Whats the best way to travel to whitby yorkshire from london?

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Rolsy

Train...

Wendy35 loves Hot Firemen!!

Let me think...I have been there....but I went to Middlesborough by train . I think you have to change at Middlesborough .

VENI VIDI VIDIC

If you want to drive- come up on the A1, as far as the junction for York- take the A64 - continue until the turning for Pickering - signposted from there to Whitby.

funky munky is back

I do happen to know that the train will take you all the way up to Middlesborough and then come back down to Whitby, adding an extra 2 hours to your journey.
Best go by car straight up M1- M18 - A1- A19 - A64 - A169 - A171.

jenkin1950

You've had some really good answers (especially from Chopper) But I have travelled by car, by coach, by train. I am a senior citizen and nowadays I would just use the train. Coaches are cheap, but they take forever, and as for driving ... there is no pleasure in it anymore.
PS: Just an aside, I used to try to see as much of UK as I could when I was in my teens, and I used to hitch hike. But now I never see anyone doing this. Is it because it is so risky?

k4yjo

Up the A1, the A19, the A66, then the A171, either drive, bus or train. Its a fabulous journey with lots of beautiful scenery.

The train requires changing at least twice so is a bit tedious. The bus should be nice but slow with limited journey times.
It would be really nice to fly up to Tees Durham airport, then hire a car to drive the rest of the way (the scenic bit) Whitby is well signposted from the airport.

If you chose to drive all the way be careful, once you get onto the A171 which is at the end of the journey, its a lonely winding road over the moors, you do not want to do this in the dark, apart from missing its beauty it is famous for crashes and quite scary in places even in daylight, its a road where you need your wits about you, but it is beautiful.

If you are planning on coming soon i should warn you that its snowing on the A171 at the mo and occasionally they do close the road when the weather is bad.

Whitby is fantastic, if you havent been before you will fall in love with its charm, and its fish and chips!

sparkey

train would be the best or you could try the bus

chopper

0.00 Start out at London,London.
Central London Congestion Charges Apply Mon-Fri 7am-6pm A302 0.00
0.03 Turn right A302 0.03
0.06 Turn right A302 0.09
0.05 Turn left onto the A3212 (signposted Trafalgar Square) A3212 0.14
0.44 At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A4. onto Trafalgar Square A4 0.58
0.07 At next traffic signals turn left onto the A400 A400 0.66
0.58 Continue forward onto the A40 A40 1.24
0.04 At Tottenham Court Road Underground Station continue forward onto the A400 A400 1.28
0.71 Continue forward onto the A400 (signposted Camden Town, Holloway) A400 2.00
0.66 At Mornington Crescent Underground Station continue forward (one-way) A400 2.66
0.29 Take right hand lane and bear right A400 2.95
0.04 At Britannia Junction bear right onto Kentish Town Road (signposted Kentish Town) A400 2.99
0.88 Bear right (signposted Tufnell Park) A400 3.87
0.39 At traffic signals continue forward onto Junction Road (signposted Archway) A400 4.26
0.63 At Archway Junction turn left (one-way) onto the A1 A1 4.89
0.03 Bear right then immediately A1 4.91
0.04 Bear left onto the A1 (signposted The North, M1, Watford, Brent Cross) A1 4.95
0.27 Warning: Speed Cameras along the A1 A1 5.22
0.71 At "The Woodman" public house continue forward A1 5.93
0.37 Turn left (one-way) then immediately A1 6.30
0.03 Turn right (signposted The North) A1 6.33
0.11 Turn left (signposted The North M1, Watford, N. Circular (West) A1 6.44
1.86 At Henleys Corner bear left onto the A406 then A406 8.30
0.33 Take right-hand lanes and branch right (signposted The North, Watford, Mill Hill, M1) A1 8.63
0.74 At traffic signals continue forward A1 9.37
0.95 Keep in right hand lane then continue forward, then join the M1 motorway (signposted The North, M1, M25)
TRAFFIC BLACKSPOT - Call 401100 from your mobile M1 10.32
2.62 London Gateway Service Area (WELCOME BREAK) M1 12.94
9.63 Continue forward onto the M1. MAJOR ROADWORKS FROM 6a TO 10 EXPECT DELAYS M1 22.57
4.34 Warning: Speed Cameras along the M1 M1 26.91
12.29 Toddington Service Area (MOTO) M1 39.20
14.81 Newport Pagnell Service Area (WELCOME BREAK) M1 54.01
12.09 Northampton Service Area (ROAD CHEF) M1 66.10
10.88 Watford Gap Service Area (ROAD CHEF) M1 76.98
22.44 Leicester Forest East Service Area (WELCOME BREAK) M1 99.43
6.72 Travelodge (Leicester Markfield - M1 Jct 22) M1 106.15
8.66 Donington Park Service Area (MOTO) M1 114.81
10.88 Trowell Service Area (MOTO) M1 125.69
2.65 IKEA Nottingham - Jct 26 M1 128.34
11.47 Tibshelf Service Area (ROAD CHEF) M1 139.80
13.01 Woodall Service Area (WELCOME BREAK) M1 152.81
2.71 Warning: Speed Cameras along the M1 M1 155.52
1.98 Leave the M1 at junction 32 to join the M18 (signposted The North) M18 157.49
20.31 Doncaster North Service Area (MOTO) M18 177.80
6.45 At Junction 7 continue forward onto the M62 (signposted Hull) M62 184.25
3.13 Shell Glews Garage (Junction 36) M62 187.38
2.61 Leave the M62 at junction 37, then merge onto the A63 (signposted Howden, A614, Selby, A63) A63 189.99
0.51 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 190.50
0.60 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 191.10
0.60 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 191.70
7.32 At mini-roundabout bear right onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 199.02
1.69 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 200.72
2.37 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 203.09
1.37 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 204.46
6.21 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 A614 210.68
2.83 At roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A614 A614 213.50
1.69 Shell Kirkburn Filling Station A614 215.19
2.16 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 217.35
0.96 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 218.31
0.66 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 218.96
2.10 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A614 (signposted Bridlington) A614 221.06
8.57 Continue forward onto the A165 A165 229.64
0.94 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A165 (signposted Scarborough) A165 230.58
8.56 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A165 A165 239.14
1.51 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A165 A165 240.65
0.41 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A165 A165 241.07
0.97 At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A165 (signposted Scarborough) A165 242.04
3.69 At mini-roundabout continue forward onto the A165 (signposted Town Centre) A165 245.73
0.70 At traffic signals turn left onto the A171 (signposted York A64) A171 246.43
0.50 Continue forward onto the A171 (signposted Whitby, Thirsk) A171 246.92
0.13 At mini-roundabout turn right onto the A171 (signposted Whitby) A171 247.05
0.19 At roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A171 (signposted Whitby) A171 247.24
3.47 At mini-roundabout continue forward onto the A171 A171 250.71
1.28 Bear left onto the A171 (signposted Whitby) A171 251.98
14.31 At traffic signals continue forward onto the A174 (signposted Town Centre, Saltburn) A174 266.29
0.23 Continue forward onto Bagdale Bagdale 266.52
0.18 Arrive at Whitby,Whitby

David S

By train to York from London Kings Cross on National Express East Coast trains or Grand Central Trains which takes 2 hours and run frequently; then by express Yorkshire Coastliner bus from outside York Station. (There are trains to Whitby but they are very infrequent and you have to go much further north than York to catch them)
Advance purchase rail fares are the cheapest.
www.nationalexpresseastcoast.co.uk
www.grandcentral.co.uk
www.yorkshirecoastliner.co.uk
www.nationalrail.co.uk
www.epicsavings.co.uk

GeeCee

Train I would think , and a nice way too.

Stevo

canoe

Santa claus

teleporter

drewy monster

skateboard and then foot

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