Whitby Abbey
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Oct 9, 2026
SaraHOST
So St. Mary's Churchyard in Whitby.
SaraHOST
It is perched high above the town beside the ruins of Whitby Abbey, again, stunning.
SaraHOST
This is probably one of the most atmospheric churchyards in England by far.
SaraHOST
You climb the famous 199 steps, which is tiring, but suddenly you are surrounded by centuries of old gravestones overlooking the North Sea.
Greg TomlinsonHOST
Where, where's that on the-
Peter NaldrettGUEST
[laughs] That's Whitby Abbey, actually
Greg TomlinsonHOST
Oh, okay.
Peter NaldrettGUEST
Yeah
Ash EllisHOST
I was gonna say that's Whitby Abbey.
Peter NaldrettGUEST
Yeah, so, so Whitby's in there.
Peter NaldrettGUEST
A bit of, um, sort of Dracula going on there.
Peter NaldrettGUEST
I've really enjoyed it.
Michael MillsGUEST
And also, you know, the drama of the s- of the scenery.
Michael MillsGUEST
You know, what Whitby Abbey is known for, right, is bec- owes a lot of that to Dracula.
Michael MillsGUEST
We've got a lot of wrecked abbeys in this country, but Whitby Abbey's got a lot of profile, and that's because it's in Dracula.
Michael MillsGUEST
There's a reason the Goths-
Joe FordHOST
Especially when it's being described by Paul Mars.
Joe FordHOST
Ian has somehow become this humpbacked, um, butler for the vampire of the story.
Joe FordHOST
Barbara has staked a vampire.
Joe FordHOST
Susan has donned a mustache and gone to the masked ball as a man, and the Doctor's flying through fucking Whitby Abbey in the arms of a vampire.
Kevin FlanaganHOST
The sea on a gray October day.
Kevin FlanaganHOST
Above the harbor stands the ruins of Whitby Abbey.
Kevin FlanaganHOST
Now, in 1890, Bram Stoker himself visited this town.
Kevin FlanaganHOST
Its harbor, headland, and the abbey found their way into the very atmosphere of Dracula, one of the most famous books on the planet.
Dominic AllenPANELIST
[laughs] Um-
Joseph ChancePANELIST
In Whitby Abbey.
Dominic AllenPANELIST
In Whitby Abbey, surrounded by scarecrows and Irish people.
Joseph ChancePANELIST
Which is worse.
Dan WheelerPANELIST
But what about Billy Crow? He took those girls out on the boat.
Paul BestelHOST
And I thought I'll sign up for the free trial and I've never turned back.
Paul BestelHOST
So I ended up getting into Whitby Abbey and just wandering around there.
Paul BestelHOST
So it is remarkable.
Paul BestelHOST
It's taken me to places and locations up and down the country that I've always wanted to go to, Caroline.
PeterHOST
The houses of the old town, the side away from us, are, are all red-roofed and seem, and seem built, built up one over the other anyhow, like the pictures we see of, of Nuremberg.
PeterHOST
Right over the town is the, is the ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which is the scene of part of, of Mar- of Marmion, where the girl, mm, where the girl was built up in the wall.
PeterHOST
It is a, it is a most noble ruin, of immense size, and full of beautiful and romantic bits.
PeterHOST
There is a legend that, that the White Lady is seen in one of, of the windows.
Aimee Lou WoodVOICE_ACTOR
It really is.
Aimee Lou WoodVOICE_ACTOR
You see there? That's the beginning of town, where you can see the ruins of Whitby Abbey.
Aimee Lou WoodVOICE_ACTOR
It is beautifully romantic.
Aimee Lou WoodVOICE_ACTOR
There is legend that a
Aimee Lou WoodVOICE_ACTOR
It really is.
Aimee Lou WoodVOICE_ACTOR
You see there? That's the beginning of town, where you can see the ruins of Whitby Abbey.
Aimee Lou WoodVOICE_ACTOR
It is beautifully romantic.
Aimee Lou WoodVOICE_ACTOR
There is legend that a
Lucy WestenraVOICE_ACTOR
It really is.
Lucy WestenraVOICE_ACTOR
You see there? That's the beginning of town, where you can see the ruins of Whitby Abbey.
Lucy WestenraVOICE_ACTOR
Ah.
Lucy WestenraVOICE_ACTOR
It is beautifully romantic.
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