Those folk who don't like the beer prices and the fairly crowded pubs might note that there is a LIDL on the northern outskirts of the town!
Last week in Durham City I paid £1.80 for a pint of Sam Smith's excellent OBB real ale- a point of comparison for Whitby maybe- the downside (or maybe real UPSIDE to some! is that Sam Smith's do not allow any kind of music in their pubs. Their former TV stands in the pubs often have snakes & ladders & scrabble available....