FunKingHull ensures that the tourist makes the most of their stay in Hull by providing up-to-date information and advice on where to eat stay and visit - FunKingHull stands for Fun Kingston upon Hull.

Visit Hull and take in the nightlife at one of the city's several nightclubs such as The Room, The Waterfront or Lexington Avenue (L A's). Follow the unique Fish Pavement which leads you through the Old Town, the Hull Marina, seven free museums and the Feren's Art Gallery. October is the time of year that the Hull Fair, Europe's largest travelling funfair visits Hull attracting a million visitors each year. Holy Trinity Church, Market Place, Hull was founded in 1285 and is the largest parish church in England. Guided tours are available at certain times of the year. Or for the racing enthusiast there's the nearby Beverley Races at the Grandstand, York Road, Beverley. Wander around the many events and trade stands at The Hull Show - a free family show that takes place annually at Hull's largest park, East Park, Holderness Road. In June you can follow the Lord Mayor's Parade from West Park to East Park where the fun continues with the Lord Mayors Gala.

 

Arctic Corsair High Street Hull    
  The last sidewinder trawler dating from the nineteen sixties. Now a floating museum. 10am to 5pm and 1.30pm to 4.00pm Sundays. Admission £2.
Beverley Gate   Hull    
  Beverley Gate gave access to the town of Hull through its walled defenses. The wall was built in the fourteenth century by Edward II who was granted permission to build a defensive stone wall around the town. It was rebuilt using brick between 1330 and 1410. In 1642 King Charles I traveled from York to Hull to seize the city for its considerable arms that had been left after the Scottish War. Sir John Hotham ordered the gates to be closed refusing the King entry to the town - an act that is thought to have triggered the English Civil War. Beverley Gate was demolished in 1776 to make way for the development of Queens Dock. (Now Queens Gardens)
Beverley Minster Highgate Beverley 01482 868540
  Beverley Minster is a large gothic building dating from 1220. Founded by St John.
Beverley Guildhall Museum   Beverley    
  The Beverley Guildhall Museum is currently (160504) displaying the Shipyard exhibition with the addition of new photographs and other new items. Fridays from 10am - 4pm.
Beverley Racecourse Beverley Westwood. Beverley    
  Recently benefited from £700,000 worth of improvements including a new bar and toilet facilities. This historic race ground draws attendance figures of around 95,000 per year. Free admission to under eighteen year olds.
Bridlington        
  Seaside resort on the east coast of North Yorkshire with award winning golden sandy beaches and a working harbour. Thirty Miles north of Hull with regular rail services from Hull.
Burton Agnes Hall Burton Agnes Driffield 01262 490324
  Burton Agnes Hall is an Elizabethan house with large gardens featuring a maze, a cafe and over four centuries worth of treasures.
Burton Constable Hall Burton Constable   01964 562400
  Burton Constable Hall, "The Treasure House of the Holderness". A magnificent Elizabethan House built in 1570 and was the ancestral home of the Constable family. The house is open to the public during summer and features lakeside and parkland walks, picnic area and tea room.
The Deep Garrison Road Hull 01482 381000
Click here for more information about The Deep The Deep is the World's only Submarium. Showing the story of the world's oceans.
East Park Holderness Road Hull 01482 300300
  East park is Hull's largest park. The park opened in 1887. It boasts a thirty acre fishing lake and a large animal complex with wallabies, rabbits, peacocks and deer. The park is the venue for the Hull Show, the Lord Mayor's Parade and Lord Mayor's Gala
European Illustrated Collection Hull University of Lincoln, George Street Campus Hull    
  A collection of over 1000 original works. Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm
Free Admission
Ferens Art Gallery Queen Victoria Square Hull 01482 300300
Click Here to visit Virtual Ferens Art Gallery Award winning art gallery that opened in 1927 exhibiting a variety of painting styles from medieval to modern. Includes the unique educational Children's Gallery and many marine paintings. Highlights include works by Frans Hals, Antonio Canaletto, Stanley Spencer, David Hockney, Helen Chadwick and Peter Howson. Free Admission
Fort Paull Armouries and Visitors Centre Fort Paull, Battery Road   01482  896236
Click here for more information about Fort Paull Award winning Visitors Centre & Armouries. Fort Paull boasts a children's adventure assault course in the centre of the fort's green, offers falconry displays six days a week and the Dukes of York fully-licenced bar offers a welcome respite after the two to three hours that you should set aside in order to fully appreciate all the exhibitions of artillery, military vehicles and armoured cars in almost ten acres of land.
Hands on History The Old Grammar School, Trinity Square Hull 01482 300300
  Housed in the Old Grammar School in Trinity Square, Hands on History Museum includes an Egyptian Gallery where the mummy of Ankhesnefer's who lived about in 600BC is displayed. The mummy - on loan from the British Museum is shown in its original abthropoid (human shaped) coffin. The museum also displays unique replicas of King Tutankhamun's treasures as well as his solid gold death mask inlaid with semiprecious stones. 10am to 5pm and 1.30pm to 4.30 on Sundays.
Free Admission
Holy Trinity Market Place Hull 01482 323120
Holy Trinity Church Founded in 1285, Holy Trinity Church situated in Trinity Square, (The former outdoor market) features medieval brickwork and impressive stained-glass windows.

Hornsea Museum

Burns Farm, 11 Newbegin

Hornsea

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Hull & East Riding Museum

High Street

Hull

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  You will find The Hull and East Riding Museum next to the Streetlife Museum on High Street. here you can travel back in time to see ancient tribes and one of the best Roman mosaic displays in England. 10am to 5pm and 1.30pm to 4.30 on Sundays. Free Admission
Hull New Theatre Kingston Square Hull 01482 226655
Click here to visist Hull New Theatre website        
Hull Truck Theatre Spring Street Hull 01482 323638
Click here to visit the Hull Truck Theatre website The picture on the left shows the original Hull Truck Theatre on Spring Street. The theatre has now moved to the St Stephen's Development near Paragon Station.
Humber Bridge (The)   Hessle    
Costing over £11m to build the Humber Bridge is expected to last for one-hundred and twenty years.
Six million cars cross the bridge every year. Every few years the outside of the bridge has to be painted to prevent it from rusting. Dehumidifiers extract moisture from the air inside the bridge to keep it dry  - meaning that painting is not needed. The bridge is held up by thousands of galvenised steel suspension wires. Here the steel is plated with a protective layer of zinc that reacts with oxygen to form zinc oxide - a strong substance which gives the wires extra protection from rust. Daily inspection and replacement of any rusting components help to keep the bridge safe.
Hull Fair Walton Street Hull    

Hull Fair

 The first Friday in October is the time of year that Hull Fair, Europe's largest traveling funfair visits Hull - attracting a million visitors each year. The Fair dates back to 1293. This year (2007) the fair runs from October 5th - October 13 in its traditional venue of Walton Street and is open every day except the Sunday.
The Hull Show East Park, Holderness Road Hull    
  The Hull show offers A great family day out with international show jumping, fairground stalls and rides, a dog show, classic cars and over two hundred and fifty trade exhibits. If your business wishes to book exhibition space please contact Sue Tingle on 01482 315361.
KC Stadium West Park, Anlaby Road Hull 0870 8370003
Click here for more details about the KC Stadium Described by Sir Elton John as a fantastic stadium - the KC Stadium is a £43.5m top class Stadium and sports arena. Opened December 18th 2002 home to Hull City AFC (Football) and Hull FC (Rugby) teams. Venue for sporting and entertainment events like Elton John's only concert outside London and the Westlife concert organised by 96.9 Viking FM. also included Girls Aloud, Mark Owen, Lisa Scott Lee and Javine.
Marina Humber Dock Street Hull    
The Hull Marina opened in 1983 and contains two-hundred and seventy berths for yachts and small sailing craft and during the summer months provides the perfect maritime setting for the annual international Jazz and Sea Shanty Festivals. The Spurn Lightship which is moored in the Marina was once used on the Humber Estuary to help shipping to navigate. The marina is sandwiched between Humber Dock Street and Railway Street off Castle Street on a site that had not been used since the late sixties although previous to this it was used by commercial shipping as the Humber (1809) and Railway (1846) docks.
A two-hundred foot bungee jump was held at the marina in September 2003 as part of Viking FM's Viking Cares which has raised over £170,000 since October 2001 for local children in crisis.

Maritime Museum

Queen Victoria Square

Hull

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Maritime Museum - Victoria Square, Hull The Hull Maritime Museum shows Hull's maritime history including exhibits from the whaling industry. Free Admission.

Museum of Army Transport

Flemingate

Beverley

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The Museums Quarter High Street Hull    
  The Museums Quarter is a £5.2m merger  of The Streetlife Museum of Transport, Wilberforce House, Hull and East Riding Museum and the Arctic Corsair. This exciting development offers the ultimate historical experience showing 235 years of history.
See also Wilberforce House, Hull and East Riding Museum and the Arctic Corsair
Pearson Park Beverley Road Hull    
 

Popular park. The setting for the successful open air Grass Roots Festival during 2003 August's bank holiday weekend. Bands from around the country performed on Sunday to the delighted audience. Next year the festival will return on August 22nd at Pearson Park.
Princess Quay Shopping Centre City Centre Hull    
Click Here to visit the Pricess Quay Shopping Centre website Princess Quay Shopping Centre resembles a cruise ship, built on stilts above the historic Princess Dock complete with "decks" to add to that maritime feel. Includes food courts such as Burger King and Jacket Junction.
Prospect Centre City Centre Hull    
  Indoor Shopping Centre includes Boots, WH Smith and food courts including Chinese, Fish and Chips, Burgers or pizzas.
Queens Gardens Hull City Centre Hull    
  Until as late as 1930 the site was water - It was once the largest dock in the UK and at the time the only dock in Hull. It was opened in 1778 and measured 518 by 75 metres. As well as being used to import and export goods between Yorkshire and Europe it was also used for Whaling. The first Whaling ships set sail from Hull in 1598 and by the early eighteen hundreds they were more than sixty whaling vessels in the dock. After Queen Victoria visited Hull in 1854 it was given the name Queen's Dock. In 1930 the dock was filled in and turned into a beautiful large open garden with ponds and seating. A popular spot for students from the nearby Hull College and city centre visitors to relax. A popular venue for outdoor shows like Party in the Park. 
Seven Seas Fish Trail City Centre Hull    
  Starting at the Tourist Information centre this guided walk uses pavement sculptures to guide you through the Old Town. A leaflet and map are available from the Tourist Information Centre for 40p.
Skidby Windmill
   Skidby    
  The village of Skidby near Hull is home to one of the region's last working windmills - the only one in Yorkshire still grinding corn. There has been a mill at Skidby since the early thirteen-hundreds. The present five-storey mill was built in 1821 and has been maintained by Lincolnshire millwrights R Thompson and Son for over sixty years.  The East Riding Council owned attraction has four twelve metre sails which are used to produce the power needed for grinding the corn. It is open to the public during the summer months from 10am until 5pm and is also home to the Museum of East Riding Rural Life. 
Spurn Lightship
 Hull Marina Hull 01482 300300
Spurn Lightship The Spurn Lightship was one of five lightships that were used on the Humber Estuary to help shipping to navigate. She was built in Goole in 1927 and restored in 1983. Moored in the Hull Marina.
Open from April to October.
10am to 5pm. Free Admission.

Streetlife Museum

Hull Museum of Transport, High Street

Hull

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  Hull's award winning "Newest and Nosiest museum" showing two-hundred years of transport history. The visit begins with a projected show by Hulls first curator Tom Sheppard who explains that Hull was England's most blitz city before allowing the visitor to wander around the displays which include a street complete with historical shops and transport. The streetlife museum contains Britain's largest collection of Victorian cars and has now been incorporated into The Museums Quarter.
10am to 5pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm Sundays. Free Admission.
St Stephens Development
  
St Stephens Shopping Centre - Hull The St Steven's Development opened in October 2007. The new shopping centre which is owned by British Land, (The same company that owns Sheffield's Meadowhall) gives Hull a giant retail and business complex that incorporates Hull's historic Paragon Station.  The centre has been built on forty acres of land between Ferensway and Park Street after the closing down of Northern Foods Distribution Depot meant that land became available for development. St Stevens offers a new home to Hull Truck Theatre, the Albermarle Music Centre and a new cinema complex gives Hull residents their first chance to catch the latest movie on this site since the ABC cinema, (Originally known as Regal) was closed in 1989.  A brand new hundred and twenty bed hotel means that visitors to Hull can spend the night in style. The centre is expected to create around 2,500 jobs.
Victoria Pier Nelson Street Hull    
  Victoria Pier opened in 1847. From here you can enjoy a panoramic view of the River Humber. This pier once had two decks, originally known as Corporation Pier it was renamed Victoria Pier after Queen Victoria left the city from the here after her visit to Hull in 1854. The pier provided the location for the ferry terminal that connected Hull to New Holland. The last ferry sailed from the pier in June 1981. For a while one of the ferries - The Lincoln Castle was anchored on the Humber Foreshore in the Shadow of the Humber Bridge that rendered the ferry service redundant. Also known as the Minerva Pier.      

Waterways Museum & Adventure Centre

Dutch Riverside

Goole

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Wilberforce House Museum

High Street

Hull

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  This seventeenth century building was the birthplace of Hull's slavery abolitionist - William Wilberforce. The house was opened as a museum in 1906 and the adjoining Georgian building was acquired by the council in 1949 to expand the museum. On the first floor is the Banqueting Room thought to have been William's nursery and next to this is William's actual birth room. The museum houses displays and paintings that tell the story of the slave trade.
10am to 5pm and 1.30 to 4.30 Sundays. Free Admission.
Wildfest Valley Gardens Withernsea 07754 460674
  Wildfest - one of the most popular events held at Withernsea showcases artistic performances from the area.