Whitby

Whitby is dominated by the cliff-top ruins of a beautiful 13th century Abbey. There are 199 steps leading from the old town up to the Abbey. (I gave up counting after a few steps ;)

West Cliff, which is opposite to the cliff where the Abbey is, has its own landmarks — a statue of Captain James Cook, who sailed from the town, and a whalebone arch, commemorating the once large whaling industry.

One unusual feature of Whitby is the Dracula Museum - a large portion of Bram Stoker's famous novel was set in Whitby, describing Dracula's arrival in Britain on a ship washed ashore in the harbour, and how Lucy watched from the churchyard as the sun set over the nearby headland of Kettleness, but did not know how many steps she climbed to get there. Stoker's story incorporated various pieces of Whitby folklore, including the beaching of the Russian ship Dmitri, which became the basis of Demeter in the book.