The North End Shipyard, Dock Office Row is located on High Street. It is one of the oldest streets in Hull, running parallel to the River Hull and is where the city’s first trade developed from. This area is at the very heart of Hull’s maritime and trade history.
Reflecting 400 years of shipbuilding history. This hidden gem close to Queens Gardens will have its rich story told for the first time.
It will become the new, permanent dry-berth for the Arctic Corsair, preserving her future for the next 100 years. The area will be transformed, with a new visitor centre situated alongside the dock.
This new visitor attraction will:
- one of the most energy efficient buildings in the UK's cultural sector
- offer increased access to the historic trawler
- enable visitors to walk right under the hull of the Arctic Corsair
- tell first-hand stories of the experiences of life at sea
- offer visitors a tour of the vessel to appreciate her true size and scale
- allow the restoration of the 20th century Scotch Derrick Crane on site as a key symbol of recent maritime past
- highlight the significance of the Queens Gardens (formerly Queen’s Dock) in the maritime story of Hull’s old town
- celebrate the historic significance of the High Street
- reconnect Hull’s waterfront with other key maritime sites
The two-storey visitor centre has been developed to be sympathetic to Hull’s industrial past, whilst creating a cutting-edge low-carbon building fit for the 21st century.
See the latest progress images here.
Hull City Council is awaiting for appropriate licenses to remove silt from the river Hull that will enable the installation of the new dock gate and assist with the move of the Arctic Corsair to her new home at North End Shipyard.
The new dock gate which will be installed once the silt has been removed from river Hull. Learn more here.
