Hundreds of Dracula fans descend on Whitby every year, with many visitors to the resort asking where Dracula's grave is located, forgetting he is a fictional character. Last year, staff at St Mary ...
Dracula author Bram Stoker was inspired by the gothic architecture of Whitby Abbey Hundreds of "vampires" have been invited to descend on North Yorkshire in May in a bid to set a new record.
The church, a famous setting in Bram Stoker's Dracula, was built more than 900 years ago, with the cemetery closing in 1865. Canon Smith said: "St Mary's is the oldest building left in Whitby.
The Whitby Goth Weekend is held twice a year ... put up a sign warning people to stop asking for directions to Dracula's grave. "There isn't one," the sign said.