GREETING CARDS - LANDSCAPES NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND  AD100 AD118 AD122 AD126 AD127 AD131 AD139 AD147 AD150 AD100 - 199 Steps, Whitby Once you get beyond the arcades and fruit-machines, Whitby is a great seaside town, with its quaint cobbled streets and higgledy-piggledy cottages. Captain James Cook served his apprenticeship in Whitby, and set sail from its harbour in the famous ‘Endeavour’ which was built here. The 199 steps are at least 600 years old, and lead in a steep climb from the town to the parish church, with some wonderful views looking back across the harbour and out to sea.