Whitby is a seaside town, fishing port and tourist destination in North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England.

Whitby may also refer to:

Places

  • Whitby, Cheshire, suburb of Ellesmere Port, England
  • Whitby, New Zealand, suburb of Porirua
  • Whitby, Ontario, town in Canada
  • Whitby (federal electoral district), one of the 338 ridings in the House of Commons
  • Whitby (provincial electoral district), a riding that elects a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  • Whitby GO Station, transit station in Whitby, Ontario
  • Whitby Rail Maintenance Facility, a GO Transit rail facility
  • Whitby, West Virginia, American coal mining village
  • Whitby, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
  • Whitby Abbey, Benedictine abbey ruin in Whitby, Yorkshire
  • The Whitby, apartment building in New York City

Sports

  • Whitby Dunlops, name of several Canadian hockey clubs
  • Whitby Fury, Canadian hockey club
  • Whitby Lawmen, Canadian hockey club
  • Whitby Town F.C., English football club
  • Whitby Warriors, Canadian box lacrosse team

People

  • Whitby (surname)
  • Ælfflæd of Whitby (654–713), English Christian saint
  • Hilda of Whitby (c. 614–680), English Christian saint
  • Whitby Hertford (born 1978), American voice actor

Fictional characters

  • Kevin Whitby, in the Harry Potter novels (mentioned once)

Other uses

  • Whitby-class frigate, class of six Royal Navy ships
  • HMS Whitby, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
  • HMCS Whitby, the name of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate
  • Bishop of Whitby, Church of England clerical office
  • Synod of Whitby (664), Christian church conference in England
  • Whitby (barque), was one of the first New Zealand Company ships bringing settlers and supplies Nelson, New Zealand
  • Port of Whitby, port in North Yorkshire, England

See also

  • Prospect of Whitby, a London pub
  • The Whitby Witches, fantasy novel series by Robin Jarvis
  • Whidbey (disambiguation)