 | Kingston-upon-Hull, or just Hull as it is more commonly known, is located on the north bank of the Humber estuary in the northeast of England. The city is surrounded by East Yorkshire, although it is run by a unitary authority, Hull City Council.
Hull may be an historic English city, but unusually it does not have a cathedral. Instead it is home to the Holy Trinity Church, which is said to be the largest parish church (by area) in the country, and is now one of the city's most popular tourist stops.
The city also has an array of museums, art galleries and other visitor attractions, including Wilberforce House, the Hull and East Riding Museum, the Ferens Art Gallery, the Maritime Museum, the Streetlife and Transport Museum, and the Spurn Lightship.
Educationally, Hull also has a lot to offer as it is home to the University of Hull a small campus of the University of Lincoln, and Hull College, a further education institute.
Fast becoming one of the most popular attractions in Hull is the Hull Marina, which has been recently redeveloped and is now home to restaurants bars and shops, while the Humber Bridge, the fourth-longest single-span suspension bridge in the world, can be seen for miles around.
When it come to sport, it's rugby all the way in Hull, with thousands of fans turning out each week to see Hull FC take on the likes of the St Helens and Leeds Rhinos in the super league at their home ground, Kingston Communications Stadium. Football fans are also catered for at the Kingston Communications Stadium as it is also the home ground of Hull City AFC.
The city of Hull is twinned with Niigata in Japan, Freetown in Sierra Leone, Raleigh, North Carolina in America, Reykjavik in Iceland, Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Szczecin in Poland. Hull, Massachusetts in the USA is named after this city, along with Hull, Quebec in Canada.
Postcodes for Hull begin with the letters HU and as well as Hull itself the HU postcode includes Beverley, Hornsea, Hessle, North Ferriby, Cottingham, Withernsea and Brough. |
