About HULL

Hull, officially Kingston upon Hull, is a cityand unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles (40 km) inland from the North Sea.Hull has a resident population of 256,100 (2011 est.).

The city is unique in the UK in having had a municipally owned telephone system from 1902, sporting cream, not red, telephone boxes.

After suffering heavy damage during the Second World War (the 'Hull Blitz'), Hull weathered a period of post-industrial decline,during which the city gained unfavourable results on measures of social deprivation, education and policing. During the early 21st-century spending boom (before the late 2000s recession) the city saw large amounts of new retail, commercial, housing and public service construction spending.

Established tourist attractions include the historic Old Town and Museum Quarter, Hull Marina and The Deep, a city landmark. The redevelopment of one of Hull's main thoroughfares, Ferensway, included the opening of St. Stephen's Hull and the new Hull Truck Theatre. Spectator sporting activities include Premier League football and Super League Rugby. The KC Stadium houses the Hull City football club and Hull FC rugby club and Craven Park is home to rugby club Hull Kingston Rovers. Hull is also home to the Elite Ice Hockey League Hull Stingrays.

 The Queen's Garden in Hull City Centre

 The deep aquarium in Hull 

 The iconic Humber Bridge

St Stephen's in Hull city centre, Brands such as ZARA, H&M, Topshop, etc can be found here.

In November 2013, it was announced that Hull had won the UK City of Culture 2017 award.

Hull's bid demonstrated how much the city wanted, needed and was ready to deliver the UK City of Culture 2017 title. The city will now deliver a spectacular programme for 2017 that will deliver artistic excellence and events on scale never seen before in the city - and will entice visitors from the whole of the UK and beyond. Inspired by Larkin's poem 'Days' the ambition is for each day of Hull 2017 to make a difference to a life in the city, the UK and the world. Hull2017 programme highlights include 

An extraordinary opening ceremony that will involve four 'rivers' of light, people and sound flowing into the city involving 3,000 volunteers. During the event, elephants will walk the streets of Hull again alongside lost trawlermen, dancing white phone boxes and images of Hull's rich past and creative future.

an aerial spectacular - with Director of the forthcoming Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony, Mark Murphy, and outdoor arts company Walk the Plank - that would form part of Hull's 2017 Freedom Festival. The event will incorporate ground-breaking design, breath-taking aerial choreography, an evocative live music score and jaw-dropping fireworks to tell the world Hull's story - all framed by the city's iconic tidal barrier. The theme of the event aims to honour one of Hull's most famous alumni Philip Larkin and embody one of his immortal lines: "What will survive of us is love."

an environmental legacy. Artist-designed gateways and pictorial meadows will form a major feature of Hull's green agenda for 2017 with thousands of trees planted to form sustainable gateways to the city.

Sonic Lumiere - a stadium event featuring Durham Marenghi, Hull's award-winning lighting designer, working with 500 dancers in a digital sound and light concert on the theme of illusion and fairs                                          

Hull's 2017 programme will follow a number of themes to celebrate the city including Roots and Routes, Made in Hull, Freedom and Quirky. The proposed programme will include 15 national and international commissions, 12 artists' residencies; 25 festivals; eight major community participation projects; a programme of conferences and major broadcasting events; plus programming activity across 365 days with an estimated 1,500 special events. 

During the bidding process the support for Hull's bid has been exceptional: online supporters now number over 16,000; the Twitter campaign has trended UK-wide six times during the process; a film that captures the aspirations and passion of the people of Hull that was played to the judges as part of the final presentation has been seen by over 70,000 people in under a week; and the bid's initial private-sector sponsorship target has been exceeded with 22 sponsor companies signing up as Hull 2017 Angels. 

We can't wait to see what the road to City of Culture brings for our beloved city, Hull!