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Whitby Abbey is at the heart of Britain’s spiritual and literary history

20 April 2019

9:00 AM

20 April 2019

9:00 AM

The 199 steps up to the ruins of Whitby Abbey are a pilgrimage; they always have been. And any good pilgrimage takes effort. Count Dracula (also acquainted with the north Yorkshire town) cheated — he climbed the steps in the guise of a black hound. These days, with its new £1.6

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