Nene Living August 2017

THINGS TO SEE
Ferens Art Gallery: Skin: Freud, Mueck and Tunick is on until 13 August
and comes highly recommended. The 2017 Turner Prize will be held here
towards the end of the year.
The Maritime Museum: Explore Hull’s
old dock offices and discover superb ship
models and maritime art.
Prince Street: The best-preserved street
in Old Hull, a graciously curving terrace of
pastel-painted Georgian houses. It’s one
of the city’s ‘sudden elegancies’, as Larkin
called them.
Fruit Market District: This is Hull’s ‘hip’
part of town, Covent Garden without the
crowds. Make a beeline for the Humber
St Gallery and Café; sit outside and watch
the world go by.
See if you can catch the annual Humber Street Sesh, taking place this
year on Saturday 5 August. Find
out more at
www.humberstreetsesh.co.uk.
Look out for the distinctive white
phone boxes of KCOM, for a
long time the UK’s only municipal
telecoms network.
The harbour area: Humber Dock
closed in 1963 and became Hull
WALK THIS WAY
Find the fish; explore the city. Follow Hull’s unique pavement of fish, an
A- Z of fish creating a tour of the historic Old Town.
Forty one pieces of sculpture made from traditional materials make
up this impressive piece of public art. The artist Gordon Young created
the trail of sculptures in 1992 – representing the actual size of fish with
life-size pieces, from a tiny anchovy to a 10ft ray. His sense of humour
surfaces with the placing of a plaice in the market place, an electric
eel outside the electricity substation and a shark outside a bank... you
don’t need to find them all, it’s a great route anyway!
Distance: 2 miles
Typical time: 2 hours (there’s a huge amount to see!)
Start & finish: City Hall (HU1 3RQ)
Parking: Princes Quay Car Park (HU1 2PQ)
Full details of the Fish Trail and a PDF can be found at
www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com, then type in Hull Fish Trail.
Or pick up a copy of the Fish Trail at the Information Office alongside
the City Hall
PIT STOPS
Humber Street Gallery, Humber Street: The best spot for coffee
and light bites. The roof terrace is open weekend evenings, offering
fabulous views across the city and the sea.
Thieving Harry’s, Humber Street: cool, quirky comfort.
Hull is famous for its authentic pubs,
with good reason. We tried The William
Hawkes in Scale Lane and loved it – stuffed
full of old curios, locals chatting and good
beer. By the waterfront, The Minerva has
character and offers food, and you can eat
outside on the seafront.
Marina. There’s lots of interest, including the Spurn Lightship (1927)
and several marine artefacts. Daniel Defoe’s famous fictional castaway,
Robinson Crusoe, set sail from the Queen’s Dock in 1651. And The
Bounty, skippered by the infamous Captain William Bligh, was built and
launched here.
The Deep: a spectacular
aquarium, this is the place
to bring the kids. And it’s
architecturally stunning
to boot.
The Streetlife Museum of
Transport: voted
No. 1 destination on Trip
Advisor, step back in
time with 200 years of
transport to enjoy.
Wilberforce House &
Museum: the birthplace of
William Wilberforce, Hull
MP and slavery abolitionist,
which tells the story of this
campaign through fascinating
items including his journal,
plantation records and
personal stories.
42 NENE LIVING AUGUST 2017