Hi everyone.
We love visiting Whitby and are returning in August. Could any of you seasoned campers recommend the best place to take our daughter Rock Pooling? Been to Runswick Bay and wondered if there was anywhere else?
Although I`ve never been but drove through Sands End looks like its a good rock pooling place.Our favorite is Filey Brigg, if your staying for a while and planning days out.
Sandsend is good, also try Staithes a bit further up the coast through sandsend (but don't tell anyone-its a secret because its our favourate place in the world!)
A hidden gem in Whitby if you haven't found it is also "La Rosa" hotel, it has a tea room which anyone can go into, you dont have to be staying there, really quirky and another of our secrets! It's on the side of town opposite to the abbey, find the whalebone arch and walk down the street towards town, at the top of the hill, and it is on the left hand side overlooking the town (basically right opposite the abbey). Its run by a group of lovely people and Lewis Carroll used to stay there apparently. China teacups and amazing homemade cakes.
They also run an amazing looking campsite but we have never been lucky enough to get in-it books up so quickly. No, I don't work for them, just a fan !!
Watch those tides as it is easy to get cut off, Port Mulgrave is worth a look as is Staithes but again if your exploring the Cowbar area of Staithes beach heading to Boulby the tide can cut you off and the cliffs are impossible to climb should this happen as there loose and crumbling. Whitby has some rockpools to when you walk across the sandy beach you come to some steps that take you on to the rocks, just walk until you are under the TV mast and there are loads of rock pools there. This coast is also great for fossils to if thats your thing.
I used to lead a Sixth Form Marine Biology field trip to Robin Hood's Bay, so I would say it's GREAT for rock-pooling - fantastic diversity of seaweed and animals, especially if you follow the tide out and get low on the rocks (keep an eye on the sea though - it can creep in between the 'ridges' of rocks and cut you off if you aren't aware of it). There's some really big, shallow pools, so be prepared to paddle for the best beasty-spotting (the best way is with a pair of old trainers on, as the rocks are hard and limpets and barnacles hurt bare feet!!). If it's a calm, warm-ish day, sit quietly and still by a shaded pool and see if you can spot a hermit crab looking for new home - fascinating!
Another vote for Robin Hood's Bay. Two other good reasons to go there - Hook's House Caravan Site (my favourite view in the world so far, and the nicest owners you could wish to meet) and the best fish and chips in the world from Mariondale (down at the bottom of Bay - go up the little side road next to the sweet shop opposite the pub),
I live near to Whitby and the Bay fish and chips are better than the over-hyped Magpie one.
RAF35Y-we'll be there in a couple of weeks too I don't care if it rains, in fact we go a lot in the winter, open fires, no phone signal, complete peace! I love how you walk down the hill, hit the cobbled bit, and you can smell coal fires and know you're cut off from the world a little bit!
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Topic: Whitby, North Yorkshire
I don't care if it rains, in fact we go a lot in the winter, open fires, no phone signal, complete peace! I love how you walk down the hill, hit the cobbled bit, and you can smell coal fires and know you're cut off from the world a little bit! 
