This is a local curiousity and its name varies- to some people it is airy and hut can be cave. My…read moregran born in 1880 talked about it as if it had been there in her young days and called it hairy bobs hut. Children are fascinated by the large boulder with a doorway and window carved out of it. A good approach if the paths are open is through the castle archway and down as it adds to the atmosphere. People who visit here talk about the fact that they allways have to visit hairy bobs.Its origins are uncertain ,one theory being that it was carved by someone working on the first construction of the marine Drive but kids make their own stories. It is a fascinating addition to an area full of interest.

Highly recommend this business lovely atmosphere. The staff are friendly and very professional…read more Prices are really great. Fresh sandwiches available daily. Showing loads of sports nearly all football games especially big games on numerous TVs. Pool table and darts and also gambling slot machines. Sometimes they have live singers or bands on upstairs. They have 2 bars 1 upstairs and 1 downstairs. You can also enter competitions in the club. Membership fees are £5 for your first year but it's well worth it as drinks are probably the best in town.

The buildings,two cottages ,were going to be pulled down which would have been a great shame. They…read moreare picturesque and old and a good piece of Filey history would have been lost.Looking at the outside I never dreamed how much history would be inside.There is quite a few rooms and lots of info with audio commentries. My Dad was from an old Filey family so I was able to see how it was when he grew up. I also read a local newspaper from the year I was born.There is a lot about how Filey developed. There is a nice garden at the back and they let dogs in it if they are well behaved.The whole place is beautifully kept and a credit it to its volunteers.The out side is painted white and I have never seen it look other than clean and bright.If you go look out for the old plaque which says the fear of god be in you and a date. Check the times if you as it doesnt open in Winter.

Many books have been Written using Whitby as the setting. Most notably of course Dracula and the…read moreteen books of the Witby Witches series by Robin Jarvis which mentions the whole town but particularly the 199 steps, the hand of glory, in the museum, and the Aufwaders..a mysterious clan of gnome like fisherfolk who live in the cliffs. But the most famous as I say is Dracula. The author Bram Stoker, set three quarters of his story around Whitby and it is still possible to retrace those steps of the undead, taking the Dracula Trail Tour. Overall I was very impressed with the Whitby Dracula Trail For 50p I bought the Whitby Dracula Trail guide from the local Tourist Information Centre. The guide was developed with the help of the London based Dracula Society and takes in the landmarks of old and new Whitby. The tour starts at the Bram Stoker Memorial Seat which was built on the 20th April 1980 to commemorate the 68th anniversary of Bram Stoker's death. It was said that on this spot directly opposite the Royal Hotel, the inspiration for the novel, Dracula, was born. This bench on the west cliff, overlooking Whitby Harbor, is one that all travelers should visit at least once. Bring a breakfast thermos of (blood?) bloody Marys and your tattered copy of Dracula. Read chapters six through eight while sitting on the bench, and watch the novel come to life before you begin the trail. Below are the cold sand beaches that welcomed the Russian schooner Demeter, the ship that brought Dracula to England from Transylvania. In the book, the ship's captain is dead and lashed to the wheel. The crew is missing. The only sign of life on board is a huge, black, dog-like creature that dives from the ship and disappears into the narrow alleys of Whitby's east side. A real Russian schooner called Demitrius washed ashore on those sands in 1885, about a decade before Stoker visited Whitby for a holiday weekend. Gaze across the harbor to the east cliff where the red-roofed houses seem to pile up on top of each other against the hillside, just like Stoker's character Mina Harker described. At the top of the cliff are St. Mary's Church and its graveyard of limestone markers, worn blank by the North Sea wind. (some say brass plaques were removed to make musket balls in the Civil War). This is the graveyard where Stoker's ill-fated character Lucy is first seduced by the count. Dracula didn't die in Whitby, but he took refuge in the grave of George Cannon, who had commited suicide. According to the booklet there is no trace of George Cannon grave today. A Commemorative Plaque is at 6 Royal Crescent, on the West Cliff, where Bram Stoker stayed. There are still hotels in Royal Crescent today. As the self-guided tour winds its way around the old streets of Whitby documenting different points of interest it is easy to imagine yourself back in the 1870s when Stocker wrote his classic novel. As you make your way along the narrow streets and steep slopes, numerous old fashioned restaurants and quaint shops reminiscent of times past can be seen. Whitby has gone out of its way to mark and memorialize every possible sight in the town that had a place in the novel. The final destination on this tour is perhaps the most famous landmark mentioned in Dracula the 199 steps leading up to St. Mary's Church. It was here that Mina made a frantic dash as she ran up the steps to save Lucy only to find her friend being protected and asleep beside the Black Dog (Dracula). Of course the legend is that the black dog exists and can still be seen or heard howling. Even better do the tour at night on a Whitby Goth weekend when the place is full of vampires. Then without warning the tempest broke. With a rapidity which, at the time, seemed incredible, and even afterwards is impossible to realize, the whole aspect of nature at once became convulsed. The waves rose in growing fury, each over-topping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster. White-crested waves beat madly on the level sands and rushed up the shelving cliffs. Others broke over the piers, and with their spume swept the lanthorns of the lighthouses which rise from the end of either pier of Whitby Harbour. To add to the difficulties and dangers of the time, masses of sea-fog came drifting inland. White, wet clouds, which swept by in ghostly fashion, so dank and damp and cold that it needed but little effort of imagination to think that the spirits of those lost at sea were touching their living brethren with the clammy hands of death, and many a one shuddered as the wreaths of sea-mist swept by. Bram Stoker, Dracula

For a bit of fun the Whitby Walks come in 3 catagories:…read moreGhost, Dracula & Heritage. The guide is the man in black - Harry Collett Contact: West Cliff, Whitby, YO21 3HA some start at the Whale Arch. Thousand years of ecclesiastical and maritime heritage are preserved in the historic port of Whitby. Fine houses, secret courtyards, alleys and ghauts remain to be discovered with the 'STORYWALKER' who, dressed in character costume will tell you stories and answer your questions about the heritage. The Dracula walks of course cover the Bram Stoker stuff and scary/ghosty things. The separate ghost walk is of course ghosts. Whitby walks will ensure that you reach the parts of Whitby that others miss as they know so much about the place. Great if you are only there for a day or weekend. Adults £4, Children (under 14) £2

It is some time since I visited the club. This is definitely not because there is anything wrong…read morejust that I dont go out much!The club allways offered a friendly welcome and the members all seemed to be friendly too.The prices were good .They did lots of things for special events especially things like New Years Eve. There was a pleasant room upstairs (very pleasant on a Summer evening) with a nice aspect.You could hire this room for private parties and various groups used this.It has the advantage of a private car park but is in a reasonably accessible place too.I hope it is still as good and well supported.

A small well run social club,in the heart of falsgrave.a good family atmosphere prevails.with…read moremembership on offer at seven pounds,it is a snip,as you will save this in a week on drinks from a well stocked bar(possibly the cheapest beer in the local area).a function room which is free to hire offers an ideal location to celebrate your special occasions.a warm welcome awaits for new aswell as old members

Attracts visitors from Australia, New Zealand and Canada all year round as the place where it all…read morestarted! Hence the 5 stars. This is a 17th century house where James Cook lodged as apprentice seaman to Whitby shipmaster Captain John Walker. His house in Grape Lane, built in the 17th century, is now the Captain Cook Memorial Museum. Cook was in Whitby for nine years, sailing on Walker's ships. It was here he learnt his seaman's trade.He is probably Yorkshire's most famous son. Includes period rooms in meticulously restored house, ship models, plans and manuscripts, artefacts from the voyages, and fine original paintings, drawings and prints. A rich collection of exhibits about The young Captain Cook who was apprenticed to Captain John Walker. This handsome 17thC harbourside house is where the great explorer, James Cook, came to serve his apprenticeship in Whitby in the year 1746. It belonged to Cook's master, the Quaker ship owner, Captain John Walker. When the young Cook was not at sea, he lodged here in the attic with Walker's 'other family' of apprentices. At the very top of the house, in the ship-timbered attic, the young James Cook pursued his winter studies by candlelight; huddled by the chimney breast for warmth, he must often have looked across the river to the shipyards where, later, the ships he would use on his famous voyages - Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure and Discovery would be built. The special exhibition for 2008 is 'Smoking Coasts and Ice-bound Seas, Cook's Voyage to the Arctic'. Paintings include Captain Bligh of the Bounty by John Russell Bligh at his best, an Admiral by the time these pastels were painted, and as he would prefer us to remember him! He had been Cook's sailing master on Resolution. He also charted the Humber..I have seen the map in Grimsby archives. The collections celebrate the life of Cook, his crews, and the artists and scientists who sailed with him. There are period rooms restored faithfully following an inventory of 1752, models, maps and manuscripts, ship plans, artefacts from the Voyages, and many fine original paintings, drawings and prints. Explorer, cartographer of Australia and New Zealand and much beside, an inspired leader, Cook became a figure of international fame in his own lifetime, and after his death joined the ranks of the greatest explorers of all time. This is where he started.he himself said, ...not only as far as man has gone before, but as far as it is possible for man to go. Adult £4.00 Child £3.00 Concession £3.50 (Available to Senior Citizens) Family £10.50 (2 Adults 2 Children)

A brilliant visitor atraction, and the genuine article, where Cook really studied and lived before…read morehis epic journeys. Some terrific artefacts. If you have American visitors you want to impress,this is THE place.

The Sutcliffe gallery is a gem. I have a few framed prints that I bought in this shop and spent…read moreages looking through images of past times. Some are local characters like fishergirls Polly Swallow and Lizzy Alice Hawksfield. He produced magnificent studies of the characterful fisherfolk working around the harbourside with its picturesque square-rigged ships. Think Prospect of Whitby (the pub in Wapping) named after one of the ships. Love the one of the miller and the sweep on a cart..new meaning to black and white! Naked children swimming and playing (Water Rats)..children on doorsteps..farm workers..urchins. Lizzy spent many years on my wall as did one of ships in harbour. His most famous image is called Water rats (1886), a delightful picture which caused considerable controversy, and the wrath of the Whitby clergy for corruption of the young; it is said that they excommunicated Sutcliffe for exhibiting what they felt to be an indecent print to the corruption of the young and the other sex. By contrast the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) purchased a copy of the picture. A photographer who is regarded as a pictorialist, there is also the documentary aspect of much of his work, portraying as it does the life of the times, with their street musicians, farmers, and other ordinary people. The full extent of his contribution was not recognised until long after his death. His work may also be seen at the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, Whitby. If you love Victorian scenes and photography..mainly of happy people then I defy anyone to browse this place and not come out owning a few prints. Background history for those interested: Frank Sutcliffe, born at Headingley, Leeds in 1853, set up his own professional photographic studio in a dis-used jet workshop in Waterloo Yard, Whitby in 1875. He remained in Whitby up until his death at the age of 88 in 1941..Sutcliffe developed a great affection for the busy little fishing port on the rugged North Yorkshire coast. These Whitby photos, together with his superbly composed landscapes and the farming community going about its daily tasks in the neighbouring moorland villages and valleys, eventually earned him over sixty gold, silver and bronze medals at exhibitions throughout the world between the late 1870s and the end of the 19th century. The vast majority of his negatives were on whole plate glass, the earliest being on wet collodion requiring the glass to be coated with the sensitive emulsion immediately prior to exposure of the plate. These negatives and the business were acquired by the Shaw family in 1959 after having been passed along through two other owners subsequent to Frank Sutcliffe. In 1965 Sutcliffe's plates were donated by The Sutcliffe Gallery to Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society, owners of Whitby Museum. Since that time a gradual process has taken place of transferring the images from the original plate, in the early days onto 8x10 sheet film, to create high quality duplicate negatives but now, with the means available to make high resolution scans, each subject is being digitally recorded on to two CDs, one for the Gallery archives and one for Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society. The main reason for doing all of this is the ethical one of obviating any further handling of the original negative.