infamous Viz's Profanisaurus
ONE of Whitby's most famous streets has made it into one of Britain's most infamous publications.
Whitby charities benefit from kind-hearted RAF base staff
TWO charities have benefited to the tune of £8,000 thanks to generous fund-raisers from Serco at RAF Fylingdales.
Four are injured, one seriously, in Whitby road accident
POLICE and firefighters attended a collision on the A171 Guisborough Road at Saturday lunchtime.
Under-threat Whitby Business Development Agency earns backing to keep it alive
SUPPORT has been pledged for an organisation which has helped several thousand businesses in the Whitby area get off the ground.
HAVE YOUR SAY: Supermarket applications to be heard in Whitby
THE planning applications for the proposed Tesco and Sainsbury's supermarkets will be heard in Whitby and not Scarborough, the council has confirmed.
Pupils design new gates for Whitby marina
WHITBY'S exciting marina project is a step closer to completion.
Wettest Whitby for 50 years
WHITBY has suffered its wettest February for more than half a century, new figures have revealed.
Whitby district school's tiny tree is anything but ordinary
IT may look like an ordinary sapling – but the tiny tree in the grounds of Fylingdales Primary School is anything but.
