St Hilda’s Church, Westcliff

St Hilda's Church is an Anglican church in the West Cliff area of Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. A chapel of ease on the site opened in the late 1870s, a temporary structure built of iron.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Church of St Hilda”, “St Hilda”, and “St Hilda’s Church, Whitby”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Whitby Pavilion and West Cliff Primary School.

Whitby Pavilion

Theater building

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The Whitby Pavilion is a theatre and events venue in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed between 1876 and 1879, on the initiative of George Elliott. Whitby Pavilion is situated 770 feet north of St Hilda’s Church, Westcliff.

West Cliff Primary School

School

Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the mouth of the River Esk, where the North York Moors meet the Yorkshire Coast, and has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy.

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 Abbey is situated 2,800 feet east of St Hilda’s Church, Westcliff.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ewe Cote and Ruswarp.

Ewe Cote

Locality

Ewe Cote is a small hamlet on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, set in the northern edge of the civil parish of Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England.

Ruswarp

Village

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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.