Saltwick Bay
Saltwick Bay is a north-east facing bay approximately one mile to the east of Whitby, on the east coast of North Yorkshire, England. The bay contains the Saltwick Nab alum quarries, listed under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Church, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whitby Abbey and Cholmley House.
Whitby Abbey
Historic site
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Cholmley House
Museum
Photo: RichTea, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cholmley House or Whitby Hall is a banqueting house sited next to the ruins of Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire, 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.
Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: Aude, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Whitby and Stainsacre.
Whitby
Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Stainsacre
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainsacre is a village in the civil parish of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre in North Yorkshire on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. It lies 2 miles south-east of Whitby, near the A171 road.
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.
Saltwick Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: north-east facing bay near Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.48536° or 54° 29′ 7″ northLongitude
-0.58174° or 0° 34′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C6XFCP9+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 280818736OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
11153238Wikidata ID
Q26854043
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In Other Languages
“Saltwick Bay” goes by many names.
- Vietnamese: “Vịnh Saltwick”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Black Nab and Smugglers‘ Hole.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whitby Holiday Park and Stoupe Cross Caravan Site.
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