It starts in the centre of the gothic town and the first challenge is walking up the famous 199 steps up to St Mary’s Churchyard. Then continue up towards the impressive ruins of Whitby 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 ...

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. Rain doesn't stop goths from having fun in Whitby (Image ...

The main challenge involved them climbing and descending the 199 steps to Whitby Abbey 14 times – a total elevation of 168m and 2786 steps up - and then walking the 14 miles through the North ...

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 ...

Whitby has a deep heritage which spans more than a thousand years that inspired Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula - here is its history ahead of the Yorkshire town’s annual event Whitby Steampunk Weekend.