Whitby is voted the Best Seaside Resort 2006
Whitby did has received the wonderful accolade of being considered the best seaside resort according the top consumer magazine, Holiday Which? Magazine 2006
The town was voted top ahead of other resorts like Tenby, Frinton-on-Sea and St Ives. Scarborough was not in the top ten.
Lorna Cowen, editor of Holiday Which? said British resorts had improved but not everywhere. He said: “For every resort riding a wave of renewal, with funky bars, trendy restaurants and boutique hotels, there’s another stuck in the doldrums of ageing infrastructure, tacky amusements and uninspiring Bed & Breakfasts.”
Because of the accolade Whitby was featured very heavily in various national press papers, with the Telegraph, Times and Daily Mail all running stories while GMTV presented the weather forecast from the town on Wednesday.
But the news Whitby is the country’s best resort came as no surprise to many.Dick Brew, chairman of Whitby Hospitality Association, said: “What a fantastic accolade for the town, especially from such a prestigious body as the Holiday Which? Guide.
“It is hoped that this well-deserved award will now spur both the borough and county councils to allocate realistic funding to the town, in order that the perennial problems of under-resourced maintenance of public facilities and traffic management, can be properly resolved.”
Even Scarborough Council’s tourism boss acknowledged Whitby is the best.
David Jeffels, the portfolio holder for tourism and leisure, said: “I’m absolutely delighted, it’s a well-deserved award and accolade and I’m sure the investment we’ve put into Whitby in recent years, which Scarborough Council is pleased to have been one of the instigators of, has paid off”.
“Whitby is the best seaside resort.”
Visitors to the town on Wednesday also agreed that Whitby is the best.
The town is so different to its rivals like Scarborough and Bridlington, because of its small intimate size and its sense of history with Whitby Abbey staring down over the town at the top of its famous 199 steps.
There is been a number of new bars and eateries opened up in the town of recent times, so if you’re looking for the traditional seaside facilities you’ll find everything in Whitby and a bit more with his history and its famous associations with Captain Cook and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Endeavour Cottage set in a beautiful old yard in Whitby only two-minute stroll from the harbour sleeping six people. To view click this link Whitby Holiday Cottages
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