BANKS
BARCLAYS BANK, Baxtergate 0845 755 5555
HSBC, Baxtergate 0845 740 4404.
LLOYDS TSB, Flowergate, 0845 3000000.
NATWEST, Baxtergate, 0870 2403366.
YORKSHIRE BANK, Baxtergate 820555.
HALIFAX, BAXTERGATE, 0870 600 5000

BUILDING SOCIETIES
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY, Flowergate, 0845 1200100

PAY & DISPLAY CAR PARKS
WHITBY: Abbey Headland, Church Street, Station, Marina Front, Marina Back, Cliff Street, West Cliff, Whitby Pavilion Drive.
STAITHES, Bank Top.
RUNSWICK BAY, bottom.
SANDSEND
ROBIN HOOD'S BAY Bank top, Station.

CHEMISTS
Late duty chemists are open in Whitby Monday - Friday and Sunday. Boots, Baxtergate (602219), Moss Chemists, Baxtergate (602184) and Skinner Street operate a rota system. Don't forget to buy the Whitby Gazette for information on the weekly rota.

CHURCHES
EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Skinner Street.
QUAKERS, The Religious Society of Friends, meets for worship on first and third Sundays of each month at 10.30am, Marton Court Community Hall, Byland Road, Whitby.
ST HILDA'S, Church Square, West Cliff (C of E).
ST HILDA'S, Victoria Square (RC).
ST JOHN'S, Brunswick Street (C of E)
ST MARY'S PARISH CHURCH, East Cliff (C of E).
ST NINIAN'S CHURCH, Sunday, Mass 10am, Tuesday Mass, 10am; Saints days as announced; slides of old Whitby from May - September in the church from 8pm, admission £1. School parties welcome by appointment.
SALVATION ARMY, St Peter's Court.
SNEATON CASTLE CHAPEL (C OF E).
TRINITY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, Flowergate.
WEST CLIFF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Skinner Street.
WHITBY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, The Coliseum, Whitby, Sunday 10.45am. Tel 600661.
WHITBY METHODIST CHURCH, Whitby Mission, Haggersgate
WHITBY MISSION & SEAFARERS' TRUST, Haggersgate (C of E).
WHITBY UNITARIAN CHURCH, The Old Chapel, Flowergate, Whitby.

COURTS
SCARBOROUGH MAGISTRATES' COURT, Tel (01723) 505000.

DOCTORS' SURGERIES
CHURCHFIELD SURGERY, Iburndale Lane, Sleights, YO22 5DP: Drs R R Newman, F Emad & M Jackson. Tel 810466. Fax 811375.
DALE END SURGERY, DANBY, YO21 2JE: Drs van Dam and R Pearce. Tel (01287) 660739. Fax (01287)660069.
EGTON SURGERY, YO21 1TX: Drs G Horner, J S Fester. Tel 895356. Fax 895581.
SANDSEND SURGERY, East Row, Sandsend, YO21 3SU: Dr I G Suckling. Tel 893377. Fax 893259. Branch surgery at Sleights.
STAITHES SURGERY, Seaton Crescent, Staithes, TS13 5AY: Drs G Croft & S Johnson. Tel 840480. Fax 841034. Branch surgery at Hinderwell.
WHITBY GROUP PRACTICE, Spring Vale Medical Centre, Whitby. YO21 1SD: Drs P Ward, A Naczk, J Chadwick, T McCormack, B Williams, G Campbell, J McAuley, A Smart, M Linton, P Johnson, N Gopi and AP Sutcliffe. Tel 820888. Fax 824100. Branch surgery at Robin Hood's Bay: Drs T McCormack, P Ward, C Fisher.

LIBRARIES
WHITBY PUBLIC LIBRARY, Windsor Terrace, 602554. Monday, Thursday and Friday 9.30am-5.30pm, Tuesday 9.30am -7pm, Wednesday closed, Saturday 9.30am-4pm.

OSTEOPATHS
Martin Rose, NHS referrals, St Hilda's Business Centre, The Ropery, Whitby YO22 4ET, 821235.

POST OFFICES
The main Whitby post office is in the Co-op Supermarket on Langborne Road, 0845 7223344. Open Monday - Friday 8.30am-5.30pm, Saturday 9am-3pm. Sub post offices are situated in Church Street, Skinner Street, Abbots Road and The Parade.

REGISTRAR
REGISTRATION of BIRTHS, DEATHS and MARRIAGES, The Registration Office, Farndale House, Church Square, Whitby YO21 3EG, 602731. Open Monday and Friday 9.30am-1pm, Tuesday and Wednesday 9.30am-1pm and 2-4pm, closed Thursday.

SHOW SECRETARIES
DANBY SHOW, Peter Stannard (01287) 660024.
EGTON SHOW, Daphne Jackson 604329
HINDERWELL SHOW, Jude Wakefield 841385.
SNEATON AND HAWSKER SHOW, Celia Hazlett 601196.
ROSEDALE SHOW, Malcolm Leckenby (01751) 417740.
FOLK WEEK, Malcolm Storey (01757) 708424.

TAXIS
ABBEY CARS, 606666
BAY PRIVATE HIRE 880603, 881114
BERVIC PRIVATE HIRE 601451
EASTSIDE 123 600123
HARRISONS TAXIS 600606, 600000, 600600
HUTTON TAXIS 825789
KT CARS 821181, 0800 0282656
M&D MINI COACH AND PRIVATE HIRE 895418
P&J TAXIS 606565
STATION TAXIS 602069
STREAMLINE TAXIS 603306
VALLEY CARS 897960
WHITE ROSE TAXIS 604604

TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE
Langborne Road, off New Quay Road, Whitby, 602124: Open May-Jun 9.30am-5pm, Jul-Aug 9.30am-6pm, Sep 9.30am-5pm, Oct-Apr 10am-4.30pm.

UNDERTAKERS
BLYTHMAN FUNERAL SERVICE, Sleights, 810555.
GRAEME BUCKLE, Funeral Services, tel 825586.
CO-OPERATIVE FUNERAL SERVICE, Well Close Square, Whitby, 602076.
JOHN CORNER, West Cote, Low Hawsker, Whitby, 880424.
GARNETT FUNERAL SERVICE, 4 Station Road, Loftus, tel (01287) 640415.
R HARRISON & SONS, Glaisdale, 897249, 601500, 897563, fax 01287 644199.
HARRY THOMPSON FUNERAL SERVICE, Whitby, 01287 643375.
W STOREY FUNERAL SERVICE, 20 Redcar Rd, Guisborough, (01287) 632730.
KEVIN MOXON FUNERAL DIRECTOR, Priory Park, Grosmont, 895805.

VETERINARY SURGEONS
BECK VETERINARY PRACTICE, High Stakesby, 24h emergency service, (01947) 820333/603269.
CLEVEDALE VETERINARY PRACTICE, 10 The Parade, Whitby, 24h emergency service, (01947) 825042.

WASTE DISPOSAL
RECYCLING CENTRE, Whitby Business Park, Cholmley Way.
April to September 8.30am-7pm, October 8.30am-5pm, November to February 8.30am-4pm, March 8.30-5pm.

RUBBISH AND RECYCLING:
SCARBOROUGH, Seamer Carr, Dunslow Road, Eastfield and Burniston Road
For information on recycling and waste disposal, Tel: County Council Waste Management (01609) 532512.
Web address: www.northyorks.gov.uk/environment/waste

YOUTH HOSTELS
BOGGLE HOLE, Fylingthorpe, 0870 770 5704. www.yha.org.uk
WHITBY, 0870 770 6088.

WHITBY TOWN COUNCIL
Offices, Pannett Park, Whitby, 820227.