Essential Whitby: A Guide to the Historic East Side

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Whitby audio tour: Essential Whitby: A Guide to the Historic East Side

This is a 1.1mi walking tour

It takes an average of 60 mins to complete.

Whitby

The United Kingdom

$8.99

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About the Tour

Whitby’s historic East Side has a close affinity with the sea and this tour provides an ideal introduction to local pastimes like fishing and rowing as well as the shipwrecks along our shore. You'll never look at the East Side in quite the same way again.

You'll hear about:

Whitby’s handcrafted Lucky Ducks
Whitby's fishing heritage
The legend of the Penny Hedge
How Whitby might have inspired one of Charles Dickens' most well-known characters
The German bombardment of the town in 1914
J. M. W. Turner's roughest sketch
The Whitby Wyrm
How to spot vampire blood

I’ll point out some of the quirkiest places to have a drink along the way as well as the viewpoints most people miss. Be sure to pack your camera if you’re into photography!

Tour Producer

Devon Howard

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I grew up in Whitby and genuinely believe there is no place quite like it on earth. Growing up I split my time between studying hard and rowing for the Fisherlads Rowing Club - nothing has really changed.

After school, I left the town to study at the University of Oxford and managed a couple of years in London where I worked in Westminster and studied for my MA in Philosophy. I returned home to pursue further study and established Whitby Town Walking Tours with my better half.

It had been a longtime ambition of mine to operate a tour company and my inspiration probably came from the Only Fools and Horses' episode 'A Slow Bus to Chingford'. Unlike Derek Trotter, however, I aim to give you accurate and well-researched tours of Whitby.

Whitby Town Walking Tours operate unique tours that focus on specific elements of Whitby, from the geology to art and literature. We operate most days during the summer season and you can find tour times on our website.

Preview Location

Location 1

Market Place

Hello - my name is Devon and today I'll be guiding you around Whitby's historic east side. Before setting off there are just a few things to do through.

There's a lot of things to miss on this tour so the format will be quite stop-start to ensure you see everything. The str... Read More

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Major Landmarks

Sandgate
Grape Lane
Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Church Street
The White Horse & Griffin
Arguments Yd
Henrietta Street
Fortune's Kippers
East Pier

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Getting There

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Start location
Market Pl, Whitby YO22, UK
Total distance

2km
Final location
54.49410857, -0.61224505
Distance back to start location

697.09m

Directions to Starting Point

Head to the Market Place on the east side. This is is right next to the Abbey Wharf bar and restaurant.

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Tips

Places to stop along the way

Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby Glass, Furbellow, White Horse & Griffin, Black Horse, Monks Haven, Walrus and the Carpenter, 199 Steps, Fortunes Kippers, East Cliff.

Best time of day

You can take this tour anytime, but the end of the tour is the ideal location for watching the sunset.

Whitby can be busy in the summer months and there will be fewer people around in the morning.

Precautions

Please be wary of traffic - cars are allowed on some of the streets you'll be walking along.

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“Great app. walk around at your own pace, stop where you want, move on or speed up when you want. Read the script before you go or during the commentary, speed it up or replay it. Repeat the tour whenever you like.”