A weekend in the North York Moors with kids

Stay in Goathland. Day 1: Captain Cook Memorial Museum and Whitby Abbey; day 2: Skelton's Tower and Forest Holidays Keldy.

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Day 1 · the North York Moors

Captain Cook Memorial Museum Grade I listed, in Whitby, just outside the park
Whitby Abbey Grade I listed, in Whitby, just outside the park Next door to the last stop

Lunch: Flavours Ice Cream Bar in Whitby, just outside the park
If it rains: Whitby Museum in Whitby, just outside the park

Open day 1 in Google Maps

Night 1 · Goathland

1 bus stops within 400 m

Day 2 · the North York Moors

Skelton's Tower 8.5 km from Goathland
Forest Holidays Keldy 7.9 km from Pickering 5 km from the last stop

Lunch: The White Swan near Pickering 6.7 km from Pickering
If it rains: Cholmley House in Whitby, just outside the park

Open day 2 in Google Maps

How this plan is made

No one picks these by hand and no one pays to be in them. The planner's rules take the places and roads the North York Moors's pages rank, for a family, any month: one town to stay in, and each day its best stop with the best ones close to it, two a day, with lunch nearby and an indoor stop if it rains. Distances are as the crow flies, so the road is longer. Check opening times on each place's page before you go. How the ranking works.

Questions

Where should I stay for a weekend with kids in the North York Moors?

Goathland. It is the town with the best stops within 15 km for this trip, so you don't pack up every morning. Goathland: 1 bus stops within 400 m.

What should I do first?

Day 1 is Captain Cook Memorial Museum and Whitby Abbey: the best stop for this trip, then the best ones within 5 km of it.

Who picked these places?

Nobody. The same rules make every plan from the places and roads the site ranks with one open formula, and no place pays to be in a plan.

How it works, in full