Whitby’s Twin Towns
Whitby is proud to be twinned with a remarkable number of towns across the globe. The link is that they were all either visited by Captain Cook in ships that were built in Whitby – or were named after the original Whitby by settlers from the old country.
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Cooktown, Australia
East Fremantle, Australia
Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii, USA
Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Porirua, Whitby, New Zealand
Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
West Wylong, Australia
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Whitilanga, New Zealand