An ideal holiday location is that of Whitby, situated on the North East coastline in the County of North Yorkshire with one of the prettiest harbour settings in the country.

This once busy bustling whaling port, has, over time, settled into a semi lazy relaxing harbour arena. No longer full-time fishing vessels landing their catches, no more large container ships docking to deliver their cargo and no more boatyards constructing local built fishing boats. Instead, there is a much less industrious feel and a more relaxed atmosphere with the only fishing from being the local party fishing boats and the pleasure craft.

As to be expected, in a tourist based town such as Whitby, there are large sectors of accommodation available in respect of the tourism trade.One of the main choices of accommodation available is that of the Whitby Holiday Cottages.

Typically, the holiday cottages are situated all around the town. The concentration areas of these cottages can be found in one of approximately five areas. The area where the majority of the older type of holiday cottages is to be found is on the East side near to the bottom of the one hundred and ninety nine steps and along Church Street including the various yards leading from there.Once known as ‘fisherman’s cottages’, these dwellings fall into the category of quaint, traditional and cosy. Staying on the East side and moving southwards along Church Street set into the cliff side are more traditional cottages but these have the added advantage of upper harbour views.

Passing across the River Esk via the old Swing Bridge is where the West side is to be found. Around the area of Baxtergate and Flowergate are numerous yards and lanes which are home to many of the holiday cottages. They may be traditional or purpose built modern establishments, but because of their situation, however, they are quite unusual and afford the holidaymaker the convenience of a town centre and all that that can offer as well as the solitude of their location.

The West Cliff and all around the cliff top area are home to a number of holiday cottages that are not, in fact, actual cottages as such but still fall into that category, as well as many Whitby hotels .They may take the form of apartments, holiday flats or houses, but they still offer the holiday maker self-contained holiday accommodation with the freedom that this type of accommodation choice entails. These may be well established or purpose built but are all situated in an area which allows easy access to the beach.

Finally, an area which contains holiday cottages is the ‘just out of town’ accommodation sector. These are probably houses or bungalows which offer the convenience of a quite location but within walking distance of the town and all the amenities. More often than not, these are second homes let as holiday accommodation to perhaps supplement an income.

The majority of holiday cottages in Whitby are let by agents who insure that guidelines are kept and as such afford some guarantee of standards.

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