If anyone is thinking of going to Whiby and doesn't want to bring a tent or van the accomodation is booked well in advance (I reserve next years flat in June when I pay the balance of this years, a lot are kept from year to year.
Some years the festival clashes with the Regatta, so accomodation parking spaces and pubs are extra full. But if you like watching the Red Arrows etc.... This year it is the week earlier.