In the seaside town that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, strange goings-on are nothing new. Every Halloween sees Whitby invaded by hundreds of goths walking the streets dressed as everything from ...

Dracula author Bram Stoker was inspired by the gothic architecture of Whitby Abbey Hundreds of "vampires" have been invited to descend on North Yorkshire in May in a bid to set a new record. Whitby ...

Images of bats are being projected on to Whitby Abbey as part of events to mark the 125th anniversary of the publication of Dracula. Whitby and its ruined abbey are key locations in Bram Stoker's 1897 ...

Sitting gallantly on a cliff top, the gothic ruins of Whitby Abbey tower over the North Yorkshire seaside town; a place which has inspired some literary greats. Visitors trek up 199 steps to the ...

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One of the most hauntingly beautiful and eerie places in England is on the northeastern coast of Yorkshire in a tiny town called Whitby. Long a vacation spot for Brits, it has also historically given ...

The legend of Dracula has returned to haunt a seaside town… after a cascade of human bones. And residents of Whitby, North Yorkshire – famously featured in Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel about the ...