Scenes of Whitby and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, North Sea Coast, and surrounding areas

 Interesting places to visit, good walking areas

1. Looking over Whitby lower harbour entrance

2. Views of Whitby Abbey  ( sequence, click on a picture to view the next one)

3. Sandsend Beach, Village and walk to Kettleness

4. A few historic and other buildings in Whitby Town

5. More Whitby Harbour scenes

6. A minor to Staithes via Roxby off the A171 Whitby-Guisborough road

7. The fishing village of Staithes

8. The Villages of Ruswarp and Sleights

9. A trip out to the village of Goathland

10. A trip to the Hole of Horcum and a walk reuse

11. A Grosmont-Whitby steam railway ride following the River Esk

12. More Whitby Streets, buildings and the 199 steps!

13. St Mary's Church, Whitby

14. A few Nautical matters, James Cooke and the Scoresbys

15. Fire and Brimstone! Old Glory and the Dracula Experience

16. A car or cycle trip out to some standing stones - The High Bride Stones above Grosmont

17. Circular walk from Goathland - Wheeldale Moor - Roman Road - Beckhole

18. Robin Hood's Bay and Ravenscar

19. A trip on The Esk Valley Whitby-Middlesbrough Railway Line

20. A Whitby-Grosmont-Goathland-Pickering steam trip

21. Walk from Cowbar via Staithes, Port Mulgrave, Runswick, Hutton Mulgrave

22. A quick tour of Scarborough (click on a picture to view the next one)

23. Scalby - The Parish Church of St Laurence

24. Circular Runswick Bay - Kettlenes Walk

25. Whitby's Beaches * 26. Views from the old Whitby lighthouse

27. A circular walk from Sandsend through the Mulgrave Estate and Lythe Village

28. A Coastal Walk from Whitby to Robin Hood's Bay

29. St Mary's Parish Church, Scarborough

The famous English seaside towns of Whitby and Scarborough in North Yorkshire, and its association with the explorer Captain Cook is close to the North York Moors of Northern England which are a beautiful and relatively unspoilt area of England and a great place for a relaxing holiday. It is becoming quite a place for boating, yachting and sea-fishing, since very few trawlers can make a living these days. On the coast is Sandsend beach, Staithes harbour (a favourite for artists), fossil hunting at Ravenscar on the Jurassic dinosaur cliffs and the coastal picturesque villages of Runswick Bay and Robin Hoods Bay, both of which are perched on the cliffs of the Cleveland Way. Whitby has its 'Dracula' week, Folk Music Festival and a replica of Captain Cook's ship, the Endeavour.  Not far away is the village of Goathland which is famous for the North Yorkshire Moors steam railway and Yorkshire TV's 1960's based series "Heartbeat". There are lots of self-catering holiday cottages for renting-letting, bed and breakfast places,  chalets, lodges for rent-lets, farmhouses and hotels to stay in. BUT most of the area is relatively unspoilt, where you can do lots of lovely walking and other outdoor interests in Danby Dale, Westerdale, Fryup Dale and Baysdale etc. For those can afford it, lots of properties for sale or rent, but property prices for first or second homes are rising as everywhere else, particularly in attractive villages. I hope the site provides a series of pictures and images that make you want to visit Whitby.

Top left: Memorial to Captain Cook, Top right: Looking across harbour to Whitby Abbey, Below: Whitby, Scarborough and Robin Hood's Bay

North Yorkshire * docspics photos images pictures © Phil Brown

*  Recommended books with Regional and District Connections *

The excellent walking guides "Walks on the North York Moors" Books 1 & 2 by Jack Keighley

"Walks on the North York Moors - Walking Country - Western" by Paul Hannon

"Walks on the North York Moors - Walking Country - Southern" by Paul Hannon

"Walks on the North York Moors - Book Three - Eskdale and the Coast" by Paul Hannon

"On foot in the North York Moors" 35 classic walks by Alan Hall

The Dalesman mini-book "Walking on the North York Moors" compiled by the Ramblers Association (North Yorkshire & South Durham Area, some good ideas but poor on maps)

"Ten Scenic Walks around Rosedale, Farndale and Hutton-le-Hole" by J. Brian Beadle.

The Dalesman mini-book "Exploring the North York Moors" by Malcolm Boyes is a useful location summary guide.

"The Yorkshire Moors and Dales" by Rob Talbot and Robin Whiteman

"Yorkshire Landscapes" by Rob Talbot and Robin Whiteman

Ordnance Survey Explorer Map OL 26 North York Moors - Western Area (1:25000, 6 cm/2.5 inches per mile, 4 cm per km)

Ordnance Survey Explorer Map OL 27 North York Moors - Eastern Area (1:25000, 6 cm/2.5 inches per mile, 4 cm per km)

Ordnance Survey Map Touring Map 2 North York Moors (1:50000/63360, 2.5 cm/1 inch per mile, good for plotting motoring route and finding places)

The Buildings of England, YORKSHIRE - THE NORTH RIDING - Nikolaus Pevsner