Humber Dock Street was once home to a mix of traders, sailors and shore workers. This included fruit merchants, fish dealers, sail makers, ship owners, lodging houses, and money changers.
Here, the air was filled with the smells of produce being unloaded off ships and the sounds of vessels’ masts clinking, much like they do in Hull Marina today. Each morning, the street was busy with traders selling imported goods directly from the warehouses surrounding the dock.
From the early 1800s until the 1970s, this promenade featured a range of dockside architecture such as cranes, sheds, and mooring equipment.
Today, many of Humber Dock Street’s historic buildings still survive and are a special and protected part of Hull’s heritage. You can still spot the old railway lines running along the cobbled carriageway of Humber Dock Street.
