WHITBY
trail 2 - up the hill to town
PUB CRAWLS
There are four pub crawls illustrated for Whitby involving 35 drinking establishments. Several pubs feature in more than one crawl.
All journeys start from the Station Square which is next to the Bus station and the railway station and a supermarket car park.
1. East side of the river .
2. Up the hill to the town
3. Along the West front to the sea - includes some cafe/bistros style
4. West front going inland
Whitby pubs in town up the hill
2. In town up the hill (blue icons)
Walk towards the bridge across the river then walk up the lane directly opposite the bridge to The Golden Lion. There is now a short walk to The Royal Hotel. So, continue up the lane to Flowergate and walk up to turn first right along Cliff St. At the end a flight of stairs will take you up to East Terrace. Walk along this towards the Whale bone arch and The Royal Hotel is on your left. Further up the coast from here, walking past the Crescent and play area you reach The Met Lounge. Return towards The Royal and turn along the West Terrace just before the hotel. This turns into Belle Vue Terrace then Skinner St where The Granby is. Follow Skinner St down and The Resolution is on the corner. Around this corner and down (or out the side stairs) is The Elsinore. Down and across is The Little Angel. Turn right round The Little Angel and walk down Brunswick St and go first left at the church. Along here is the front of The George Hotel. Come out the rear of The George Hotel and cross over to Windsor Crescent. Walk up Windsor Terrace which is the road between the bus station and the railway station. When it splits take the right hand side which leads to North Rd (a steep hill). Take the third left - 1st is Esk Terrace, then Park Terrace then go down the road with no name(!). If you reach Elgin Terrace you have missed it. At the end of this 3rd road is First In Last Out.
Returning to the station inside the stration is a micropub called The Waiting Room and opposite the station is The Station Inn
Other Whitby trails
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East Side of River
The Dolphin
The Green Dragon
The Fleece
Middle Earth Tavern
The Endeavour
White Horse & Griffin
The Black Horse
Duke of York
The Whitby Friendly Rowing Club
Abbey Wharf
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Along west harbour
The Bridge
The Jolly Sailors
The Moon & Sixpence
The Ship
The Marine
The Pier
Harry’s
The Star Inn
The Buck Inn
The Golden Lion
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West front going inland
The George Hotel
First In Last Out
The Little Angel
The Golden Lion
Angel Hotel
The Black Swan
The Plough
The Whitby Way
JK’s
The Waiting Room
Whitby pubs -
None to stay away from.
Lots have some kind of outside seating – some attractively to the front, while others may be benches in a backyard with white walls.
Most pubs do food.
Lots of pubs are dog friendly and not just because they have outside seating.
Service is always polite.
Background music tends to be from 1960 to the turn of the century.
Quite a few are actually small (or boutique) hotels.
There is not a lot of premium lager – lager lads have to make do with the well promoted brands
The Golden Lion ★
The Golden Lion, Whitby
The Golden Lion, Whitby - bar
The Golden Lion, Whitby - bar with lounge beyond
The Golden Lion, Whitby - bar
The Golden Lion, Whitby - lounge
The Golden Lion, Whitby - lounge
The Golden Lion, Whitby
The Golden Lion is one of the smallest pubs in Whitby. The main entrance leads to a small room on the right and a relatively larger room further on at the end of the short corridor. Real ale pumps are in the further room. Since visit has re-opened as an Irish Pub - claims to be the only one in Whitby. How had the town survived?
Have one here
Real ale: Bombardier (Wells); Black sheep; Golden Sheep
Bitter: John Smith; Tetley’s Imperial
Lager: Coors; Fosters
Cider: Carling Cider Guinness
The Royal Hotel Bar
The Royal Hotel Bar found via the side door or through main door and turning right. It is a nice wee hotel lounge with seats around walls at the windows and small tables and armchairs.
Have a half pint
Real ale: Whitby Whaler (Whitby)
Bitter: Tetley’s Smoothflow
Lager: Carlsberg
Cider: Symonds; Westons Guinness
The Met
The Met is a square lounge bar overlooking the North Sea. It is a large light and airy room with high ceilings, a chandelier and windows overlooking the car park to the sea. The servery is the far right corner with a couch area in the left corner. Five large tables are dotted around the room with two tall tables. Lots of outdoor seating by large car park. Dogs welcome. 4pm opening, closed Sundays.
Have a half pint
Real ale: Hobgoblin
Bitter: Coast To Coast; Theakston’s Dark ; John Smiths;
Lager: Carling; Birra Moretti; Fosters
Cider: Strongbow + Cloudy + Dark fruits Guinness
The Granby ★
The Granby, Whitby
The Granby, Whitby - upper lounge
The Granby, Whitby - lower bar by entrance
The Granby, Whitby - upstairs lounge
The Granby, Whitby - lower bar by entrance
The Granby, Whitby - upstairs lounge
The Granby has three rooms. To the right are two interconnected rooms, first is a long bar with small tables and stools, then further on a second room. Down from the left of the entrance is a small square room with a corner servery connecting to the one upstairs.
Food offered (lunch and evening) and regular quiz and bingo nights. Dog friendly
Have a pint here
Real ale: Hobgoblin; Pedigree; Sneck Lifter; Strongarm (Camerons)
Bitter: Banks’
Lager: Fosters; Becks; Stella
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
PLACES TO VISIT WITH PUBTRAILS
The towns and villages highlighted on this web site have a wide variety of pubs and beers in them. All of the places are great to visit, whether for a day or longer, and most have tourist attractions for all of the family.
There is a large variety of pubs throughout the different towns shown below. Some you may wish never to visit again but even discovering these can be interesting. There are pubs that you would not take your wife into. While some you could not take your girlfriend into. A few you would not take either into. However, most of the pubs are very pleasant.
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The Resolution Hotel ★
The Resolution Hotel is on a corner which and has an entrance from both streets (because of the hill these are on flat from one and upstairs from the other.) Either takes you to a large room with the servery along the back wall. This has armchair style stools. There are three distinct areas .In front of the bar is a large standing space with high tables Beyond this some steps take you to a seating area with lots of low semi-circular booths and dining tables. This has large windows letting in a lot of light, with a view. Further along from the bar is a third space with sofas and low tables. There are a couple of large TV screens but these do not over power the pub. Food offered and hotel has restaurant. No dogs.
Have a pint here.
Real ale: Hobgoblin; Black sheep; Wainwright
Bitter: Tetley’s
Lager: Carlsberg; Carlsberg Export; San Miguel
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
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The Elsinore Inn ★
The Elsinore Inn, Whitby
The Elsinore Inn, Whitby
The Elsinore Inn, Whitby
The Elsinore Inn, Whitby
The Elsinore Inn is now a one roomed pub with two distinct areas. The bar is on the right hand side making the left hand area a little larger. The rooms have a nautical theme.
Regular music in evenings.
Have a pint here
Real ale: Strongarm (Camerons); John Smith
Bitter: Tetley’s
Lager: Carling
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
The Little Angel
The Little Angel, Whitby
The Little Angel, Whitby
The Little Angel, Whitby - bar to the right
The Little Angel, Whitby - lounge
The Little Angel, Whitby - Lounge
The Little Angel, Whitby - lounge servery
The Little Angel, Whitby
The Little Angel is a low ceiling corner pub. The entrance passage takes you to a large bar to the right with main bar then ahead. The bar counter is immediately upon you and it also serves the right hand bar. There are two main bar areas one to the right and the other to the left. The right hand one is dark and comfortable. Straight on from the left hand side is a patio garden split into two areas one of which has a TV. Dog friendly.
Have a pint here.
Regular in Godd Beer Guide, including 2023, 2024, 2025
Real ale: Jorvic (Rudgate); Help for Heroes (Marstons); Roosters (Yankee); Bad Kitty (Brass Castle); Falcon Ale (Lacons); Channels Irish Stout; Doom Bar; Workie Ticket (Mordue)
Lager: Carling; 1664; Fosters; Becks
Cider: Strongbow; Weston's Twist Guinness
The George Hotel
The George Hotel, Whitby - main entrance
The George Hotel, Whitby - bar entrance on main road
The George Hotel, Whitby
The George Hotel, Whitby
The George Hotel, Whitby
The George Hotel is a large hotel opposite the station, although the front door of the hotel is around the other side of the building. The entrance opposite the station has a pool room to left and main bar to the right with a curving servery. Beyond the main bar and up some steps is a large seating area at the main entrance to hotel. there is a fake castle style about the inside which seems to work. Wooden counter now replaced with metal one and decoration and furniture a bit more shiny.
Have a pint(s) here
Real ale: Doom Bar; Atlantic; Rockpool (all Sharps)
Lager: Coors; Becks; Sharps’ Pilsner; Carling
Cider: Thatchers Guinness
First In Last Out
First In Last Out is a bit off of the beaten track but still worth searching out. It is a two roomed pub with some outside seating. The entrance takes you straight to the corner bar. The room widens to the right after the bar. To the left of the bar is a small room with some tables and stools.
Have a pint here.
Real ale: Cumberland; Golden Sheep NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Bitter: Tetley’s Smoothflow; John Smith
Lager: Coors; Carling; Grolsch
Cider: Strongbow Guinness
The Waiting Room ★
The Waiting Room is a micro pub in a room in the station. As you walk in the station the pub is on the left. The servery is in the far-right corner with a couch and low table to the right of door. The left side has a couple of tall tables and a large long table to left of door.
Check opening times for afternoon - between 3 and 5pm during the week, noon at weekend. Dog friendly.
Regular in Good Beer Guide, including 2023, 2024, 2025
have a pint(s) here
Real ale: Bunker 241 (Taylor); Hello Darkness Porter (Scarborough); Mill Bitter (Mill Valley); Golden Beast (Lytham); Misfit (Brass Castle); Sessions Pale Ale(Brown Cow Brewery)
Station Inn ★
The Station Bar, Whitby
The Station Inn, Whitby - small room to left
The Station Inn, Whitby - room to right
The Station Inn, Whitby - staright ahead to main servery
The Station Inn, Whitby - main room
The Station Inn, Whitby - to main roon
Station Inn is a busy three roomed pub opposite the station. To the left as you go in is a neat little snug; to the right is a larger square room and straight on takes you to the main bar . The servery serves the main bar and the snug. All of the floors are wooden. Main bar has a variety of seating with wooden backs. There is a lot of interesting railway memorabilia. Live music over the weekend.
Have a pint here
Regular in Good Beer Guide (CAMRA), including 2023, 2024, 2025
Real ale: Summer lightning (Hop Back); Atlantic (Sharps); Silver King (Ossett!!!); Platform 3 (only outlet for this ale from Whitby); Golden Best (Timothy Taylor); Yorkshire Blonde (Osett); Double Cross (Theakston)
Bitter: John Smith
Lager: Carling; Red Stripe; Stella 4
Cider: Old Rosie Guinness
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John Squires.
John Squires
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