Guide · 6 min read
Whitby beyond fish and chips
The harbour town has more going on than the queue on Pier Road suggests.
Yes, eat the fish. Then climb the 199 steps and see how the town reads from above.
South along the coast, Robin Hood's Bay handles the same ingredients with fewer people in the way.
Take plum bread home. It is the least sentimental souvenir on the coast and the one you will actually finish.
Places in this guide
Heritage · Whitby & the Coast
Whitby Abbey
A ruin on a headland doing exactly what a ruin on a headland should.
Eat & drink · Whitby & the Coast
The Magpie Café
Whitby's best-known plate of fish and chips, harbour side.
Village & coast · Whitby & the Coast
Robin Hood's Bay
A smugglers' village poured down a cliff into the sea.
Bakery & tearoom · Whitby & the Coast
Botham's of Whitby
Fifth-generation bakers and a tearoom that has not chased fashion.