North Yorkshire
Scarborough District
Whitby

Whitby Abbey

Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the on the East Cliff above in , England, a centre of the medieval .
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  • Opening hours:
    April 1st—October 31st: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    November 1st—December 23rd: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
    December 26th—February 17th: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
    February 18th—March 31st: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: abbey
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cholmley House and St Mary’s Church, Whitby.

Museum
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or Whitby Hall is a banqueting house sited next to the ruins of Whitby Abbey in , England. It was built in 1672 by Sir Hugh Cholmeley, whose family had acquired the Abbey ruins and the land around them after its dissolution in 1539. is situated 440 feet west of Whitby Abbey.

Church
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The Church of Saint Mary is an Anglican serving the town of in England. It was founded around 1110, although its interior dates chiefly from the late 18th century. is situated 880 feet northwest of Whitby Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruswarp and Ewe Cote.

Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the civil parish of , in , England. It is around 1.8 miles from Whitby, at the junction of the B1410 and B1416 roads, on the River Esk and the Esk Valley Line, with trains stopping at .

Locality
is a small hamlet on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, set in the northern edge of the civil parish of , in , England. is situated 1½ miles west of Whitby Abbey.

Hamlet
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is a village in the civil parish of in on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. It lies 2 miles south-east of Whitby, near the A171 road. is situated 2 miles south of Whitby Abbey.

Whitby Abbey

Latitude
54.48758° or 54° 29′ 15″ north
Longitude
-0.60645° or 0° 36′ 23″ west
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C6XF9QV+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25749613
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6941806
Wiki­data ID
Q1469493
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Ukrainian—“Whitby Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Abati Whitby”
  • Catalan: “abadia de Whitby”
  • Catalan: “Abadia de Whitby”
  • Chinese: “惠特比修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Whitby”
  • Czech: “opatství Whitby”
  • Czech: “Whitbyské opatství”
  • Dutch: “Whitby Abbey”
  • French: “abbaye de Whitby”
  • French: “Abbaye de Whitby”
  • Galician: “Abadía de Whitby”
  • German: “Whitby Abbey”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר ויטבי”
  • Indonesian: “Keabasan Whitby”
  • Irish: “Whitby Abbey”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Whitby”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Whitby”
  • Japanese: “ウィットビー・アビー”
  • Japanese: “ウィットビー修道院”
  • Polish: “Opactwo w Whitby”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Whitby”
  • Russian: “Аббатство Уитби”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Whitby”
  • Slovak: “Opátstvo Whitby”
  • Slovenian: “Opatija Whitby”
  • Spanish: “abadia de Whitby”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Whitby”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Whitby”
  • Swedish: “Whitby Abbey”
  • Ukrainian: “Абатство Вітбі”
  • Ukrainian: “Абатство Уітбі”

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