Perhaps best-known for its association with Dracula and an annual goth festival, this cosy seaside town has been named the UK ...

In the seaside town that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, strange goings-on are nothing new. Every Halloween sees Whitby invaded by hundreds of goths walking the streets dressed as everything from ...

Hundreds of Goths have descended on North Yorkshire for the Whitby Goth Weekend. First held in 1994 the event has grown to become one of the world's biggest events celebrating the subculture. Founder ...

The magic of Whitby Goth Weekend - a celebration of alternative subcultures - was captured by our readers this year. Attendees donned in gothic, steampunk, horror and Victorian vampires dress flocked ...

One of the most hauntingly beautiful and eerie places in England is on the northeastern coast of Yorkshire in a tiny town called Whitby. Long a vacation spot for Brits, it has also historically given ...

This week marked the 125th anniversary of the timeless novel Dracula being first published on May 26, 1897. With Whitby being the epicentre of the classic, Sykes Holiday Cottages have rounded up a ...

The magic of Whitby Goth Weekend - a celebration of alternative subcultures - was captured by our readers this year.

In September 2011, Virginia amusement park Kings Dominion kicked off its annual “Halloween Haunt” by setting a record for the largest gathering of people dressed as vampires. The 1039-strong crowd of ...

The Gothic ruins that inspired "Dracula" are inviting in the world's largest gathering of vampires -- or just people dressed as them -- to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iconic horror novel's ...

The Gothic ruins that inspired “Dracula” are inviting in the world’s largest gathering of vampires – or just people dressed as them – to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the iconic horror novel’s ...