Whitby is not your average seaside spot. A former fishing town isolated by miles of moor, it’s got amusement arcades and donkey rides, but you’ll find clifftop graveyards and whalebone monuments too – and it’s all loomed over by the spectral splendour of Whitby Abbey, a 1,360-year-old ruin. The setting for Bram Stoker’s vampire-filled novel ‘Dracula’, it now hosts two Goth Weekends each year. Spooky! Goth, or not – there’s plenty to sink your teeth into here.
RECOMMENDED: Explore nearby York, Harrogate and Haworth