Kirklands Hotel, Whitby

The "Daily Mail" is the latest national newspaper who's readers have voted that
in 2008
WHITBY is the country's BEST DAY OUT

The Observer Newspaper, a respected national newspaper, in it's prestigious 2007 Guide

"50Best British Holidays"
Has voted Whitby as No 1
"Charming, eccentric and lots of fun - in short everything a British holiday should be." "this handsome fishing town offers a beguiling mix of gravitas and low rent seaside fun" "Everybody should stay at Whitby at least once"

When it comes to a bit of classy charm, "Whitby blows all Northern England's coastal resorts out of the water"
David Else the author says that it is Whitby's particular charm that has captured the hearts
of the no holds barred team of travel writers.
"Whitby manages to retain much of it's 18^thcentury character"
"The fish and chips in Whitby are the best you will find in the whole country"
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They declare that Whitby is stylish and a place where Britain's "A-Listers" choose to holiday at home,
offering as it does "Perfectly preserved Victorian Streets" and
"Sandy blue flag beaches and gnarly cliffs
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The picture-postcard harbour, cobbled ginnels and donkey rides on the beach all combined to make Whitby the place to be for Holiday Which? magazine.
It has "everything you could possibly want from a seaside resort".
The town was voted top ahead of resorts like Tenby, Frinton-on-Sea and St Ives. Scarborough was not in the top ten.
Lorna Cowen, editor of Holiday Which? said British resorts had improved but not everywhere.
She said: "For every resort riding a wave of renewal, with funky bars, trendy restaurants and boutique hotels, there's another stuck in the doldrums of ageing infrastructure, tacky amusements and uninspiring B&Bs."
Because of the accolade Whitby was everywhere in the national press this week with the Telegraph, Times and Daily Mail all running stories while GMTV presented the weather forecast from the town on Wednesday.
But the news Whitby is the country's best resort came as no surprise to many.
Dick Brew, chairman of Whitby Hospitality Association, said: "What a fantastic accolade for the town, especially from such a prestigious body as the Holiday Which? guide.
"It is hoped that this well-deserved award will now spur both the borough and county councils to allocate realistic funding to the town, in order that the perennial problems of under-resourced maintenance of public facilities and traffic management, can be properly resolved."
Even Scarborough Council's tourism boss acknowledged Whitby is the best.
Coun David Jeffels, the portfolio holder for tourism and leisure, said: "I'm absolutely delighted, it's a well-deserved award and accolade and I'm sure the investment we've put into Whitby in recent years, which Scarborough Council is pleased to have been one of the instigators of, has paid off".
"Whitby is the best seaside resort."
Visitors to the town on Wednesday also agreed that Whitby is the best.
Justin Simpson and Gale Midgley, from Kirk Smeaton near Pontefract, were enjoying fish and chips.
They said: "It's just a lovely place, it's our favourite place to come."

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BBC Homes and Antiques Magazine
Also voted Whitby second in a popularity poll where Whitby was just beaten to first place by Brighton

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That Follows the earlier report below in a national Magazine. They can't all be wrong.

An Internet poll that ran for three months at the end of 2003, voted for WHITBY as being the best place to in Britain to spend a weekend break. It attracted a massive 2,562 votes beating Edinburgh it's closet rival by 378 votes, and in the process, beating off such worthy opponents as London, Bath, York Stratford-on-Avon and North Wales amongst many other nominees.

The delightful, unspoiled, old world charm of Whitby once more casts it's magic spell, and is it any wonder, with the quaint courtyards, ghauts and cobbled streets, to stir the emotions of the holidaymaker.

I would suggest that if you tried a weekend here with the huge variety of superb cafes, restaurants, coffee bars and hotel dining halls, you would agree with so many of our past visitors that a weekend is nowhere near enough time to sample all the delights on offer. Then of course you have all the history attached to the town and surrounding areas. Captain Cook's ships were built right here and this is where he learned his seamanship. His employer's house still stands and is now a museum where you can visit the attic room in which he spent his onshore nights.

Situated as we are on the edge of the North York Moors and flanked on the east by the North Sea, there are many activities to suit all tastes. Hotels and guesthouses too offer a wide range of accommodation from the ultra to the economy. All tastes and pockets are catered for from those with special interests to those seeking the traditional family holiday.

Give us a try, you too will the be joining the many thousands that have left with the words