Explore our maritime city with a free guided walk
Explore our rich maritime history with a free guided tour of the city centre.
A group of dedicated and friendly volunteers who are accredited White Badge tours guides are offering guided walks for you to learn more about Hull and how the city has been shaped by its past, present and future.
As part of the guided tours, you will discover some fascinating nuggets of information and facts about Hull’s maritime heritage as well as updates on the Hull Maritime project, transforming our maritime treasures and creating a new maritime experience. If you have lived in Hull for years or are new to Hull, you will learn something new about our wonderful city.
You'll learn about merchant houses hidden down Hull's High Street as well as Humber Street, which was home to one of the largest fruit and vegetable markets anywhere in the country in the 1920s when Hull was a big importer of fruit and vegetables.
The tours will take place every Thursday and Saturday at 10.30am. Walks also take place on a Sunday at 11.30am and 1.30pm.
The route
Thursday and Saturday at 10.30am and Sunday at 11.30am - long tour
Starting at the Museum Quarter gardens, outside the Hull and East Riding Museum, the tour which run in the morning lasts up to 2 ½ hours and take in the future location of the Arctic Corsair at North End Shipyard, Queens Gardens, the exterior of the Maritime Museum and the new location of the Spurn Lightship in Hull Marina. Other key landmarks include Blaydes House and Hull Marina.
Length: 2.4 km
Ascent 8.95 m
Sunday at 1.30pm - short tour
The shorter tour will run on a Sunday afternoon at 1.30pm, it lasts up to 90 minutes and covers half of the full tour route.
Length: 1.4 km
Ascent 8.95 m
One participant said: "The tour was very detailed and fun. There was a lot of new things that I learnt about Hull, I never knew about the docks and how they have changed into what they are today.
"The tour guide was also very interactive with us and made us all interested in what information he was giving."
Book your place
You can book your free place on a tour here.
**Although booking your free place is recommended, there may be a small number of places available on the day.**
Tours are subject to volunteer availability.
