Was ist los in Whitby, Vereinigtes Königreich – übers Jahr

Viel los – Christmas holidays in Vereinigtes Königreich, Schulferien in 6 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Museums shut for winter (1. Dez. – 7. Feb. (meist))

Viel los – February half-term in Vereinigtes Königreich, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Dark Skies Festival

  13. Feb. – 1. MärzSternenhimmel-Saison

  The North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales run over two weeks of stargazing safaris, night walks and observatory sessions around the February half-term, some within reach of Whitby. Book the guided sessions ahead. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Museums shut for winter (1. Dez. – 7. Feb. (meist))

Zwischensaison – Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, ein gewöhnlicher Monat

• Feiertag

  Easter bank holidays

  3.–6. Apr.Ostern & KarwocheVollSchließungen

  Good Friday is a bank holiday across the UK and Easter Monday everywhere but Scotland. The long weekend opens the domestic touring season: popular towns, coasts and parks get busy, rooms cost more, and rail engineering works often cut or replace train services. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Dark Skies Festival (13. Feb. – 1. März)

Hochbetrieb – Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday in Vereinigtes Königreich

• Festival

  Whitby Goth Weekend, spring

  1.–3. MaiGroßes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  The spring half of a twice-yearly gathering that fills the town with black lace and the abbey steps with photographers. Beds go months ahead and the pubs run to a different clientele for three days. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Easter bank holidays (3.–6. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – Whitby Goth Weekend, spring, Late-May half-term in Vereinigtes Königreich

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Whitby Goth Weekend, spring (1.–3. Mai)

Hochbetrieb – Robin Hood's Bay Folk Weekend, Late-May half-term in Vereinigtes Königreich

• Festival

  Robin Hood's Bay Folk Weekend

  5.–7. JuniMusikfestivalVoll

  A free weekend of folk music and traditional dance in the steep streets and pubs of Robin Hood's Bay, a few miles down the coast, usually in early June. Parking at the top of the village fills early. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Peak summer on the harbour, Summer holidays in Vereinigtes Königreich

• Feiertag

  Peak summer on the harbour

  20. Juli – 1. Sep.SchulferienVollFrüh buchen

  The car parks are full by ten, the queue at the fish shops runs down Pier Road, and the 199 steps move at the pace of the slowest party on them. Early morning and after six are the town's own hours. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – laut Reisenden Hochsaison, Peak summer on the harbour

• Festival

  Whitby Regatta

  7.–12. Aug. · meistSporteventVoll

  Probably the oldest sea regatta on the north-east coast, going on 180 years: rowing and yacht races in the harbour, a classic car rally, and fireworks off the pier to close it. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Whitby Folk Week

  19.–28. Aug. · meistMusikfestivalFrüh buchen

  A week of concerts, dance sides and sessions in halls and pub back rooms in the run-up to the August bank holiday. Half of it happens without a ticket, in whichever bar has room. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Peak summer on the harbour (20. Juli – 1. Sep.)

Viel los – Peak summer on the harbour, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Peak summer on the harbour (20. Juli – 1. Sep.)

Hochbetrieb – Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn, October half-term in Vereinigtes Königreich

• Eröffnung

  Whitby Abbey Illuminated

  20. Okt. – 2. Nov. · meistLichter & FeuerFrüh buchen

  English Heritage floods the abbey ruin with coloured light on the dark evenings of half-term week. Timed tickets, and it sells out before the clocks change. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn

  30. Okt. – 1. Nov.Großes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  The bigger of the two weekends, landing on Halloween in a town that Dracula came ashore in. It overlaps the illuminated abbey, so the last weekend of October is the busiest of Whitby's year. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im November beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Whitby Abbey Illuminated (20. Okt. – 2. Nov. (meist)), Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn (30. Okt. – 1. Nov.)

Hochbetrieb – Whitby Krampus Run, Christmas and Boxing Day

• Festival

  Whitby Krampus Run

  1.–8. Dez. · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  Around the first Saturday of December a procession of horned, fur-clad Krampus figures rattles chains through the town, now stretched into a weekend with a ball. Streets are packed and the parade is noisy for small children. Quelle ↗

• Schließung

  Museums shut for winter

  1. Dez. – 7. Feb. · meist

  The Captain Cook Memorial Museum closes from December until early February, and other smaller attractions shut or keep short winter hours. The harbour and the 199 steps are yours, and the town is at its quietest. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24.–28. Dez.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungen

  Christmas Day and Boxing Day are bank holidays. Public transport is minimal or absent on 25 December and thin on the 26th, and most shops, attractions and many pubs and restaurants close on Christmas Day, so plan travel and meals ahead. Quelle ↗