Whitby Museum
Whitby Museum’s Fossil Gallery holds the specimens that first gave the Yorkshire Coast its standing as an internationally significant site for Earth science — a genuinely foundational collection for understanding why this stretch of English coastline matters so much to paleontology. Set within Pannett Park, with one of the best play areas in northern England […]
Natural Wonders Fossil Hunting Tours (Byron Blessed)
Departing from a small fossil shop on Whitby’s Grape Lane, this guided 3-hour fossil hunting tour is led by Byron Blessed, a qualified palaeontologist who has spent over two decades reading this stretch of Yorkshire coastline. The route climbs the historic 199 Steps to Whitby Abbey before descending to Saltwick Bay, where ammonites, genuine dinosaur […]