Whitby Abbey

The Whitby Abbey is absolutely beautiful. It sits up high in Whitby and can be seen from many places. The first monastery there was founded in 657 and the building that sits there now was finished in 1220. Parts of the church collapsed during storms, its west front was hit by German naval shelling in 1914 and wind and rain have added their own decoration. It is renown as the backdrop to Bram Stoker's Dracula which has made Whitby the 'Goth' capital of Britain. It really is impressive!!!!

 The English heritage has a Children's Time Travelers program where they get to do certain activities at some of their sites to achieve a treasure. The boys first went on a scavenger hunt to get points and then had fun dressing as the men of that time.