In search of the country's weirdest corners, Christopher Dorrell finds ghostly apparitions and vengeful fairies in Whitby ...

The future of one of Whitby’s “most enjoyed landmarks”, the Whale Bone Arch overlooking Whitby Abbey, is facing issues including the logistics of sourcing and transporting replacement bones from North ...

Whitby’s historic whalebone arch – one of the town’s key landmarks – should not be removed, the town mayor has said.

Whitby is a small seaside town on the Yorkshire coast. As with many such British towns, during the Easter bank holiday weekend it is thronged with day-trippers and holiday-makers. On a recent visit ...

This North Yorkshire coastal town has a history of being named the top place for a winter getaway and its appeal is hard to look past.

In the seaside town that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, strange goings-on are nothing new. Every Halloween sees Whitby invaded by hundreds of goths walking the streets dressed as everything from ...

The Gothic ruins that inspired “Dracula” are inviting in the world’s largest gathering of vampires – or just people dressed as them – to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iconic horror novel’s ...

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