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UK. England. Yorkshire. 54°29′09″N 0°37′14″W / 54.4858°N 0.6206°W / 54.4858; -0.6206. Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the Yorkshire Coast at the mouth of the River Esk. It has a maritime, mineral and tourist economy.
Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. [1] The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire , England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom .
Website. www.nymr.co.uk. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England, that runs through the North York Moors National Park. First opened in 1836 as the Whitby and Pickering Railway, the railway was planned in 1831 by George Stephenson as a means of opening up trade routes inland from the then ...
The River Esk is a river in North Yorkshire, England that empties into the North Sea at Whitby after a course of around 28 miles (45 km) through its valley of Eskdale. The river's name is derived from the Brythonic word "isca" meaning "water". [3] The Esk is the only major river in Yorkshire that flows directly into the North Sea; all other ...
Woodsmith Mine is a deep potash and polyhalite mine located near to the hamlet of Sneatonthorpe, Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. The venture was started by York Potash Ltd, which became a subsidiary of Sirius Minerals plc whose primary focus is the development of the polyhalite project. The project will mine the world's largest known ...
The two piers circa 1900 before the extensions were added. The piers of Whitby are four structures along the River Esk estuary in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. Whilst all the piers can be accessed by the general public, the piers were not built as seaside attractions – so-called pleasure piers like Redcar, Saltburn or Withernsea – but ...
Yorkshire and the Humber. Yorkshire and the Humber is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. [a] The population in 2021 was 5,480,774 [3] with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York.
Cleveland, Yorkshire. Cleveland / ˈkliːvlənd / is a land of hills and dales from the River Tees to Vale of Pickering, England. The name means "cliff-land". The area corresponds to the former Langbaurgh Wapentake. The North York Moors national park, established in 1952, covers part of it. A non-metropolitan county under the same name existed ...