with Whitby Abbey on the hill above, circa 1890. (Pic credit: Sean Sexton / Getty Images) Whilst the peak ship and boat building thrived from the early-1700s, the town has had a fishing fleet ...

The unexpected UK seaside town having a winter tourist boom - Which towns have seen a boost in bookings thanks to winter ...

Whitby Abbey has a unique interactive visitor centre with digital reconstructions of daily life of the monks that once lived there. Visitors can explore the ancient ruins and learnabout the Abbey ...

In the novel, and taking the shape of a black dog, Count Dracula runs up the 199 'Whitby Abbey' steps into the shadows of its ruins. Jo put an advert in NME magazine asking if any goths fancied ...

Plans for a sculpture near Whitby Abbey which were branded as "totally inappropriate" by one objector have been withdrawn. The artwork, which received more than 80 objections, was described by ...

Dracula author Bram Stoker was inspired by the gothic architecture of Whitby Abbey Hundreds of "vampires" have been invited to descend on North Yorkshire in May in a bid to set a new record.

(Pic credit: Fox Photos / Getty Images) Tourism took off in Whitby during the Georgian period and developed with the arrival of the railway in 1839. The abbey ruin is the oldest and most ...