Hull Tourist Information

Kingston upon Hull, England is an approved member of the British Cities Marketing Board. Hull is easily accessible from the UK or the Continent. P&O North Sea Ferries operate daily from Holland and Zeebrugge and The Humberside International Airport run both domestic and international flights via Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Hulls' soon to be revamped Paragon station allows rail access to the city. There are plenty of places to visit in and around Hull. The historical town of York is only forty miles away and Manchester is ninety-six miles away.

According to a poll run by a The Guardian and The Observer newspapers in 2003 Hull has made it into the top twenty of the United Kingdom's leading tourist locations. Hull was placed as the fifteenth leading tourist attraction, beating Leeds, Liverpool and Cambridge. Cityimage marketing director John Till has said that visiting Hull changes people's perceptions and that places such as the £40m submarium The Deep which has received over a million visitors are pulling in tourists who then go on to visit other attraction like Hull's museums and the Marina. York received sixth place and the number one spot went to Edinburgh.

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