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Kingston upon Hull Travel Guide: 292 reviews and 392 photos
Hull is a changing city. Thanks to heavy bombing in WWII, frankly awful subsequent town planning and the decline of the fishing industry the city was in a pretty sorry state up until the 1990's.
Finally regional development money started trickling through, city planners got their act together whilst commerce and government clicked that they had shockingly under-resourced area right under their noses. Battling against the stigma of a truly awful reputation (think the UK's perceived version of Detroit) the positive public/private partnership redevelopments and self-belief has taken a while to get going but now I can confidently say that Hull in the grand scheme of things is becoming a pretty decent city, and a afternoon or a couple of days here really isn't as grim a prospect as you may have once thought.
- Pros:The Deep, KC Stadium, Humber Bridge, pace of redevelopment, cost of living
- Cons:Local accent, embarrasing state of rail/bus station, insular mentality of some locals
- In a nutshell:This is a city to watch - remember when Bilbao was a just backwater...
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‘The big screen’ in Queen Victoria...
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P&O Stena Line operates two ferry routes to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge, sailing from the King George Docks located three... more travel advice
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Hull Marina
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Swept up in the tide (ahem) of redevelopment in the city the marina is enjoying something of a renaissance itself.... more travel advice
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Interesting reading in here. "Evolving City", a good summary, evolving non pickled and preserved cities are usually interesting ones. Ebbs and flows, etc. (Good to see a "New Boothferry" tip.)
Wouldn't you say "Hull" Marina is quite redundant? Hmmmm...Happy Birthday from New Jersey!
Great local insight! You need to change train link from Arriva to http://www.northernrail.org :) That greeting could be the same in York :)))
Great page!
Great start! more pics please-))
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