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Captain Cook Memorial Museum occupies a historic house in Whitby's old town, where the young James Cook lodged while apprenticed to a local shipowner. Exhibits cover his voyages and the town's maritime past. Hotels near the museum keep guests close to Whitby's harbour-side streets.
Ordered by walking time, then star rating and guest score. Times are estimates from each hotel's map position (straight-line distance plus a quarter for streets, at 5 km/h); check the route before you go.
Cobbleview Rooms is a four-star address 50 m from the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, a 1-minute walk that keeps the old town around you. Its rooms suit couples or friends who want the museum, the 199 steps and Church Street on the doorstep, in Whitby's narrow yards and cobbles.
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Ellerby Lane House puts you 90 m, a 1-minute walk, from the Captain Cook Memorial Museum. Pets allowed, a kitchen and a beach nearby make it work for longer stays in Whitby, with the old town and the harbour within a wander of the door.
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Glasswing Stays The Nest is four-star and 80 m from the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, a 1-minute walk. Parking, a bar/lounge, pets allowed, a kitchen, a beach nearby and free Wifi cover the practical side, useful in a town where central car parks fill early.
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Host & Stay Greens Yard House is 90 m from the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, a 1-minute walk through the old town. Family rooms, a kitchen and free Wifi make it a practical base for a Whitby visit built around the museum, the abbey and the harbour.
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Pegasus Cottage stands 50 m from the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, a 1-minute walk. Free car parking is a real advantage in this part of Whitby, and a kitchen and a beach nearby round out a cottage stay in the old town.
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Swallows Nest is 90 m from the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, a 1-minute walk. Parking, pets allowed, a kitchen and a beach nearby suit guests bringing a dog or settling in for several days among Whitby's cobbles and yards.
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Tate Cottage lies 90 m from the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, a 1-minute walk. Parking, pets allowed, a kitchen and a beach nearby give a self-catering base for the old town, the 199 steps and the harbour, with the museum at the end of the street.
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The Corner House is one of the closest hotels to the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, at 30 m, a 1-minute walk. Parking, a kitchen, a beach nearby and free Wifi make it an easy base for exploring Whitby's old town on foot.
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The Endeavour is a three-star hotel 80 m from the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, a 1-minute walk. It scores 4.6 out of 5 from 68 reviews, and its bar/lounge, pets allowed, beach nearby and free Wifi suit guests who want the museum and the harbour close at hand.
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White Horse and Griffin is a three-star hotel 80 m from the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, a 1-minute walk. A guest score of 4.3 out of 5 from 944 reviews reflects a steady following among visitors who want to stay in Whitby's old-town streets.
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Every hotel on this list stands in Whitby, and most are within 50 m to 90 m of the Captain Cook Memorial Museum, so a stay here means the museum, Church Street, Grape Lane and Henrietta Street are on your doorstep, with the 199 steps to the abbey just above. Cobbleview Rooms, at 50 m, is the closest of the four-star addresses, while The Corner House at 30 m and 30 percent off The Exquisite Gems of Whitby Garden Terrace at 20 m are even nearer. The Endeavour, The Dolphin and White Horse and Griffin put you 70 m to 80 m away, in the old-town streets.
Hotels near Captain Cook Memorial Museum are close enough that the museum is a walk from the door. The Corner House, at 30 m, and 30 percent off The Exquisite Gems of Whitby Garden Terrace, at 20 m, are practically on the doorstep, with a walk of 1 minute. Cobbleview Rooms at 50 m, Pegasus Cottage at 50 m and Abbey Holiday Accommodation at 50 m are also a 1-minute walk, as are Book House at 60 m, The Dolphin at 70 m and The Endeavour, Glasswing Stays The Nest and White Horse and Griffin at 80 m. Everything else on the list lies 90 m or less away: Ellerby Lane House, Host & Stay Greens Yard House, Swallows Nest, Tate Cottage and Endeavour Cottage A Wonderful Whitby Holiday, all a 1-minute walk. From this cluster, walking is the obvious way to reach the museum; for the airport and the drive into town, a car or taxi works, though Whitby's central car parks fill by 10am from Easter to September.
The Captain Cook Memorial Museum occupies a 17th-century house on Grape Lane in Whitby's old town, in the narrow yards and cobbles of the east side, and tells the story of the navigator who learned his trade in the town's coal trade before his Pacific voyages. It is a small, personal museum, the kind of place people visit between the abbey and the harbour rather than as a whole afternoon. Grape Lane sits in that old-town grid of Church Street, Grape Lane and Henrietta Street, below the 199 steps up to St Mary's church and the ruined Benedictine abbey. The museum is one strand of the Whitby atmosphere the town is known for: ruined abbey, kippers, Dracula — Bram Stoker took the name from a book he read in the Whitby library and set the vampire's landing at Tate Hill Sands. The gothic subculture and two Goth Weekends a year are part of the same fabric. Most visitors pair the museum with the abbey and the harbour.
Cobbleview Rooms is the closest hotel we list, about 1 min walk · 50 m from Captain Cook Memorial Museum in a straight line, in Whitby.
Yes: 829 of the hotels we list are within 1 km of Captain Cook Memorial Museum, about a 15-minute walk, and 421 are within 500 m. The closest is Cobbleview Rooms, 50 m away.
Pegasus Cottage, Book House list free parking on their own page. Check the hotel page for the details.
The Endeavour has the best guest score of the hotels near Captain Cook Memorial Museum: 4.6/5 from 68 reviews, 80 m away.
366 of the hotels we list within 1 km of Captain Cook Memorial Museum have 4 or 5 stars, the nearest being The Corner House (30 m).
Among the listed hotels near Captain Cook Memorial Museum, The Endeavour scores 4.6 out of 5 from 68 reviews, White Horse and Griffin 4.3 out of 5 from 944 reviews, and The Dolphin 4.2 out of 5 from 2,366 reviews. All three are three-star hotels 70 m to 80 m away.
Yes. Glasswing Stays The Nest, The Endeavour and The Dolphin all list a bar/lounge among their facilities, and each is within 80 m of the Captain Cook Memorial Museum. The Dolphin also has family rooms, a beach nearby and free Wifi.