Chilling clifftop dramas Long before it inspired Dracula's creator and Captain Cook, the Whitby coastline was the scene of religious rivalry and unusual industrial activity, says Anne Campbell Dixon

The Sunday Telegraph London | February 9, 2003| | Copyright

There can be few small ports with as much to offer visitors of all ages and tastes as Whitby. It is scenically dramatic - the old port nestles between the steep banks of the Esk estuary, guarded by the starkly jagged ruins of Whitby Abbey high on the headland above - and the town's colourful history, stretching back beyond the Dark Ages, is peopled by such disparate figures as St Hild, Caedmon, Captain Cook and Dracula's creator, Bram Stoker.

A visit to Whitby's clifftop, especially in wild winter weather, makes it easy to see why the scene inspired Stoker to thoughts of Gothic horror. The ...

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