Overview
- Travel publisher Big 7 Enjoy Travel has ranked Whitby the UK’s top town for fish and chips, pointing to the quality and choice of local shops.
- Trenchers of Whitby is credited with a 2026 restaurant-of-the-year title at a national fish-and-chip awards, though reports differ on whether it was the National Fish and Chip Awards or the Fry Awards.
- A regional reporter who met a queue outside Trenchers early in the day rated the cod and chips 8.5 out of 10 and paid about £16 for the meal.
- Whitby’s appeal includes long-running spots such as the Magpie Cafe, Hetty & Betty, and Riverside Fisheries, along with a recent visit to Trenchers by chef Marco Pierre White.
- Broadcaster James Martin has called Magpie’s fish and chips the pinnacle, adding media buzz that is likely to draw more visitors to the North Yorkshire coast.