Golden Lion, Whitby
The Golden Lion is a historic pub on Golden Lion Bank in Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, England. An inn was first recorded on the site in 1714, and the rear elevation of the pub survives from the 18th century.Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Pub
- Description: pub in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Golden Lion”, “Golden Lion Public House”, “The Golden Lion”, and “The Golden Lion, Whitby”
- Address: 8 Golden Lion Bank, Whitby, YO21 3BS
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Captain Cook Memorial Museum and Whitby Abbey.
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. Captain Cook Memorial Museum is situated 480 feet east of Golden Lion, Whitby.
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. Whitby Abbey is situated 1,500 feet east of Golden Lion, Whitby.
St Ninian’s Church, Whitby
Church
Photo: The joy of all things, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St Ninian is a former place of worship in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. The building was a proprietary chapel, the only one in the whole of Yorkshire, and one of only two Anglican churches to be dedicated to St Ninian in England. St Ninian’s Church, Whitby is situated 350 feet southwest of Golden Lion, Whitby.
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
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.
Stainsacre
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainsacre is a village in the civil parish of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, in the English county of North Yorkshire and situated on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. Stainsacre is situated 2 miles southeast of Golden Lion, Whitby.
Golden Lion, Whitby
- Category: building
- Location: Whitby, Scarborough District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.48685° or 54° 29′ 13″ northLongitude
-0.61406° or 0° 36′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C6XF9PP+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 851897043OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=pubOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q26441212
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