ENGLAND || Yorkshire - travel vlog (York, Whitby, Staithes, Castle Howard) 15 Degrees North

15° North are travelling again! This time we are staying in England, touring its largest county Yorkshire. There we visit: Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Staithes, Whitby, Robin Hood’s Bay, York, Hebden Bridge, Haworth, Harrogate, North York Moors, Yorkshire Dales, Malham Cove, Ripon, Fountains Abbey and Castle Howard.
Jérémy and Ben here again! We love to travel and to satisfy our wanderlust, we are on a European roadtrip exploring the best places for a city break on the continent. We love to escape Britain to experience the best culture, cuisine and attractions that Europe has to offer. If you’re a tourist like us and just need a good itinerary for what to do and how to do it when you’re in Yorkshire, we will show you the best things to put on your itinerary.
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Yorkshire is England’s largest county, sitting on its north-east coast. It includes the cities of Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield and Hull, as well as the ancient city from which it gets its name – York. Lovingly known as “God’s Own Country” by the locals, we start on its coast in Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
Next, we head south to Staithes. This gorgeous fishing village, which is renowned across England as one of its prettiest. Its most famous resident was one Captain James Cook, the renowned explorer who became the first European voyager to land in eastern Australia, the first to circumnavigate New Zealand and the first to land on Hawaii.
James Cook moved to Whitby in 1747. This long-established port proved a much happier place for a boy with dreams of travelling the seven seas because... well, it enabled him to go and sail the seven seas. He joined the merchant navy and learned seamanship here, before climbing steadily through the ranks. And though his illustrious career would literally take him all over the world, his greatest voyages were aboard a boat built in the shipyards of Whitby – The famed HMS Endeavour.
The arrival of the railway in the mid-nineteenth century turned Whitby into one of England’s tourist hotspots. And this was only compounded by horror writer Bram Stoker, who set his now legendary novel ‘Dracula’ right here. Up on the hill above the harbour, you have to make the effort to climb the 199 steps up to Whitby Abbey, the ruins of the Benedictine monastery sacked in the Reformation but still dominates the skyline.
Robin Hood’s Bay is our final stop on the Yorkshire Coast before we head inland. There’s an old legend that says that Robin Hood – the famed English outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor – encountered some French pirates, stole their booty and returned it to the village it had been stolen from. That village is now called Robin Hood’s Bay.
Though York was founded by the Romans, it really became a thing under the Vikings. A trip to the Jorvik Centre will take you on a journey back through time, to when the Scandinavians set the city on its path to greatness. In the Middle Ages, York essentially became the capital of Northern England, but it had long been an important city, with the Roman emperor Constantine the Great proclaimed emperor right here. Conquered by Ivar The Boneless in 866 he renamed it Jorvik, and established a Viking capital in the region that would last until after the Norman Conquest. York became such an important place that one of the sides of the infamous War Of The Roses was the House of York. Regardless of their defeat, York’s importance eventually saw the construction of Yorkminster, one of Britain’s finest cathedrals.
Next, we’re in West Yorkshire, visiting Hebden Bridge – a favourite among lesbians - and Haworth - a favourite among librarians. Haworth was famously the home of the Bronte sisters, where you can now find the Bronte Parsonage Museum, where Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre, Emily wrote Wuthering Heights, Anne wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and their brother Branwell... was a drug addict.
No trip to Yorkshire would be complete without a trip to Betty’s Tearooms in Harrgoate. Book early to avoid disappointment. We didn’t book early, so we did not avoid disappointment.
Yorkshire may be littered with landmarks, but it’s probably most beloved for its countryside. It has two National Parks within it, the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Dales. The latter is the kind of British picture perfect countryside that’s idealised around the world, that’s green and luscious and absolutely quintessentially English.
Ripon is an oft-overlooked corner of Yorkshire that’s well worth your time. Especially if you combine a trip with its very famous neighbour, Fountains Abbey. Founded in 1132, Fountains grew to become the largest and wealthiest Cistercian monastery in England.
The final stop on our tour is Bridgerton. No it’s not. It’s Castle Howard.