Whitby was already a brilliant place for darkness lovers, as it is one of the settings for Bram Stoker's Dracula. (You can see where it is on the map, thanks to my brilliant editing skills xD) The first event was organised by Jo Hampshire in 1994, and since then it has become so popular that it happens twice a year, usually in April and October (for Halloween). They have events, such as markets, boat rides, even sand castle building contests, and, of course, live music.
Whitby also has a beautiful ruined Abbey, which English Heritage uses for 'Days and Nights of Victorian Gothic' with a Victorian funeral procession, which includes a horse drawn carriage.
I went to Whitby earlier this year, and no goth events were on, but I still saw a hand full of goths (more than you'd normally see, anyway). We stayed in this gorgeous little cottage, that was about 400 years old. When we went shopping, we were walking for maybe two minutes before we found a shop selling alternative clothing. In a day we found about five or six shops like that (one that had a really cool 'throne of darkness' which you could sit on and have your picture taken, and all the profits from that went to a bat charity, which I think is pretty awesome) and we hadn't been all over the town. Of course there's stuff for 'normal' people too, and it is a sea side town with a beach, so it is a good holiday resort.
Anyhoo, I'm going to be at the next Gothic Weekend in October, and I promise to write about it, and post some pictures ;D This will be my first time going there, and I have high expectations!! And if you can, you should totally go too. That is, if you can't get to Transylvania...
~Mess
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