No Longer Peasants

On previous visits to Whitby we have peeped at the Abbey over the perimeter wall, being too tight to pay the entrance fee.

This year, however, our membership of English Heritage meams that we can gain access to all the historical sites for free.

The Abbey is one of the oldest religious sites in England, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and, of course most famously, the setting for the video of "Can I Play With Madness?" by Iron Maiden.

This is what Whitby Abbey looks like 'over the wall'.