Hull
Kingston Upon Hull sits upon the Humber estuary approximately 25 miles from the North Sea. Travel is easy with good links to the West via the train and bus stations and Humberside International airport is only 15 miles away via the famous Humber Bridge. Good road links are supported with the A63/M62, meaning Leeds and Manchester can easily be accessed and quickly.
The main out of town shopping streets are Hessle Road, Holderness Road, Beverley Road, as well as Princes Avenue and Newland Avenue. Two covered shopping arcades dating remain in the town centre; the Hepworth and Paragon Arcades.
Hull has a vibrant tradition of arts and culture with several museums of national importance. The city has a strong theatrical tradition with some famous actors and writers having been born and lived in Hull. The city's arts and heritage have played an important role in attracting visitors and encouraging tourism in recent efforts at regeneration. Hull has a diverse range of architecture and this is complemented by parks and squares and a number of statues and modern sculptures.
The city has four main theatres and a large number of parks and green spaces. These include East Park, Pearson Park, Pickering Park and West Park.
The main road into and out of Hull is the M62 motorway/A63 road, one of the main East–West routes in Northern England. It provides a link to the cities of Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool, as well as the rest of the country via the UK motorway network.
P&O Ferries provide daily overnight ferry services from King George Dock in Hull to Zeebrugge and Rotterdam.
The nearest airport is Humberside Airport, 20 miles away in Lincolnshire, which provides a few charter flights but also has high-frequency flights to Amsterdam with KLM and Aberdeen with Eastern Airways each day. Robin Hood Airport in South Yorkshire is 48 miles from Hull city centre and provides a wider choice of charter flights as well as a number of low-cost flights to certain European destinations.
