This is a Guest House totally decorated in Gothic style…read more From the Soider web chair backs and bed heads..to four posters..caters specifically for Goths but normals welcome. This Victorian Gothic themed guesthouse is unique indeed, Goth Guests will love the individually decorated rooms, all with superb four poster beds for that luxury feel.A popular haunt for honeymoons, birthdays and anniversaries or just a weekend spell at the seaside! Guests can choose from a selection of exquisite luxury themed rooms. These include the lunar room with theme throughout and gothic fireplace, and a superb four poster bed. The greenman with spidersweb four poster and views of the abbey. The solar room with gold decor and linen with gothic four poster bed and victorian marble fireplace. Prices from: £30 to £33 Per person B&B Rooms have tea and coffee making facilities,each room has its own separate private bathrooms with baths.Full english or vegetarian breakfast served in a candlelit breakfast room. There is a a two night minimum stay at weekends and it is impossible to get a room here around either of the Whitby Goth Weekends. Booked solid years ahead.

Well that's it…read more Never again will I eat my breakfast in daylight. After an awesome weekend break at the gothic themed Bats and Broomsticks in Whitby I now insist upon eating all my breakfasts in a candlelit cellar to the strains of Sisters of Mercy. You may never have tried that before but once you have you will wonder how you ever breakfasted any other way. I'm feeling all dark and Mistressy just thinking about it. So to review. I believe I can sum this up neatly by saying that this warm, welcoming and quirky B&B just up the road from the heart of Whitby is PERFECT for you if you can say 'yes' to any or all of the following: 1) When I say 'Amelia' by The Mission you immediately start singing it in your head. 2) At any point in your life you have spent a weekend ruining the new DMs your badgered Mother finally bought you, to just the right degree of 'aged distress'. 3) You've ever picked holes in the cuffs of your school jumper to thrust your thumbs through. 4) You can air guitar to Alice Cooper's 'Poison'. 5) You have ever drawn spider webs on the corners of your eyelids. 6) Your father/mother/grandfather/grandmother has ever exclaimed you look like you are 'going to a funeral'. 7) You have ever deliberately sat in the shade on a sunny day drinking Cider and referring to those playing in the sunlight as 'The Others'. 8) You still refer to anyone as a 'Norm'. 9) You know what Stargazer Pitch Black is. 10) You have ever owned a dress or shirt made of crumpled velvet. Score double here if it was dark purple or had leather threading at the neck. So what are you waiting for my little Lestats and Booberellas?? Drag yourselves out of the dirt of your homelands and go for a thoroughly satisfying dark skulk around Whitby. You know you want to.

We stayed for a couple of nights in room 2 and had a lovely time at the Marine Hotel…read more Room 2 has a big spacious lounge with a couple of very comfy sofas. The view out of the double windows takes in the harbour and the opposite side of the town including the church on the hill. This is a vista to die for and we spent many a happy hour with a glass of wine watching the action in the harbour unfold (I don't think we turned the flat screen TV on once during our stay). Upstairs is a spacious mezzanine with a comfy, well dressed, double bed. Downstairs there is a large bathroom with a double sized walk in shower (the downside was that it had a distinct and unpleasant "musty" smell which we mentioned to the management and no doubt this will be sorted out shortly). The furnishings are modern, stylish and have a touch of design flair - this is a proper "boutique" hotel. There is also a small private terrace with a table for two which is perfect for coffee on sunny morning (you get the sun on the opposite side of the harbour in the evening). The rooms don't have tea or coffee making facilities but you can call down to the bar any time after 8am and they will bring you up a very nice, freshly made cup of coffee. There is an ice bucket which the friendly staff will fill up, and they will also provide you with a couple of flutes, should you feel the need to bring along a bottle of fizz. Other nice touches are the white bathrobes, Elsyl products, bottled mineral water and free wifi If you don't fancy breakfast in your room then you will eat in the pretty bar. There is a good selection of all the breakfast classics; well cooked and nicely presented. I can highly recommend the Whitby kipper which was just delicious. If you don't fancy venturing out in the evening the dinner menu looked very tasty but I'd make sure to book ahead as this is a popular dining spot. If you are a light sleeper I would pack a pair of ear plugs as there is a fair bit of noise from the seagulls and the early morning departure of the fishing boats (strangely the windows in the lounge have been double glazed but not the mezzanine windows). A sleeping mask might also be an idea if you need a dark room as the blinds let in plenty of light on a sunny morning.

We came here last time we were in Whitby. Staff are super friendly and happy to cater for our two…read moreyear old. Menu has expanded since last year and includes lots of local fish, lobster, oysters, scallops and a nice choice of children's meals such as fish pie and crab cakes rather than chicken nuggets! Old Speckled Hen and Amstel on tap makes a welcome change to this sort of bar restaurant. This visit didn't disappoint. Pan fried haddock fillet in bacon, leek and mussel sauce was divine as was the battered fish and hand cut chips. Our daughter plumped for sausage, chips and mushy peas. The sausage x 2 being a very meaty farmers style herby event which Mae loved! Well done The Marine. Much better than the 'cattle market' fish & chip restaurants further down the quay.

situated in the north yorkshire moors if you likr the tv series heartbeat you should take a visit…read moreto goathland. you can see all the familiar places like the aidensfield arms, there is a steam train railway station , plenty of places for refreshment, wonderful scenery and great walks. well worth a visit for all the family. we really enjoyed our visit last month, if you are lucky enough you might even catch them filming the new series

Goathland used to be a quaint little village with a steam railway station until 'Heartbeat' came…read morealong. Now it is just a cheap tourist attraction. Heartbeat has been canceled now so hopefully they will take down the tacky references to 'Aidensfield' and let it return to being a normal village.

A delightful guest house. Excellent location--in walking distance to beach, Abbey, and shops. Rooms…read moreare well-appointed, cheerful, and clean with views of the Abbey and large windows that open to let in the sea air. The proprietors are friendly and helpful. The included breakfast features at least six kinds of fresh fruit, yogurt, and Full English cooked to order. Coffee and tea in-room. Fabulous place. We enjoyed our stay immensely.

Stayed here for Bram Stoker's Film Festival 2012, not bad as last minute booking/cancellation. So…read morebooked again for this year's festival in October, as well as three days in family room in September. For the latter - lovely double room but attached to a cramped box room in need of refurbishment with two single beds, one squashed against window with low window ledge making it *very* dangerous for children to fall out. Very steamy and stuffy as didn't dare open that window. Josianne made it very clear throughout she was on her own, her partner was away, moaned incessantly she had too much to do... breakfast overdone every day, luckily the yoghurt was ok... I even offered to help in whatever way i could! Nevertheless I confirmed my booking for October's Bram Stoker Festival 2013 - specifically asked for double room I had last year. One week before the festival, when all accommodation is gone (Fri 19th Oct), I get a phone call from a very vocal Josianne and find out i'm being pushed into a single room for the same price as the double room - otherwise *I* would be throwing out America dancers who are now paying more. Shouting at me: 'Don't be angry' 'It's your fault, you're changing your plans... we thought you were coming alone'. 'The American dancers are paying more money than you'. 'It's your fault, you've changed your plans', You've changed your plans' over and over. I repeated I have e-mails confirming I've booked the *double room* - surely designed for TWO??! - but am e-mailed with a very rude 'It's best for all concerned if I pay for a family room with some friends... they'll hold the room for an hour (I pick up the email 3 hours later). I'm supposed to accept this with no details of accommodation, address, pictures! Why are the late bookers not being redirected there? Have bought tickets for the ball but it appears I'm now not going due to the utter greed of the very unprofessional, screaming, whining Josianne. Shocking, unprofessional, not even civilised behaviour. Book at your peril, you may get outbid!!!

A little expensive in high season, around £380 for a caravan…read more saying that, the site is of a high standard and has something for everyone. Spent many holidays as a child here and have some wonderful memories.

It's several years since we stayed here (at least 6, since it was before we had children), and…read morethings may have changed since then; but back then it was a fantastic bed and breakfast in a most unusual location. Finding the place is not the easiest thing in the world -- it's secreted away amongst the back streets of Pickering. The Guest House is actually a converted mill, and there are still several original features still preserved in the building (or at least there were 6 years ago!). The owners were very accommodating (no pun intended) -- they couldn't have done more to make us welcome. Indeed, they even opened the place up for us on Christmas Day when normally they would have been shut. All in all, Vivers Mill was a great place to stay: highly recommended.

A very stunning place to visit and you feel like you're at he heart of the woods. However a fixed…read moreparking fee of £8 seems a lot especially on a midweek rainy day and rubbish facilities for dogs is unforgivable. The Gruffalo hunt is a great idea, but the distance for young children is too much, over 2km and they're tired and lose interest, Gisburn do this much better with a short walk through actual woods not on a fire road. More shelter is needed outside for rainy days as dogs aren't not allowed inside, although we were told they can go on the balcony. The children's play area is good, and the kids loved the variety of toys. We did attempt one of the green walks but confusing signs meant we barely got started. A great place to enjoy a truly beautiful forest but it could be done so much better.

Stainsacre Hall, Stainsacre near Whitby…read more Nothing special but a good residential outdoor centre, situated south of Whitby, in the North Yorkshire moors. The propery belongs to Middlesborough County Council, and provides a lot of outdoor activities, starting with archery and ending with mountain biking. A modest estate with very much engaged staff, ideal centre to pass a educational stay in quiet peace. Go there and you will charmed too.

I think this is the place where we did a residential maths weekend or week. For no good reason I…read moredidn't do well in my year 10 exams so was packed off here to get my average up. It was just a big house in the middle of nowhere. Spent the days doing maths, and the evenings are a blank. We must have eaten but I can't remember what. Had a day at teh beach I think. Tried fixing a lightbulb in the room of a girl a liked but nothing came of it.