O que acontece em Whitby, Reino Unido, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Christmas holidays em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 6 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Museums shut for winter (1 Dez – 7 Fev (normalmente))

Movimentado — February half-term em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Dark Skies Festival

  13 Fev – 1 MarTemporada de céu escuro

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Museums shut for winter (1 Dez – 7 Fev (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Feriado

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Dark Skies Festival (13 Fev – 1 Mar)

Lotação máxima — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday em Reino Unido

• Festival

  Whitby Goth Weekend, spring

  1–3 MaiGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Easter bank holidays (3–6 Abr)

Lotação máxima — Whitby Goth Weekend, spring, Late-May half-term em Reino Unido

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Whitby Goth Weekend, spring (1–3 Mai)

Lotação máxima — Robin Hood's Bay Folk Weekend, Late-May half-term em Reino Unido

• Festival

  Robin Hood's Bay Folk Weekend

  5–7 JunFestival de músicaLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Peak summer on the harbour, Summer holidays em Reino Unido

• Feriado

  Peak summer on the harbour

  20 Jul – 1 SetFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Peak summer on the harbour

• Festival

  Whitby Regatta

  7–12 Ago · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Whitby Folk Week

  19–28 Ago · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Peak summer on the harbour (20 Jul – 1 Set)

Movimentado — Peak summer on the harbour, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Peak summer on the harbour (20 Jul – 1 Set)

Lotação máxima — Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn, October half-term em Reino Unido

• Abertura

  Whitby Abbey Illuminated

  20 Out – 2 Nov · normalmenteLuzes e fogoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn

  30 Out – 1 NovGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em novembro.

Ainda em andamento: Whitby Abbey Illuminated (20 Out – 2 Nov (normalmente)), Whitby Goth Weekend, autumn (30 Out – 1 Nov)

Lotação máxima — Whitby Krampus Run, Christmas and Boxing Day

• Festival

  Whitby Krampus Run

  1–8 Dez · normalmenteGrande festivalLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

• Fechamento

  Museums shut for winter

  1 Dez – 7 Fev · 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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24–28 DezNatal e Ano-NovoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗