The beacon at the end of Whitby pier just after dawn in late August. Whitby has two piers enclosing the harbour and this is on the West Pier. The original stone lighthouse was built in 1831 and is now midway along the pier on a stone built foundation. The pier was extended further out to sea some time later as a wooden structure and the lighthouse seen here was built in 1914. Both lighthouses still operate when shipping is expected.
Having waited for "Dawn on Whitby Pier" I headed home and managed to catch the rising sun illuminating Whitby abbey. There has been an abbey on this site since 657 AD but the ruins you see today are the Benedictine Abbey built in about 1220. The building lasted until 1540 when it was partially destroyed on the orders of Henry VIII and it has crumbled away since with shelling from German Battecruisers during the First World War not helping! It is remarkable that so much still stands today. I had to climb over the wall to get this one since English Heritage don't open up at sunrise but don't tell anyone!
A new coat of paint needed at this old boat shed in Runswick Bay on the Yorkshire Coast
