Comments for The Whitby Guide

Comment on Goathland by Ane Sandnæs

Ane Sandnæs — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 07:52:51 +0000

Hi.

I was wondering if there are any x-mas markets in Goathland iduring 25th of November until 13th of December? In case, which days and hours please?

Is the area totally possible to visit? Tea room open?

Thanks!

Comment on Parking in Whitby; Car Parks, Parking Zones & More by anna ellis

anna ellis — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 18:44:53 +0000

just stayed in whitby at caravan site so establishment parking etc not applicable . have a blue badge – why do we holders not get reduced rate parking ? co-op has 1 hr free, there are very few on-street spaces which you can only have 3 hrs then must move. this doesn’t encourage the disabled to visit – we have limited mobility so cant get far before we have to vacate the space ! why cant we have lower charges – maybe pay an hour get an hour free ?

Comment on Our Review of Passage To India Restaurant in Whitby by Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 14:50:35 +0000

Great review of the Passage to India – very thorough and detailed. I found some of the photo captions quite funny, for example, ‘a busy Thursday evening’ when you could see just two of 12 seats occupied, and ‘All smiles’ when the waiter pictured was certainly not smiling!!

Comment on Five haunted places in Whitby by Catherine Fraser

Catherine Fraser — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:16:47 +0000

I stayed in a fisherman’s cottage on Henrietta Street (cobbled street) looking out to sea with my husband and 3 children. The cottage was small, our bedroom was in the attic, it only had a double bed and a small dressing table and chair. On our first night there, I woke up during the night as I heard a noise and thought it was one of our children coming into our bedroom. I looked up there was a young girl sat on the chair looking straight at me. She was dressed in old fashioned clothes- a grey dress with an off white apron type over it and short black ankle boots. Her hair was long and in two plaits. I dived under the duvet and tried to wake my husband, shaking him, jabbing him in the ribs and nipping him but to no avail. I think he had drank quite a bit of the Whitby ale that night!!! I was so frightened and sweated it out under the duvet until daylight appeared through the curtains. I moved the chair out of the bedroom and slept with the lamp on for the rest of the week! I never believed in ghosts until that experience, I have since had a couple of other eerie experiences that I try to block out!

Comment on Dog Friendly Pubs in Whitby by Paul

Paul — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 23:30:49 +0000

I’ve found the bridge inn ruswarp extremely dog friendly, fantastic home made food, and the closest view of the steam train without actually being on it ,

Comment on 10 Of The Most Instagrammable Spots On The North Yorkshire Coast by Catherine miller

Catherine miller — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 19:49:33 +0000

Grape Lane was excellent view and right time.

Comment on A Local’s Review Of The Blitz Café & Tapas in Whitby by Theresa

Theresa — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 19:18:46 +0000

Great place and fantastic food

Comment on Parking in Whitby; Car Parks, Parking Zones & More by ian raw

ian raw — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 17:52:30 +0000

all SBC car parks that are available to the public that charge, do so through a pay and display machine these car parks are free to park in between the hours of 18.00 and 9.00 as advertised on SBC information sites and even on flags of lamp posts around the town, however what is not advertised and cannot be found on any information website is the pay and display parking on north promenade which is marked out parking, and by all accounts an SBC car parking area do not allow free parking till 19.00 this is not a disc zone area which do start at 19.00 a dirty sting in the tail for many people and the traffic wardens are waiting for people to fall into this trap

Comment on Five haunted places in Whitby by Nina

Nina — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:05:07 +0000

I visited Whitby Abbey beginning of july 2019 as we have visited more of these sort of places before in England as tourists from Holland. Just exploring the Eastcoast and it’s beautiful harbor towns. When my husband paid at the entrance i started to feel emotional, my throat felt tight as if i was hurt. But i was in a good mood, no reason for it. This got worse as we walked through the abbey. As i looked up at the empty point of the old window there was a voice inside my head (4 pm). As from a young, very angry en hurt woman. She let me know that the abbey deserves to be in the state that it is in for what was done to her and that it should never be rebuild. It had a deep impact on me and i am still trying to understand what it was. Please respond to my email if you have a clue where this message came from. Only after trying to find something about it on the internet, i found out that there are “ghost walks” and a Gothic festival. Don’t read thrillers or that sort of thing. My imagination or …. Nina

Comment on Whitby’s Haunted Past & Present by Ian Ratcliffe

Ian Ratcliffe — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 11:09:36 +0000

On holiday in Whitby 2017, we stayed in a large 3 storey house. My 12 year old son was to stay in the loft bedroom which was huge. When we were all getting changed on the first night to go out, my son came down, white as a sheet and shaking, he said that he saw a dark child size shape walk past him in the reflection in the mirror.
That night he would not sleep on his own, I went up to sleep in the loft, but he was terrified, even when I put the mattresses together, so we ended up sleeping downstairs.
Throughout the holiday, we very often got the feeling of being watched in the house.
We actually found out that the house used to be part of a children’s hospital.