Visit Hull Maritime

Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Hull City Council, the Guildhall Time Ball has been restored.

Hull’s Guildhall Time Ball is the only such timepiece on a municipal building, it is the highest in the UK and one of only a handful still operational today. It reflects the importance of maritime timekeeping, and the role of calculating longitude at sea for accurate and safe navigation.

It now rises at 12.57pm and drops at 1pm each day (except in the event of extreme weather).

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The Spurn Lightship guided ships safely through the treacherous River Humber for almost 50 years.

Hull’s historic Spurn Lightship is closed to the public and has undergone an extensive restoration programme by Dunston Ship Repairs.

With free admission, the Spurn Lightship will return with rejuvenated exhibitions and longer opening hours with improved accessibility and signage, allowing everyone to admire the splendour of the vessel.

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Hull’s last sidewinder trawler the Arctic Corsair is closed to the public.

She is undergoing a major restoration programme by local ship repair company, Dunson Ship Repairs before moving to a permanent dry-dock at North End Shipyard to preserve her for the next 100 years.

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This much loved green space is being improved. It will boast new tree planting and landscaping to futureproof its future, accessibility is being enhanced with feature steps, amphitheatre seating and new ramps.

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Constructed in 1871 as offices for the Hull Dock Company, the Maritime Museum is one of the finest and most recognisable Victorian buildings in Hull. A curiously triangular building with three domes, it is decorated both internally and externally with maritime motifs and was once at the centre of the maritime industry in Hull. The museum currently displays Hull’s maritime history through time, with a particular focus on the late 18^th century onwards. These nautical themed offices were designed by Christopher G Wray and originally opened in 1871.

If you would like to discover more about Hull's maritime heritage, come and enjoy free admission to the city's Maritime Museum.

Hull Maritime Museum’s collections are officially recognised as being of national significance and the scrimshaw collection is regarded as one of the best in the world. You can also see a full sized whale skeleton, alongside superb ship models and stunning artefacts from Hull's whaling, fishing and merchant trade.

Admission: Free
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday, 10am – 4.30pm and Sunday, 11am – 4pm. Last admission - 30 minutes before closing Location: Queen Victoria Square, Hull HU13DX, near Ferens Art Gallery and Hull City Hall

Wheelchair access: For access to the museum please ring the bell at the main entrance and a member of staff will show you to the side entrance. A wheelchair accessible lift is available to all levels of the museum.

Assistance dogs: Assistance dogs are welcome.

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The South Blockhouse is a nationally significant monument, part of a scheme fortifications on the east bank of the river Hull, constructed on the orders of Henry VIII between 1541-43.

A new heritage visitor attraction will conserve and protect the South Blockhouse scheduled ancient monument site for the future.

The plans will see the site completely transformed, with hard and soft landscaping framing the footprint of the South Blockhouse and majestic, ghostly structures rising from the ground to give a sense of the structure and scale of the original building.

The regeneration of the site will bring long-hidden stories to life.

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Why not spend some time visiting Hull’s Museums Quarter consisting of Wilberforce House, the Hull and East Riding Museum and the Streetlife Museum?

It is a great place to start your discovery of this historic city. But don’t forget the Ferens Art Gallery in Queen Victoria Square and not to mention Hands On History in Trinity Square as well.

Entry into all of the museums is free!

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