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Let Hull’s maritime charms ease you into the ebb and flow of a sea-faring culture.
A waterfront city on the banks of the mighty Humber Estuary, Hull is undergoing something of a renaissance. Once a Royal naval base, then a major seaport with whaling fleets and deep sea trawlers plying Arctic waters, today’s Hull is a gateway to continental Europe. Stand by to meet a city sprucing itself up to compete with the 24-hour big boys.
Spearheading a transformation of its skyline is The Deep, rising from where the Humber ebbs and flows with the river Hull. An abstraction of glass and aluminium from the imagination of architect Sir Terry Farrell, the oceanographic study centre supports marine conservation and hosts species such as southern stingrays, moray eels and the nation’s only collection of grey reef sharks. Dine beside the tanks at the Two Rivers Restaurant, the quietest time to capture the antics of the nocturnal octopus in the Twilight Zone. Across the river Hull, where the original wooden pier juts out into the Humber, you can snap away to your heart’s content and grab a coffee or a beer between frames. Forty-odd sculptured fish, embedded in the pavement to form the Seven Seas Fish Trail, point knowing snouts towards the hidden staithes and alleys of the Old Town.
