You will need plenty of time to complete all the interesting activities and visit the places of interest in our area, but listed are just a few ideas to start you off.

To Do In Ruswarp

• Bridge inn at Ruswarp ,offers country pub and simple pub meals most days
• Little Monsters, childrens indoor fun activity and party centre
• Rowing boats for hire to see our lovely river Esk
• Miniature passenger steam railway
• Esk café and wine bar
• Near to TV Heartbeat village of Adensfield (Goathland)
• Near to North York Moors Steam Railway centre at Grosmont
• Super local butcher for meat and home made pies
• “Riverside Gardens” famous plant centre and riversid café ( quaint and good food)

An enthusiastic team of local ladies keep the village green and areas in full flower. Lots of really nice country walks start in Ruswarp, both long and short, and some of our favourite ones are listed in your welcome pack.
 

To Do In Whitby
 
A unique mix of history and modern seaside town will offer many opportunities. A WARNING! Parking in summer and week ends is difficult, as car parks fill to overflowing very early in the day. Many of the guest staying at Esk View Cottage will leave their vehicle in Ruswarp and catch the local bus, or walk the short distance into Whitby, to be free of the cost and inconvenience of parking.
 
Along the harbour side and fish quay you will find the usual cheery seaside amusements and fast food shops, as well as some first class restaurants to high star rating. A very lively part of town. Whitby is rightly famous for fish and chips, with plenty of choice, and sitting under the bandstand by the piers to eat them is magical on a fine summer evening.
 
A recommendation list is in your welcome pack, and feedback of your eating experience is welcome. Just exploring the older parts of town offers many photographic experiences and a famous photographer Sutcliffe has work displayed at the gallery.
 
Pannet park is lovely and a nice “in town” place to picnic in summer. Within the park is a great museum featuring the towns history. A new childrens playground has recently been constructed at the far side of the park, which is well equipped and really popular and free. We also have a sports centre and indoor swimming pool.
 
Most summer weekends we have festivals of every sort, and a big marine regatta in August, with a super firework display. Whitby Abbey is a symbol of Whitby, set looking out to sea on the headland, and “Bram Stoker” of Dracula fame is spookily associated with St Marys Church and its cliff-top graveyard, both reached by climbing the famous 199 steps to the headland. Fairly new on the headland is the visitors centre with lots of info on the abbey etc.
 
Long sandy beaches and high cliff walks lay either side of the harbour. A short distance to the north and south are the charming coastal fishing villages of Robin Hood's bay, Runswick Bay and Staithes (of Captain Cook fame)
 
The coast has high cliffs which have fossils washed out by the tide for you to find.
 
There are lots more activities for you to discover, depending on your interestsand there are lots of local attraction brochures at the cottage plus a selection of large scale maps showing our hidden valleys which you to borrow during your stay.