Barnby, Runswick Bay

Name: Barnby
Address: Runswick Bay, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Runswick Bay

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Barnby is a civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, the parish had a population of 79. As the civil parish population remained less than 100 at the 2011 census, all details were included in the civil parish of Mickleby. ()

Coordinates: 54°30'0"N, 0°43'60"W

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Runswick Bay United Kingdom

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Barnby – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Church of Saint Mary, Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby Abbey, Church of St Oswald.

5 miE
Church
Church of Saint Mary, Whitby
128 min walk • The Church of Saint Mary is an Anglican parish church serving the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire England. It was founded around 1110, although its interior dates chiefly from the late 18th century.
5 miE
Museum, History museum, Maritime museum
Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby
127 min walk • Captain Cook Memorial Museum is a history museum in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. The museum building, Walker's House, belonged to Captain John Walker, to whom James Cook was apprenticed in 1746.
5.1 miE
Ruined abbey and Dracula inspiration
Whitby Abbey, Whitby
131 min walk • Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom.
1.9 miE
Church
Church of St Oswald, North York Moors
48 min walk • The Church of St Oswald, Lythe, is the parish church for the village of Lythe, 4 miles west, north west of Whitby in North Yorkshire, England. The church is at the top of Lythe Bank and is just east of the village on the A174 road.
4.9 miE
Bridge
Whitby Swing Bridge, Whitby
126 min walk • Whitby Swing Bridge is a pedestrian and road bridge over the River Esk in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.
2 miN
Cave
Hob Holes, Runswick Bay
51 min walk • The Hob Holes are caves in the cliffs of Runswick Bay which resulted from mining for jet – fossilised wood which is valuable as a gemstone. Hobgoblins or bogles were reputed to live there.
1.2 miE
Forts and castles
Mulgrave Castle, North York Moors
31 min walk • Mulgrave Castle refers to one of three structures on the same property in Lythe, near Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. One of these, known as the "old" or "ancient" castle, was by legend founded by Wada, a 6th-century ruler of Hälsingland.
4.4 miNW
Ruins
Roxby Hall, Staithes
111 min walk • Roxby Hall is a former manor house or castle in the town of Roxby, North Yorkshire, England. Only one ruined corner and earthworks of Roxby Hall remains in a field adjacent to St.
4.6 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Whitby Museum, Whitby
117 min walk • Whitby Museum is an independent museum in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, run by Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, a learned society and registered charity, established in 1823.
5.1 miE
Museum, History museum, Archaeological museum
Cholmley House, Whitby
130 min walk • Cholmley House or Whitby Hall is a banqueting house sited next to the ruins of Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire, England.
4.6 miW
Dam
Scaling Dam Reservoir, North York Moors
117 min walk • Scaling Dam Reservoir is a freshwater man-made lake on the edge of the A171 road in North Yorkshire, England. The reservoir is near to the hamlet of Scaling Dam from where it derives its name, and was built in 1958.