
Essential Whitby: A Guide to the Town’s Legends, Treasures and Main Sites
Walking Tour
About the Tour
It’s not easy journeying to Whitby, so it’s important to make the most of your time here. On this guided walk, I'll introduce you to major local characters, engrossing legends and hidden treasures in this historic town, over a millennium in the making. Whether this is your first visit or your thirtieth, this tour is certain to make you look at Whitby in a new light. It also provides an ideal introduction to sites like the Whitby Abbey, the Captain Cook Memorial Museum and the Endeavour Experience, which you can return to at the end of the tour.
On this tour, you'll hear about:
• Some of the greatest voyages of exploration of all time
• Why people once thought the town was infested with serpents
• How Whitby jet, a gemstone, inspired the novel Dracula
• An illiterate poet
• Why there’s a polar bear in the town centre
• Why the houses with the best views were some of the cheapest
• The Hand of Glory and where to find it
This tour isn’t all about the past. I'll also tell you about Fortune's Kippers fish store, and where to find seaside fayre and the best strawberry tarts you'll ever encounter.
Tour Producer

Devon Howard
Major Landmarks
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Captain Cook Monument
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Whale Bones
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Pannett Park
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Dock End
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Endeavour Experience
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Captain Cook Museum
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Church Street
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St Mary's Church
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Whitby Abbey
Directions to Starting Point
Captain Cook Memorial on the West Cliff (near the Whale Bone Arch).
Tips
Places to stop along the way
Whitby Museum and Art Gallery, Endeavour Experience, Captain Cook Museum, Whitby Jet Museum, St Mary's Church.
Best time of day
You can take this tour anytime but the views are best during the daytime.
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.
Devon the narrative of the tour was excellent. I also liked the bits of added humour & your passion for Whitby is paramount. Thank you for taking us on your tour of Whitby even though it was a day shrouded in misty conditions which added to the atmosphere especially the abbey
Thank you for your kind review and I’m delighted you enjoyed the tour!
Superb Tour with clear clarity & content in abundance.
Would highly recommend this Tour.