Kids Days Out In Whitby

Whitby is one of the most characterful seaside towns in the country and works well with children of any age. Whitby Abbey stands on the cliff above the harbour, reached by the 199 steps, and the ruins are as dramatic as their Dracula associations suggest. The beach below the West Cliff is broad and sandy with beach huts along it. The Captain Cook Memorial Museum sits in the house where Cook lodged as an apprentice. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway runs steam trains from the station across the moors towards Pickering.