Holiday Packages
All our Standard Itineraries include:
- Hand-picked accommodation in B&Bs / guest houses / inns / small hotels
- En-suite facilities where available
- Breakfast
- Daily baggage transfers from our own team of local drivers
- All booking fees
We will also endeavour to include all these in any custom itinerary you wish to build for this walk.
Day 1: York to Crayke (15.5m)
Day 2: Crayke to Helmsley (17.4m)
Day 3: Helmsley to Lastingham (12.2m)
Day 4: Lastingham to Glaisdale (13.9m)
Day 5: Glaisdale to Whitby (11.9m)
£885 solo walkers (plus single supplements)
£740 per person (based on two sharing)
£690 per person (based on group of 3)
£665 per person (based on group of 4 or more)
Day 1: York to Crayke (15.5m)
Day 2: Crayke to Helmsley (17.4m)
Day 3: Helmsley to Rosedale Abbey (16.2m)
Day 4: Rosedale to Whitby (22.8m)
£735 solo walkers (plus single supplements)
£615 per person (based on two sharing)
£575 per person (based on group of 3)
£555 per person (based on group of 4 or more)
Day 1: York to Huby (11.5m)
Day 2: Huby to Wass (12.9m)
Day 3: Wass to Nawton (12.5m)
Day 4: Beadlam/Nawton to Rosedale Abbey (12.2m)
Day 5: Rosedale Abbey to Glaisdale (9.9m)
Day 6: Glaisdale to Whitby (11.9m)
£1,025 solo walkers (plus single supplements)
£855 per person (based on two sharing)
£800 per person (based on group of 3)
£775 per person (based on group of 4 or more)
Day 1: York to Huby (11.5m)
Day 2: Huby to Coxwold (9.8m)
Day 3: Coxwold to Helmsley (11.6m)
Day 4: Helmsley to Kirkbymoorside (7.7m)
Day 5: Kirkbymoorside to Rosedale Abbey (8.5m)
Day 6: Rosedale Abbey to Glaisdale (9.9m)
Day 7: Glaisdale to Whitby (11.9m)
£1,120 solo walkers (plus single supplements)
£955 per person (based on two sharing)
£900 per person (based on group of 3)
£875 per person (based on group of 4 or more)
* All headline holiday prices are shown per person, based on two people sharing.
Baggage Transfer
Baggage Transfer is automatically included in the price of all our Walking Holiday packages.
These prices are for anyone planning their own holiday and just need bags moving from one stop to the next.
£295 (single)
£150 per person (based on two people)
£100 per person (based on group of 3)
£75 per person (based on group of 4 or more)
£240 (single)
£120 per person (based on two people)
£80 per person (based on group of 3)
£60 per person (based on group of 4 or more)
£340 (single)
£170 per person (based on two people)
£115 per person (based on group of 3)
£90 per person (based on group of 4 or more)
£345 (single)
£175 per person (based on two people)
£120 per person (based on group of 3)
£95 per person (based on group of 4 or more)
Note: If you are booking accommodation in an Airbnb, you must ensure that there will either be someone available to take collection/delivery of your bags or that they have appropriate, secure storage in the event that the proprietor is absent.
4 Replies to “Whitby Way”
For those who are interested in english history and like beautiful landscape the Whitby Way is a gem. It starts at York which is the perfect english city, on your way you will pass beautiful villages and market-towns with interesting churches or castles like Huntington, Crayke, Coxwold, Kirkdale, Hutton-le-Hole, Lastingham and the famous ruins of Byland Abbey and Rievaulx Abbey
We did the Whitby Way in June 2024. As we were rather late with our booking and June is a very busy time with walkers, it was tricky for Brigantes to find accommodation for us. They did a great job to find rooms for us without any taxi transfer necessary. We choose the 6 day walk and the first night was in Huby. The only adequate accommodation there is about 1 ½ miles off the way, all other Inns and B&Bs lay directly on the walking route. After we could not be accommodated in Wass and Nawton, Brigantes found rooms for us in the village of Coxwold for the second night and at the market town of Helmsley for the third night, both very beautiful and interesting and the way passes the famous ruins of Byland Abbey and Rievaulx. Next day we had a 17 miles long stretch to Rosedale Abbey which passes Hutton le Hole, one of the most beautiful villages in England, and Lastingham with its famous ancient church and friendly Blacksmiths Arms. Then the way leads up through the glorious North Yorkshire Moore and down to Rosedale Abbey. Next days walk again leads up the hills and passes the old iron mines of East Rosedale and leads down to the village of Glaisdale. The last day’s walk finishes at Whitby which is a pleasant seaside resort with a lot to see like the old part of the town and the abbey ruin and parish church high on the cliff. Also recommendet is the HMS ENDEAVOUR, a 1:1 model of Cook’s famous ship which houses a interesting museum and pub.
We slept at hotels and inns were we also had our evening meals and some pints and every thing was totally to our satisfaction, and two times in B&Bs which were outstanding.
After the Whitby Way is no official trail, there are no way signs and you have to depend to the map and I recommend very strongly to use an app for gpx navigation.
We prolonged our walk with the last part of the Cleveland Way, Whitby – Ravenscar – Scarborough – Filey. It leads along the coast, high on the cliffs and down to the sea with grand views and passes the beautiful village of Robin Hood’s Bay and finishes at Filey, where we had a nice day of leisure.
Well, we had a great time. As ever the service provided by Brigantes was fantastic, luggage arrived before us each day and the B and Bs were really good, never more than 3/4 mile from the nearest eatery.
The walk was fabulous. Day 1 York to Huby – half along pleasant rivers and half along a long long road, but most enjoyable. Day 2 Huby to Byland Abbey – the approach to Crayke was amazingly French with the Norman castle on the hill, we were fortunate to see 2 deer playing in the wheat field, a lovely walk polished off with an amazing B&B and special mention must go to Karen the manager who accommodated our early start with an impromptu breakfast. Day 3 Byland to Newton – a lovely day via Riveauax for coffee, Helmsley for lunch, and finishing up in a tipi for an amazing meal – strongly recommended. Day 4 Nawton to Lastingham – just a short day today via Kirbymoorside and Hutton Le Hole where we had the only rain of the week (fortunately we were in the pub at the time) again a lovely walk. Day 5 Lastingham to Glaisdale – probably the toughest day of the week but didn’t give us any problems. Day 6 Glaisdale to Whitby – another stunning walk only marred by the fact that it was the final day!
We thoroughly enjoyed this walk and strongly recommend it.
Thank you for your really useful feedback, we will incorporate this advise into our information. We are really glad you enjoyed the walk, and look forward to assisting with another of our walks next year!
The Whitby Way is not uniquely way-marked, nor is it shown as a promoted route on the Ordnance Survey maps. Before we went, we followed the route on the Brigantes & LDWA websites, and transcribed it on to 25000 Explorer maps. One of us had a basic GPS app on his phone but we mainly used map and compass and had no serious navigational problems.
The Way is described as meandering through the Vale of York and over the North York Moors, visiting many pilgrimage places of interest. Without a guide book it’s easy to miss some of these, especially St Gregory’s Minster not far before Kirbymoorside. This famous Anglo-Saxon church is just off the route but well worth a visit. There is also the Mary Magdelene Well just before Lastingham, and St Mary’s Church in Lastingham itself which attracts thousands of visitors every year. The crypt is particularly fascinating.
The scenery went from pleasant farmland to stunning moorland and hills. Even the walk out of York was all off-road, mainly following the Fosse Stream then farmland paths. And although we did find a few paths that were overgrown with crops (it was late June) or poorly marked, the general standard was good. Some stiles, gates and bridges were a bit ropey, and these I have reported to the highway authority North Yorkshire CC. However, none of them were show-stoppers.
The accommodation arranged by Brigantes was good, likewise the baggage transfers. We were 4 males who will share rooms but not beds, and we were suitable accommodated over 6 nights. There were 2 guesthouses, 2 pubs and 2 B&Bs. One of the latter, at Glaisdale, provided us with dinner as well, as the nearest pub was a mile away and we’d already had a long walk. They also got us some beer in case we were thirsty! And it turned out I shared a number of mutual friends with the owners.
The culinary and thirst-quenching highlights must include Gepetto’s Italian in Helmsley, and the Helmsley Brewing Company’s pub. Also the Blue Bell in York where it all started, the Blacksmiths Arms in Lastingham and the Black Horse in Whitby. The Coxwold Tea Room (slightly off the Way – turn right instead of left at the cross road in village centre) was a very welcome oasis, with huge pots of tea and slices of cake. Likewise the Penny Bank Cafe in Kirbymoorside (in an old bank) was brilliant, with no complaints about our rucksacks, etc. despite being busy. We also came upon a few places where pubs were closed, despite being advertised as open (e.g. both such in Huby) so it’s advisable not to depend on them for lunch stops without checking in advance.
All in all, a very satisfactory and enjoyable walk. According to GPS the actual distance was about 75 miles including a small diversion into Grosemont and a couple of places where we missed the route and wandered about a bit. We took 5 days, with day 2 being the longest at 18 miles. There may well be places of interest that we missed, so if other walkers know of them perhaps they could submit them to Brigantes and a guide might be reassembled.