Whitby’s Doors Open event on May 4 features 13 locations, with a combined age of more than 900 years. Not all the sites are historical—for instance the state-of-the-art Abilities Centre, with its unique curved roof, was opened as recently as 2012. By contrast, the James Rowe house was built in 1856 for Whitby’s first mayor.

For Camp X fans, Lynn Philip Hodgson, the noted author of Inside Camp X and Dispatches from Camp X—and an expert on the history of the camp and its activities—will  guide Doors Open visitors on a 90-minute walking/hiking tour of the site of this Second World War spy training camp. Camp X tours take place within Intrepid Park, 2008 Boundary Rd. Whitby.

As with every Doors Open event, admission is completely free.

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