Hull Attractions

The city of Kingston-upon-Hull, usually known simply as Hull, lies on the north bank of the Humber, which flows into the North Sea 22mi/35km to the southeast.

Ferens Art Gallery

The extensive collection in the Ferens Art Gallery, restored and extended in 1990/1991, includes works by Frans Hals, Canaletto and Constable, together with William Hogarth and Henry Moore.
Permanent collections of old masters, marine paintings and modern art.

Address

Ferens Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Square
Hull HU1 3RA
England

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,95454&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Hours

January 1 to December 31

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	13:30
Close	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	16:30

Always opened on:

May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Summer Bank Holiday - Britain outside Scotland (last Monday, August )
Easter Monday - Christian (Apr 09)

Disabled

Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.

Facilities

Restaurant or food service

Historic Docks

In the Middle Ages the harbor stretched between the Drypool Bridge and the River Humber. The old docks have undergone a change of function. Elegant yachts are anchored in the marina in the former Humber and Railway Dock and at Princes Quay. Victoria Pier and Nelson Street were modernized during the 1980s.

Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church in the Hull market place, which can accommodate a congregation of over 2,200, is said to be the largest parish church in the country. It is in Decorated and Perpendicular style, and has a very fine tower and richly decorated Gothic style windows.

Address

Holy Trinity Church
Market Place
Hull HU1 1RR
England

http://www.holy-trinity.org.uk

Hours

April 12 to December 24

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	Closed	11:00	12:00	Closed	12:00	9:30	Closed
Close		15:00	15:00		15:00	12:00

Read More Humber Bridge

Humber Bridge was built in 1981 and became the world's longest suspension bridge.

Two prominent museums in Hull are the Transport Museum and the Hull and East Riding Museum. The latter features a fine archeological collection.

Wilberforce House

No. 25 High Street in Hull is Puritan writer William Wilberforce's birthplace and now a museum with interesting exhibits from the 18th and 19th C, especially concerning the slave trade. Nos. 23 and 24 are two Georgian houses from the mid-18th C with fine furniture.

Address

Wilberforce House / Town Docks Museum / The Old Grammar School
23 - 25 High Street
Hull HU1 1NE
England

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums/

Hours

January 1 to December 31

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	Closed	13:30
Close	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00		16:30

Always closed on:

New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)

Parking

Free

Disabled

Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.

Facilities

Gift shop

Barton-upon-Humber - St Peter's Church

St Peter's Church spans more than 1,000 years. This 15th C church in the village of Barton has a remarkable Anglo-Saxon tower and baptistry and is one of the most studied churches in England. The displays within the church illustrate the church's prosperity through the ages, including a tenth-century carved face of Christ in Majesty and a carved head of the young Queen Victoria.

Hours

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00	14:00
Close	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00

Always closed on:

New Year's Day (January 1)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)

Blaydes House

The residential house, No. 6 High Street in Hull, was built for the merchant Benjamin Blaydes in 1740 with the original Georgian features restored in the early 1970s.

Address

Maritime Historical Studies Centre
Blaydes House
6 High Street
Hull HU1 1NE
England

http://www.hull.ac.uk/mhsc/

Burton Constable

One of the more noteable rooms of this 18th C manor house is Great Drawing Room, with its excellent Chippendale furnishings and designs by James Wyatt. As well fine Dutch and Flemish paintings adorn the walls of this room.

A number of museum rooms now display the scientific equipment of William Constable.

Address

Burton Constable
North Humberside
Sproatley HU11 4LN
England

http://www.burtonconstable.com

Hours

March 26 to October 26

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	12:30	12:30	12:30	12:30	Closed	12:30	12:30
Close	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00		17:00	17:00

Always opened on:

Spring Bank Holiday - Britain (last Monday, May )
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Easter - Christian (Apr 08)

Cost

Family	12.50
Adult	5.50
Senior	5.00
Child	2.50
Grounds / gardens only around attraction	1.00

All values are in local currency

Tips

Family admission (2 adults and 4 children).

Parking

Free

Disabled

Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.

Facilities

Gift shop
Restaurant or food service

East Park

East Park is Hull's largest park. It features an animal compound wutg deer, wallabies, rheas and peacocks, also there is an aviary where you can hear the laughing jackass or kookaburra - native Australian birds.

Tips

Facilities include a boating lake, paddling pool, splash boat, bowling greens, football and rugby pitches as well as 2 children's playgrounds.

Elizabethan Old Grammar School

The Elizabethan Old Grammar School, southwest of Holy Trinity Church, was founded in 1583. Among its most famous pupils were the Puritan writers Andrew Marvell and William Wilberforce (1759-1833), one of the most vigorous opponents of the slave trade, who was MP for Hull and Yorkshire for many years. Since 1988 the school house has housed a museum on local history.

Address

Transport and Archeology Museums
South Churchside
Hull HU1 1PS
England

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums/

Hours

January 1 to December 31

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	13:30
Close	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	16:30

Always closed on:

New Year's Day (January 1)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)

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Maister House

The merchant's house of the Maister Family was built in 1744 in Late-Renaissance style with a Palladian style facade and an artistic wrought-iron banister by Robert Bakewell.

Address

Maister House
160 High Street
Hull HU1 1NL
England

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/scripts/nthandbook.dll?ACTION=PROPERTY&PROPERTYID=328

Hours

January 1 to December 31

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	Closed	Closed
Close	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00

Always closed on:

New Year's Day (January 1)
Spring Bank Holiday - Britain (last Monday, May )
Summer Bank Holiday - Britain outside Scotland (last Monday, August )
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)

Parking

None

Disabled

No facilities for persons with disabilities.

Transit

BritRail: Hull

Queens Gardens

Queens Gardens are situated in the heart of Hull's city center. The floral displays, fountains and ponds provide a haven for relaxation. The park is also a popular location for outdoor concerts and charity events.

Tips

No vehicular access.

The Deep

The Deep is a submarium, an aquarium with the main tank at 10m - making it the deepest in Europe. Visitors can take a lift ride which allows them to view exotic marine life at close quarters.

Address

The Deep
Hull HU1 4DP
England

http://www.thedeep.co.uk

Hours

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00
Close	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00	18:00

Always closed on:

Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)

Cost

Family	33.25
Adult	8.75
Pensioners (OAP)	7.25
Child 16 & under	6.75
Child 3 & under	FREE

All values are in local currency

Tips

Last admission 5pm. Family admission (2 adults, 3 children).

Disabled

Full facilities for persons with disabilities.

Facilities

Gift shop

Typical Visit

2 hours

Tidal Surge Barrier

In April 1980 the 100m high tidal surge barrier across the Humber was completed which protects the old town from high water.

Town Docks Museum

In Queen Victoria Square the Town Docks Museum in the former Dock Offices provides a comprehensive history of seafaring in the town with numerous model ships, paintings and fishing equipment.

Address

Wilberforce House / Town Docks Museum / The Old Grammar School
23 - 25 High Street
Hull HU1 1NE
England

http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museums/

Hours

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	10:00	13:30
Close	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	17:00	16:30

Always closed on:

New Year's Day (January 1)
Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24)
Good Friday - Christian (Apr 06)

Disabled

Full facilities for persons with disabilities.

Facilities

Gift shop

Trinity House

Whitefriargate leads to the oldest part of Hull by way of Trinity House Lane to Trinity House, founded in 1369 for the care of the sick or needy seamen and from 1456 it was their guild house. In 1787 the first naval school in the world was founded; even today the cadets wear the historic 18th C naval uniform.

University Art Collection

The University of Hull Art collection, while small, has outstanding paintings, sculpture and drawings produced in Britain between 1890-1940. Featured artists include: Sickert, Peploe, Lucien Pissarro, Stanley Spencer, Epstein and Moore.

Address

University of Hull Art Collection
The Middleton Hall
University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull HU6 7RX
England

http://www.hull.ac.uk/accessart/gallery.htm

Hours

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Open	14:00	14:00	12:30	14:00	14:00	Closed	Closed
Close	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00

Always closed on:

Spring Bank Holiday - Britain (last Monday, May )
Summer Bank Holiday - Britain outside Scotland (last Monday, August )

(Humber Bridge)

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