Like Steve says, chalk and cheese. If you're taking children or people who aren't hard-core folkies,then it has to be Cambridge, mainly because of the wide variety of music and lots to do all in one place (well, two if you're staying at Coldhams, which is a little festival in its own right) without trailing round from venue to venue. Also the festival buzz is amazing! Even though it's local, I've never really got into Whitby and having gone for the odd day, my daughter was bored in a couple of hours so we headed into the North York Moors. The beach is great unless, as usual, the weather's foul

Having said that, we can't afford either at the moment.