Editing Prospect of Whitby (section)

==In popular culture==
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There is a scene in the 1956 film ''[[D-Day the Sixth of June]]'', starring [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] and [[Richard Todd]], in which Taylor's character is seen with [[Dana Wynter]]'s character having drinks in the pub during the [[Second World War]].

The video for [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]'s 1970 hit "[[Nothing Rhymed]]" was shot here, as he was living close by in a bedsit when he wrote the song.

The pub features briefly in an episode of ''[[Only Fools And Horses]]''. When Uncle Albert goes missing in one episode Del Boy and Rodney travel around London looking for him. [[Nicholas Lyndhurst]] is shown in one scene walking out of the pub. 

In the comicbook ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' [[Mina Harker]] pauses in front of the pub and says it brings back memories. She is referring to the beaching of the ''Demeter'' at [[Whitby]] in the novel ''[[Dracula]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nevins |first=Jess |date=2002-03-10 |title=Notes on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #2 |url=https://enjolrasworld.com/Jess%20Nevins/League%20of%20Extraordinary%20Gentlemen/Notes%20on%20League%20of%20Extraordinary%20Gentlemen%202.htm |access-date=2022-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | publisher=Vertigo |author1=Moore, Alan |author2=O'Neill, Kevin | year=1953 | location=Chapter 2: Ghosts and Miracle | isbn=978-1-4012-4083-7}}</ref>

The pub is also featured in ''[[Jean Bruller|Vercors]]'''s novel ''Les Animaux dénaturés''.[[File:Prospect of Whitby 12.JPG|thumb|upright|Interior, 2013|alt=A dark, traditional interior of a pub with wooden beams, a tiled floor, and small model ships.|left]]

The pub also appears in ''[[Whitechapel (TV series)|Whitechapel]]'', Series 4, Episode 4, in which the body of a victim is discovered on the Thames shoreline. DS Miles briefly explains its history to DI Chandler.

The pub features in several of Anna Harrington's Regency-era romance novels, most notably in ''An Unexpected Earl'' and ''An Extraordinary Lord'', both in the "Lords of the Armory" series. The recurring comic character Hugh Whitby in Harrington's "Capturing the Carlisles" series was named after the pub. 

The pub also features in several of the Charles Holborne legal crime thrillers by former barrister, Simon Michael, particularly ''Corrupted'', in which the protagonist and his family work as lightermen on the Thames during the Blitz. 

The pub also serves as the location for the final scenes in ''[[The Old Guard (2020 film)|The Old Guard]]'' (2020).<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7556122/trivia| title= IMDB Trivia about The Old Guard (2020 film)| website= [[IMDb]]| access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref>