The swing bridge and Yards of Whiby

In the centre of Whitby is the famous swing bridge, joining the east and west sides of the town. It even has its own web site and webcam. I must cross it 4 or 5 times a day during folk week, the only alternative being a couple of miles walk to the "new bridge' on the outskirts of town. Every half hour during the day it opens to let the boats pass in and out of the harbour. A couple of weeks before folk week it was broken, stuck open! Thank goodness it was fixed in time.


All round Whitby, especially in the old town, are narrow passages between buildings leading to cottages. They're called yards, (is it because they're a yard wide?). There's 80 of them and are well worth exploring. There's a map of them here.