What to do around Whitby for a week....

I'm off to Whitby tomorrow for 5 days - nothing we haven't done many times before, but I'm after a little inspiration as to what to do with a 3 and a half year old boy and a 7 year old girl.

There's the obvious beach suggestion if it's nice, Pannett Park, trip over to Scarborough (but what?) - but I'm after something else that might be worth considering.

All ideas welcome

Thanks

JTW

Sea life centre
Flamingo park
Moors railway
York

Possibly not the best time of year to be there with kids. York (and the Railway Museum) is definitely worth a day out, although its 30-40 mins away. Its nice to walk around the walls if the weather is reasonable. Also around there are the superb driving roads to the North of York, with the market town of Helmsley, and Rievaulx abbey.

Ever been fossiling or looking for Whitby jet? Pretty much all the pebbly beaches around there can yield both and it is easy to waste a couple of hours, but you need to know what you are looking at.

Whitby webcam here: http://www.whitbywebcam.co.uk/whitby-panorama.html

The in-laws have a big new static up at High Hawsker so it's a "free" holiday hence the frequent visits. Not the best time of year, but it's at least comfortable

Another vote for Eden Camp, and much of it is inside.

Lol, no idea at all why I said that... My brain does odd things sometimes.

Go the scenic route and take a couple of hours. Farndale is known for its daffodil display, they should still be out when you are there: http://www.real-whitby.co.uk/farndale-daffodil-wal...

If there is any mobile data access in the caravan, this is a handy site for identifying passing marine traffic http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/

Seek out Boggle Hole for some fantastic rock pooling. Check the tide times though. Some facilities at the YHA mill for you. http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/boggle-hole
There is a cave to get scared in & even found a lobster there!

Update:

Well, we went on what was clearly the windiest week of the year, but the view from High Hawsker was great:



Monday was spent on the beach and watching the "pirate" ship going a long way up and a long way down - we opted to NOT try it out







I remembered about the battered Haggis and had to have one for lunch. I didn't eat until the next day, it was HUGE



Tuesday we went to the Dales - I forget its name, but it took us a while to do the short journey cross country but we found a great visitors centre.







On the way back it snowed. A LOT.





Wednesday - we went to the hideously overpriced Playdale farm which the kids LOVED:





Thursday was another sunny day on the beach with the obligatory digging - My daughter did the start and I had to finish up. High tide was at 4 so we had just enough time to do all this:







And a video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aZUj2BbfcI

Followed by a sail up the river:



Not a huge doing on Friday but I needed this by then:

Its been lovely in Whitby this week! The pirate ship is a quarter scale replica of Capt. Cook's ship Endeavour:



No, I've never been on the small one either