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Whitby West Pier

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Whitby West Pier

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    March 22, 2021

    Whitby's iconic and photogenic piers have stood witness to countless seagoing vessels over the years. Captain Cook, who went on to discover Australia and New Zealand aboard HMS Endeavour, learned his trade here. In Bram Stoker’s classic Dracula, it was Whitby where the Count first landed on these shores.

    The West Pier is adorned by an 83-foot (25 m) lighthouse, which was built in 1831. It still displays a green light when shipping is active and a foghorn is sounded every 30 seconds when foggy conditions descend on the port.

    The West Pier is the official end of the Esk Valley Walk, a long-distance trail that shadows the river from its source in the moors above Castleton to the North Sea.

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