Whitby is dominated by the cliff-top ruins of St Hilda’s Abbey on the East Cliff. Beside it stands one of the finest examples of anglo saxon churches, St Mary’s, whose graveyard inspired Bram Stroker to write Dracula.

199steps lead down from the Church and Abbey to the old town, crammed with an array of unique shops, offering local crafts and famous Whitby jet.

Whitby is a quaint maritime town, with its old cobbled streets, picturesque harbour and sandy blue flag beach.There are many attractions in Whitby, such as Captain Cooks Memorial Museum, Victorian Jet Works, The Dracula Experience and Whitby Museum and Art Gallery, situated in the beautiful Pannet Park.

Thereare many café’s, olde worlde tea rooms and restaurants, including award winning seafood restaurants, to tempt your taste buds.

TheEsk Valley Railway train offers stunning views along its 36 mile run between Whitby and Middlesbrough, following the river Esk, through the North York Moors National Park, calling at Grosmount, where you can catch the North Yorkshire Moors Railway steam train for Goathland, famous for the TV series ‘Heartbeat’.

Here at The Leeway we have named our bedrooms around beautiful Landmarks and Famous People associated with Whitby.  We have devised a circular walk 'Room to Room around Whitby' and we lead you from our house, all the way to the Abbey and back to the West Cliff, pointing out places of interest along the way. 

LOCAL EVENTS

April
6 - 7     Scooter Rally
6 - 9     Easter
9          Easter in the park, friends of Pannet Park
14 -      28 Whitby Spring Sea Fishing festival
26 -      30 Whitby Goth Weekend


May 
4 - 7     May Day Weekend
4 - 7     Spring Steam Gala NYMR
11 - 13 Line Dancing Weekend
18 - 20 Gospel Music Convention
20         Planting of Penny Hedge
   

June
1 - 5      Sprig Bank Weekend - Queen's Diamond Jubilee
9 - 10    60's weekend NYMR
15 - 17  Whitby's 60's Music Festival
16 - 30  Whitby Summer Sea Fishing festival
22 - 23  Flipside Rock 'n' Roll Summer Weekender


July
1 - 8     Whitby Summer Sea Fishing festival
6          Music and Ale Train, Esk Valley Railway, Depart Whitby 7:15pm
6 - 8     Northern Soul Weekend
13        Music and Ale Train, Esk Valley Railway
14 - 15 Vintage Vehicle Weekend, NYMR Pickering
20        Music and Ale Train, Esk Valley Railway
27        Music and Ale Train, Esk Valley Railway
31        Ryedale Show, Kirbymoorside

August
3           Music and Ale Train, Esk Valley Railway
10         Hinderwell Show
17         Music and Ale Train, Esk Valley Railway
18 - 20  Whitby Regatta
18 - 24  Whitby Folk Week
24         Music and Ale Train, Esk Valley Railway
25 - 27  August Bank Holiday weekend
31         Music and Ale Train, Esk Valley Railway

September
8 - 23    Whitby late summer fishing festival
28 - 30  Whitby  60's Spectacular

October
12 - 14    Railway at War NYMR
25 - 28    Bram Stoker Film Festival
27           Halloween at the Park, Friends of Pannet Park

November
1 - 4        WGW -  Whitby Goth Weekend

December
7 - 9        Robin Hood's Bay Victorian Weekend