Qué hay en Whitby, Reino Unido, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Reino Unido, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Museums shut for winter (1 Dic – 7 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — February half-term en Reino Unido, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Dark Skies Festival

  13 Feb – 1 MarCielos oscuros

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Museums shut for winter (1 Dic – 7 Feb (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Festivo

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dark Skies Festival (13 Feb – 1 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday en Reino Unido

• Festival

  Whitby Goth Weekend, spring

  1–3 MayGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Easter bank holidays (3–6 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Whitby Goth Weekend, spring, Late-May half-term en Reino Unido

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Whitby Goth Weekend, spring (1–3 May)

Máxima afluencia — Robin Hood's Bay Folk Weekend, Late-May half-term en Reino Unido

• Festival

  Robin Hood's Bay Folk Weekend

  5–7 JunFestival de músicaMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Peak summer on the harbour, Summer holidays en Reino Unido

• Festivo

  Peak summer on the harbour

  20 Jul – 1 SepVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Peak summer on the harbour

• Festival

  Whitby Regatta

  7–12 Ago · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Whitby Folk Week

  19–28 Ago · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Peak summer on the harbour (20 Jul – 1 Sep)

Concurrido — Peak summer on the harbour, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Peak summer on the harbour (20 Jul – 1 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn, October half-term en Reino Unido

• Apertura

  Whitby Abbey Illuminated

  20 Oct – 2 Nov · normalmenteLuces y fuegoReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn

  30 Oct – 1 NovGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Whitby Abbey Illuminated (20 Oct – 2 Nov (normalmente)), Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn (30 Oct – 1 Nov)

Máxima afluencia — Whitby Krampus Run, Christmas and Boxing Day

• Festival

  Whitby Krampus Run

  1–8 Dic · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Cierre

  Museums shut for winter

  1 Dic – 7 Feb · normalmente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24–28 DicNavidad y Año NuevoCierres

  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. Fuente ↗