• Whitby old town from the west cliff
  • Along the beach to Sandsend
  • The west pier
  • St Mary's church and the abbey high above the old town
  • This gate is closed during stormy weather to stop access to the wooden pier
  • The entrance to the harbour
  • The east pier
  • The abbey and church high up on the cliff
  • The bridge across the River Esk linking old and new
  • Looking back to the harbour mouth
  • A huddle of buildings around the quayside
  • Looking up-river
  • A replica of Captain Cook's ship Endeavour
  • The river Esk
  • To get to the church you have to climb 199 steps
  • Climbing above the rooftops
  • Pausing here for a ,,, photograph!
  • A Celtic cross stands tall among the old gravestones
  • Across the churchyard and the town and out onto the open moorland
  • It was this churchyard that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula
  • Whitby abbey
  • Destroyed in 867 by the Vikings, the abbey was rebuit in 1078
  • An unusual gateway
  • As we passed by the church a Goth wedding party came out
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