Essential Whitby: Discover Legends

Embark on a self-guided audio tour of Whitby and uncover its legends, hidden treasures, and major local characters. Discover the town’s fascinating history and iconic sites like Whitby Abbey and the Captain Cook Memorial Museum.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Captain Cook Statue - The tour begins next to the Captain Cook Memorial Statue.
  • The Granby - On this tour, you’ll briefly stop outside The Granby pub.
  • Pannett Park - The tour takes you around Pannett Park
  • Church of Saint John the Evangelist - The tour takes you passed the Church of Saint John the Evangelist
  • **Captain Cook…
What's Included
  • VoiceMap App compatibility with Android and iOS
  • Lifetime access to the English tour
  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
What's Not Included
  • Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
  • Smartphone and headphones
  • Transportation
  • Food and drink
Additional Information

Getting to Whitby might be challenging, so it’s crucial to optimize your stay. This GPS audio tour, which you can navigate at your own pace, acquaints you with prominent local figures, captivating lore, and the town’s hidden gems, crafted over a span of over a thousand years. Regardless if it’s your inaugural trip or your 30th, this tour will surely…

Location
Captain Cook Memorial
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Heatherrose26
Feb 6, 2026
Highly recommend - Would highly recommend this tour. We had a fab time doing this with our two dogs. It really made a wet gloomy day so much more fun. Super easy to set up and follow.
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Philippa_d
Jan 29, 2026
Great first Activity! - Listen and Enjoy! Loved it! It was great to stop and start when I wanted. I veered off the tour for a bit to look at something else along the way and then simply took up where I left off! Lots of great information I shared with locals who are keen to do the tour! Excellent way to begin a visit to Whitby! This would be great for all the small townships around Whitby!
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C1411qtedg
Jan 16, 2026
Great introduction to a beautiful town - Very interesting tour of the town with lots of quirky historical stories and information provided. Guide is very passionate about the town which showed in the level of detail. Highly recommended.
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Maxine
Aug 12, 2025
Brilliant tour - Excellent self guided tour. So easy to set up and use, brilliant that it can be paused along the way. Very interesting information that appealed to us and our teenagers. Good value for money.
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E1910cfcolinw
Feb 7, 2025
Using the other railway line into Whitby was a big success. - We came in to Whitby on the Middlesborough train joining at Castleton Moor at around 11.00. We left Whitby at 16.00 for the return. It was charming and scenic. This line is a lot cheaper than from Pickering, except without any steam engines.
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Gazz1301
Oct 15, 2024
Whitby life - Only went for the day this time had a fabulous lunch at Marine the sea food platter excellent. Whitby is a charming sea side town with many good shops and bars.
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Nevisdog
Oct 4, 2024
Easy to use, very informative and enjoyable - First time to use this type of app and found it very easy to use. The narrator was excellent, both informative, light hearted and easy to listen to. The whole package is excellent with the ability to pause and rejoin the tour or to listen to the commentary away from the tour to remind yourself about certain facts or stories. Highly recommended and would use similar tours again.
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S8368mstaram
Sep 10, 2024
A reet good few hours. - Great audio tour of Whitby. We liked the way it stopped when we stopped for a beer or cake. The narrator was amusing and knowledgeable. Highly recommended.
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538louises
Sep 5, 2024
Good way to see Whitby - Found the app very easy to use. Tour was a really good way of seeing interesting points in Whitby as we have never been before. We had a good couple of hours as didn't rush it. Would definitely recommend.
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Janet_o
Jul 3, 2024
Good guide with local guide - Was great to walk at own pace and have an individual tour by some who knew the local area and history. As the tour used your allocation you could stop and look around and when you moved on the tour continued. Very easy to follow as directed where to go with very clear directions. Very enjoyable
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).