This North Yorkshire coastal town has a history of being named the top place for a winter getaway and its appeal is hard to look past.

Northern has announced a special New Year’s Day service on the Esk Valley Line, for people looking to visit Whitby. The service, from Darlington, will call at Thornaby, Middlesbrough, Nunthorpe, ...

There’s nothing like a seaside jaunt to remind you of the omnipresence of death. Goths, ghosts, vampires, ruins: Whitby has them all. Even its local stone, behind spectral shop fronts, is literally ...