Hull Marina offers a picturesque setting on the Humber estuary, adjacent to Albert Dock and just upstream of the River Hull. The marina re-opened in 1983 in order to accommodate the ever-increasing demand for leisure craft moorings. Today it can...

The ferry trip across the Humber took a minimum of 20 minutes dependent upon the weather and tide. Today though, 480,000 tonnes of concrete and more than 11,000 tonnes of steel wire later, the Humber Bridge offers a much more...

Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it is also known) is a long, narrow spit of sand and shingle held together with mainly marram grass and sea buckthorn. It is a very unique place at just three and a half...

This beautiful old ship was built in Beverley in 1965 and was one of the last ‘side winder’ fishing boats to operate out of Hull. A veteran ship from the ‘Cod Wars’ the boat had an interesting and exciting...

This gallery is located at the heart of the city and is an important part of the cultural make-up of the community. The gallery is committed to promoting visual arts across the region and hosts a great range of...

Hands on history is a converted grammar school that is now uses as a history museum, The building has Tudor brickwork and is listed. The museum was designed as a curriculum resource center for schools and contains Egyptian treasures, Victorian...

Located in the attractive museums quarter, the Hull and East Riding Museum boasts some of the most spectacular natural history and archaeological displays in Britain. Highlights of the collection include the only dinosaur bones to have been fouind in East...

Hull Arena is an Olympic-sized ice rink that is home to the Hull Stingrays, from the British national ice hockey league. The rink is open to the public everyday with a variety of activities including family sessions and discos. Anyone...

Hull Guildhall was designed by the eminent architect Sir Edwin Cooper and opened to the public in 1916. Much of the collection held in the civic building however far outdates the structure. The oak-panelled rooms within the Guildhall...

Hull is of course one of the most important ports on the east coast of England and therefore has a long and interesting maritime history. People in this city have always relied on the sea for sustenance as well...

Spurn Lightship is docked in Hull and was built in 1927, serving for over fifty years in the treacherous River Humber. Visitors are invited to board the restored ship in the summer months and explore the decks and see...

The Streetlife Museum of Transport was conceived in the early 1980s as a response to the serious overcrowding in the existing Transport Museum that was opened in 1925. The centre was built in three stages using public and private...

This beautiful 17th Century building is the place where William Wilberforce lived for much of his life. The interior has been preserved almost exactly as when Wilberforce lived there and contains a great deal of his personal artefacts....