Toegangsticket voor Whitby Abbey
Beschrijving
De ruïnes van Whitby Abbey bekronen een klif boven de historische vissershaven van Whitby. De landtong heeft St Hild's Angelsaksische klooster, de grote middeleeuwse abdij en een Stuart herenhuis, en het is al lang het middelpunt van mythen en legendes. U kunt meer te weten komen over de mensen en verhalen van de landtong in het grote Whitby Abbey museum, boordevol voorwerpen en verhalen. Luisterpalen, kijkgaten en animaties vertellen de vele verhalen van de landtong: hoe St Hild slangen in steen veranderde, hoe Angelsaksisch Caedmon dichter werd, hoe de verloren abdijklokken nog steeds onder de golven te horen zijn en hoe een echt scheepswrak Dracula hielp inspireren, wat Whitby op zijn beurt de ‘Goth-hoofdstad’ van Engeland heeft gemaakt.
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Al bijna 700 jaar torent de prachtige 13e-eeuwse gotische abdij hoog boven Whitby uit. Vandaag kunt u genieten van een prachtig uitzicht op de kustlijn en de stad terwijl u de uitgebreide overblijfselen van de abdij verkent. Het bezoekerscentrum van Whitby Abbey is gevestigd in een 17e-eeuws herenhuis. Binnenin vind je een museum dat het 3000 jaar durende verhaal van de abdij vertelt aan de hand van voorwerpen als Angelsaksische kruisen, middeleeuwse manuscripten en zelfs een zeldzame, gesigneerde kopie van Bram Stokers roman ‘Dracula’.
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Whitby Abbey was perfect as always but I want to mention ‘Time will tell theatre company’ doing Dracula! They were brilliant, the atmosphere, the professionalism and the humour. I had no idea what to expect but we were so impressed and would encourage everyone to visit while these performances are on. They were fun and entertaining and dealt well with the children who were clearly engrossed in the story. Thank you for a great afternoon.
We always visit the Abbey when staying nearby, great views and very atmospheric place. When we visited they were doing an outdoor performance of the Dracula story, told with only three actors, it was nonetheless done really well and we thoroughly enjoyed the performance!
The experience was complete made by the performance of Dracula! We didn’t know it was in and we caught the last hour or so. It was fantastic! Brilliant cast, funny and engaged well with the audience. The abbey was a perfect setting. Glad we change that as it made it worth the money. Without it we would have only been there for half an hour a s would have been expensive! With the play it was well worth it!
We were not expecting a theatre performance of Dracula by Time Will Tell theatre company to be included with the tickets - it was AMAZING. Children (12 &10) were totally engaged, such an opportunity to see the play at the Abbey itself. Made our day
We walked up the 199 steps and bought our ticket on the gate. It’s just a wonderful place to be. The heritage centre was new since the last time we were there (a very long time ago), and was enjoyable and informative. The ruins of the abbey are still hugely impressive and a very peaceful place to be (even when there are lots pf people around)
Great place to visit Museum interesting and good shop. Had a audio tour which was informative and interesting. Great day Staff friendly
There are a few ruins of the old Abbey along with a museum which is little more than a home for a few pieces that have fallen off & a few pictures. We struggled to fill 30 minutes. If it had been free entry I’d have been underwhelmed however it cost £37.50 for 2 adults (including parking). Thank goodness it’s a charity otherwise I’d have called the police to report a robbery 😇
