Dominating the landscape are the gothic ruins of Whitby Abbey, perched 199 steps above the town. The Abbey, remnants of an 11th-century Benedictine monastery, inspired Stoker's iconic novel.

There were two before it: a Romanesque church, probably begun in 1109; and, before that, the minster of the abbey founded by St Hild in 657. It was here that the influential Synod of Whitby was ...

Wharram Percy’s elegantly crumbling church, shimmering millpond and rich archaeological bounty have made it the most famous of its type; though not strictly on the Whitby Way, it was a diversion ...

Whitby and its ruined abbey are key locations in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel. English Heritage, which runs the abbey, said a Dracula-themed theatre act will be performed in the ruins each evening.

Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula featured the famous vampire posing as a large dog which came ashore in Whitby and runs up the iconic 199 steps to the graveyard of St Mary's Church, in the shadow ...