Whitby
Whitby is a picturesque town on the coast of North Yorkshire. It was the home of Captain Cook, but is more famous as the place where Bram Stoker's Dracula landed in England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitby Abbey and Whitby railway station.
Whitby Abbey
Historic site
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Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom.
Whitby railway station
Railway station
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Whitby is a railway station serving the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. It is the southern terminus of the Esk Valley Line from Middlesbrough.
Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Museum
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Captain Cook Memorial Museum is a history museum in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. The museum building, Walker's House, belonged to Captain John Walker, to whom James Cook was apprenticed in 1746.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sleights and Ruswarp.
Sleights
Village
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Sleights is a village in North Yorkshire, England. Located in the Esk Valley in the postal region of Whitby, the village is part of the civil parish of Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby. Sleights is situated 2 miles southwest of Whitby.
Ruswarp
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ruswarp is a village in the civil parish of Whitby, in North Yorkshire, 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 Ruswarp railway station.
Whitby
- Type: Locality
- Location: Scarborough District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.48° or 54° 28′ 48″ northLongitude
-0.6252° or 0° 37′ 31″ westElevation
148 feet (45 metres)Open location code
9C6XF9JF+2WGeoNames ID
7299299
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