“We loved it!”
Location-wise, one of the best in Whitby. Especially for food and supplies and nearness to everything you may need or want to visit in the best seaside town in England. 2 great bakeries, small supermarket, super fruit and veg shop, 2 chemist's, an amazing butcher's, pubs, a cafe bar and Hetty's cafe and many more all on the short Baxtergate street within 1 minute's walk. The harbour and Co-op and car parks are 5 mins away. The flat was spotlessly clean and well-equipped. Modern too. Very happy ...
Location-wise, one of the best in Whitby. Especially for food and supplies and nearness to everything you may need or want to visit in the best seaside town in England. 2 great bakeries, small supermarket, super fruit and veg shop, 2 chemist's, an amazing butcher's, pubs, a cafe bar and Hetty's cafe and many more all on the short Baxtergate street within 1 minute's walk. The harbour and Co-op and car parks are 5 mins away. The flat was spotlessly clean and well-equipped. Modern too. Very happy to be with Sykes (3rd stay in Whitby in different Sykes' properties) - we spent 3 hours helping people having terrible trouble finding their (unmarked!) flat with a very much less reputable very local agency. I would always go for Sykes or Shoreline from now on. A bathroom and floor for each bedroom (each is 1st and 2nd floor, ie up stairs) is also nice. The only reason for less than 5 stars was that I think the single beds and mattresses in the 1st floor room are a bit creaky and very low so I would flag this for disabled people. As an earlier review said proper blackout curtains in the 1st floor room would help sleep. The showers were great but the 2 curved doors are also an accessibility problem for disabled or large people or pregnant women. The entrance is narrow (14 inches or so) and the doors weirdly hang top and bottom on rollers on tracks. The only other issue is not under the control of the owners - the very short alleyway entrance paving to the door from the main street was covered in cigarette butts and roaches and seagull feathers and guano. I would suggest that the owners might nonetheless either force the owner to clean it or pay for a cleaner to clean the path. That issue is seriously the only one that would put me off staying there again, and although this is not the fault of the owners or Sykes, I really would say that if it were my property, I'd pay someone to clean the yard nonetheless.
After having issues with directions from owners of other companies in the past, I find it very odd that both Sykes and this owner have not reacted to earlier comments re the location. To reiterate: the 24 Baxtergate name will help, but the entrance is NOT on Baxtergate, but as the photos show is on the left down an alley called Tyreman's yard. The property door is marked 1 Tyreman's Yard. I saw that from the photos, but the 2 addresses and lack of directions and clarity obviously threw previous reviewers. This is a great place to stay. The best we have stayed in location-wise. Super clean and nothing to fault inside, but beware if you are disabled, on the large side or pregnant re the first floor beds and the showers. Or might mind the alleyway, (especially if you have kids) which to be fair is not the fault of the owners or Sykes. I think if the above issues are solved, I'd stay here every time we come (we're in Whitby every year).
- Christopher, August 2025
