50 GREAT THINGS ABOUT YORKSHIRE

To celebrate Yorkshire Day on 1 August, we’ve rounded up our 50 great things about Yorkshire – God’s Own Country

We’ve taken some of Yorkshire’s best-loved and best-known places and people and delved deeper into their history, providing new insight into some old favourites. Additionally, we’ve picked out some places – and perhaps some people – you may not know or have thought of.

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The Star Inn the Harbour, Whitby

The Star Inn The Harbour
Andrew Pern, whose name is synonymous with his Michelin-starred pub, The Star Inn The Harbour at Harome, has long wished to open a restaurant in his hometown and to celebrate the ingredients he grew up surrounded by and with which he began to learn to cook, even before he decided to train as a Chef at the former Scarborough Catering College.

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Day Trips in Whitby

Day Trips in Whitby

Located in North Yorkshire, Whitby is a charming and fascinating seaside town. Steeped in legend and filled with attractions, it is a destination that attracts many tourists every year. This town is considered the birthplace of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, as he took his inspiration from Whitby Abbey. It is also a town with strong connections to Captain Cook, as he lived and worked in the town before becoming a legendary explorer.

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Whitby – much more than just fish and chips

Whitby offers a whole lot more than fish and chips. When a treat was called for a trip to Whitby’s Marine Hotel hit the spot

You know that feeling….. finished all the jobs on the ‘to do list’.  Planted our new laurel trees, stacked firewood, had a bonfire, a busy productive day…suddenly it’s 5 o’clock with no clue what to make for supper. So it was for us last week end, frankly we both felt like a treat following the day’s exertions!

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9 MIND BLOWING WHITBY FACTS

Whitby Facts

Whitby Facts you may not be aware of.  Whitby is a unique town with an atmosphere like no other. A short stroll around the cobbled streets will quickly give you a sense of the history that is encompassed in the seaside town. But what is Whitby most famous for and why do hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to Whitby each year? Here are 9 mind-blowing facts about Whitby which you may not have known!

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Whitby’s Haunted Past & Present

Whether you are looking for a spooky evening of ghost hunting, or you want to experience the Goth culture, Whitby has plenty to offer any tourist who dares to stay the night.

The small town of Whitby in Yorkshire was the setting for the famous Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and its cobbled streets and quaint cottages have helped it to become one of the most well known gothic towns in the world.

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What is Whitby Famous For?

Most people know Whitby as a pretty little town on the Yorkshire coast, famous for great fish and chips but not much else. Locals to the area will tell you different though, and if you take the time to listen to the fishermen’s tales and the amateur historians you’ll find that Whitby is associated with a number of industries, events and people that really put it on the map.

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