A single trip up the the 199 steps near Whitby Abbey is enough to get anyone's thighs burning - so spare a thought for the ...

The pub next to the famed steps in Whitby has announced plans to expand. Whitby’s Duke of York is seeking permission to extend its premises into its basement. The Duke of York pub, at 124 Church ...

Whitby Abbey has a unique interactive visitor centre with digital reconstructions of daily life of the monks that once lived there. Visitors can explore the ancient ruins and learnabout the Abbey ...

Visitors climb the 199 steps in August 1931 ... In December 1539, Whitby Abbey surrendered when Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries and a year later, the town had between 20 and 30 houses ...