Hull's (Its full title is Kingston-upon-Hull )maritime pre-eminence dates back to 1299, when it was laid out as a seaport by Edward I. It quickly became England's leading harbour, and was still a vital garrison when the gates were closed against Charles I in 1642, the first serious act of rebellion of what was to become the English Civil War. The central Princes Dock sets the tone for Hull's modern refurbishment, the once abandoned waters now lined by landscaped brick promenades and overlooked by Princes Quay, a multi-tier, glass-spangled shopping centre, with the revamped marina beyond.
The train station is on the west side of town, on the main drag of Ferensway, with the bus station just to the north. The main tourist office is bang in the centre on Paragon Street at Queen Victoria Square
Transportation in Hull
By Car: From the north & west follow either the M62 or A1079 to the A63 & Hull City Centre.
Follow the signs to King George Dock & Ferries.
From the south follow the A15 across the Humber Bridge & then turn east along the A63 to Hull City Centre.
Follow the signs to King George Dock & Ferries.
By Train: There are frequent direct rail services to Hull Paragon Railway Station from all over the UK. Hull rail services are operated by Hull Trains.
By Bus/Coach: From Hull Paragon Railway Station to the terminal at King George Dock the bus departs at 18:00 hours.
From King George Dock to Hull Paragon Station the bus departs after the arrival of the ship.
National Express operates daily direct services to and from the terminal with principal pick-up points at York, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Newcastle, Sunderland, Thirsk, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
By Ferry: Hull ferry port is owned & operated by Britain's largest ports group, ABP, and the only passenger port on the Humber Estuary. With excellent links to the motorway network, hull ferry port handles over 1 million passengers & over 10 million tonnes of traffic a year. The main Hull Ferry Terminal is located in King George Dock & is operated by P & O Ferries. Sail to Zeebrugge overnight aboard P & O Ferries Hull Zeebrugge Ferry in the luxury only matched by cruise liners.
The town's maritime legacy is exhaustively detailed in the excellent Maritime Museum, housed in the Neoclassical headquarters of the former Town Docks Offices, flanking the east side of Queen Victoria Square, north of Princes Quay. The main boost to the town's coffers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was whaling, and the museum tells the story well, displaying gruesome whaling equipment, such as a blubber pot cauldron, alongside model ships, old photographs, Inuit relics and a whale skeleton. Leave Queen Victoria Square on its east side by pedestrianized Whitefriargate and, after about 200 yards, turn right down Trinity House Lane for Holy Trinity, among the most pleasing parish churches in the country, notable for its brick transepts and chancel.
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