HULL: THE TRUTH! WE WERE SHOCKED…AN HONEST VIEW | VANLIFE UK
Vanlife takes us to the East Riding of Yorkshire this week as we take our campervan to the great city of Kingston upon Hull. If you’ve been following our videos, you’ll know we’ve fallen in love with East Yorkshire and might be thinking of settling down here. People have told us not to go to Hull, and we’ve seen a lot of negative videos, but we always like to see things for ourselves, especially if Hull is going to be our local city (maybe!). And we were so surprised by what we found. Hull has so much to offer, it’s a city that has suffered great misfortune, and yet is filled with culture, history and beautiful historic buildings just for starters. There is so much to love, and after spending time exploring here, we feel more than happy to (potentially) call Hull our home city. Yes, it has its struggles, but where doesn’t? There’s a lot more to Hull than meets the eye!
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Hull has 110% got better. A lot of people look back on the city with rose tinted glasses in their youth but it's safer than in the 90's. People talk about homelessness like it never used to be a thing. The high street is suffering but it's the same everywhere apart from giant economic hubs like London or Manchester.
I live in Hull, unfortunately the place is an absolute dive and only getting worse. it's been neglected for years through lack of funding from the powers that be. Sadly, another city that's on the decline. Yes there's some nice buildings in the centre, however If you leave that area of around 1 mile², the rest is an absolute dump.
You’ve missed out all the best bits. A pleasant stroll down Spring Bank on a dark night might have had you stabbed or shot, you haven’t visited any of Hull 14 council estates or taken in the delights of Bransholme the second biggest council estate in the UK. You could have stayed in the Carlton Hotel where ladies of the night do business and drugs are readily available. The Camponile, with its breathtaking views of people wandering around smashed out of their faces on Beverley Road at 2pm
The Fire Brigade summed Hull up perfectly for me. Get out, get your family out and stay out.
Wonderful photography of my adopted City.
AND….Hull Truck Theatre, Hull New Theatre, City Hall, Philharmonic, Hull Maritime Quarter….see when the Town Docks opens again – wonderful building and Maritime history. And all the great Victorian Parks….and the Avenues! 😂
When you were at the Marina, you could have gone round to the Minerva pub and the Pier head where the ferry left before the Humber Bridge was built.
And Humber St etc is worth a visit. Shout out for Thieving Harry's!
Please come again. It's changed hugely since Covid. Before then, the City of Culture year was stupendous 😮 Look it up 😊
Hull is my home city and it truly does have some lovely areas! There are so many independent shops and restaurants, loads of free museums, great pubs, loads of history and friendly people! It's a shame you missed the marina out! Humber street is great 😊 ❤❤ new subscriber
Hull people are some of the kindest and are the funniest people I know, their sense of humour is outstanding.👍
Loved this guys. I moved to Hull 18 months ago and have really settled here.
There are some lovely places to visit along the coast too.
I live about ten mins walk from where you had the van at the beginning you’re always welcome to drop in for a coffee.
I used to live above that Wetherspoons as they’re actually all flats, was great but electricity was a bomb in winter 😂
Thank you for a great video. I was Born and raised in Hull, but have lived in a few different places in the country. Hull is a great place compared to some, and it's awful that people don't give it the benefit. Plus Dinsdales Joke Shop is the oldest joke shop in Britain, my aunt worked there🙂
@comealongdear you indeed did get a bit confused about Ye Olde White Harte.
But you are correct it is not civil war related.
Sir John Hotham did actually refuse entry to King Charles I, but this was by order of Parliament, Charles tried to gain entry to the Town for 3 days via the Beverleygate, but left after that. However this act of defiance is seen as the catalyst for the war.
But a plot of importance did take place to remove the Catholic Governor marmaduke, the 2nd Baron Langdale who had been appointed by James II during the Glorious Revolution, in Ye Olde White Harte.
By the way The Hull Minster was built by King Edward I, and until 2017 when it was made a Minster, was the largest parish church in England
Thank you for showing Hull, i was born here,63yrs ago. l know its gone down hill over the years due to certain things, but ive always appreciated the buildings, people don't look up and see what is around them. Hull does have alot to offer. But it certainly always gets bad reviews from thise who dont really look! ❤❤❤
Good video, really enjoyed it. Pretty fair description of Hull. You still have a lot more to see though. Come back some time.
I moved to Hull "just for a year or two" in the late 1980s. Still here, by choice!
Is Steve keeping up his keep fit regime?
Great video guys, thanks for coming to our city and giving a positive, honest, open minded reportage!
I was born and raised here, lived in the south for 15 years and am now back here. We can be very self deprecating about our city and it's often represented unfairly.
Yes there are problems, course there are, like all cities the world over. Much of the town center has been decimated by online shopping, retail parks, recession, covid and lack of investment…. But we bounce back.
Lot of regeneration going on linking the old town and the marina to the new town, which might help bring it all together hopefully, attracting investment into the new town.
Enjoyed this a lot, think you two are funny. Great editing and made our city look alright actually.
Nice one guys.
Hi there guys thank you so much for doing a positive video it seems that hull is rough but as you said that are some nice places and people here. You just have to come up and see before making a judgement !
The old wreck as you called is the remains of Riverside Quay, this is were the immigrants from Europe transferred to the train for Liverpool and the new world. It was destroyed by fire in ww2. Thanks for a decent review of our city, makes a change.
If you come back head for the country park Hessle. Just 10 mins from the town and it’s a different world. Also you need to do the marina area when Sesh is on. You’d love it. Thanks for the positivity re our home town
I've lived in Hull for nine years it's very friendly lots of places to eat and drink you should have gone down the avenue for a few drinks
I've lived here all my life and Hull has got so bad that its now turning into a foreign country especially in west hull when 90% ain't English. Also you mention the gay bars are so many which goes to show that the nightlife in hull city centre over the years has declined and so many clubs and bars have gone and closed there's nothing left for normal people to enjoy! Way too many foreign takeaways and non English shops, its so depressing that I have moved to the outskirts of Hull as crime is rife and the council heavily charge for parking anywhere in the town centre that's why the streets are empty as seen in your video.
Been to hull many times. Really top place. Easy to put somewhere down years ago and it sticks. Shame. The name doesn’t help I suppose. It is a gorgeous place steeped in history.
Thank you for highlighting how wonderful Hull is.
Undoubtedly it’s got its problems and rough areas, like all City’s, but it is a great friendly place.
Hull is an underated yet wonderful place.
Fab video guys. Hull gets so much hate. Im a hull lad born and bred and loved it. Everywhere has bad parts and people judge it who have never even been. So well done for actually experiencing our city and judging for yourselves. Btw I'm 50 this year and I went to the joke shop for my first prank at 10 years old lol.
Happy Easter lads wherever you are
We have done nothing about the picture gallery bombed building because it is the last bombed building in the uk …. we left it to remind you we didn't forget….side note ..there are holes in the glas made by shrapnel fro. The bomb
Greetings from ‘ull – it’s never dull
Thank you for this! ♥ I'm Hull born and bred, I love my city and I'm so happy you enjoyed your visit!
Brilliant
Your supposed debunking of the Old White Hart is utterly wrong and obviously based on you looking quickly at Wikipedia which states the building being 110 yrs younger than it actually is. Also, don't confuse the date of it's construction with it becoming a public house much later. Lazy research.
We're in Hornsea for a week and have never been to Hull, except to catch the ferry to Rotterdam. I think we should go and see these beautiful buildings. Thanks for the great tour!
Loved this video, thank you so much for painting such a positive review of our town ❤ I was wishing your steps towards the marina and Humber street, but sadly you didn’t have time, its beautiful to sit out there with a drink in a sunny day ❤I’m sure when you come back you will find it, I’m a new subscriber, your video was suggested in my news feed and I’m really glad I took the time to watch. To see the seafront you really need to be at Hessle Foreshore, a couple of miles from town, it’s a nice walk along the front, it’s at the base of the Humber Bridge or about 4 miles in the other direction is a place called Paull and Fort Paull, that’s a really lovely place too with a great history. Thank you so much again, a very likeable pair of creators 😊 safe journeys ❤
A group of important men did plot to lock King Charles I out of Hull, which did start the civil war. Where they met could have been in a lot of buildings including private houses. Hull never gets a mention when they talk about the Blitz it is always London and Coventry because they are in the South.
Hull lost all its department stores, BHS, C&A, Hammonds, Debenhams, Marks and Spencer, Willis Ludlow and specialist stores like Carmichaels of Hull and Browns book store to name a few.
Lived here 16 years and love it.
Apart from endless imagrants loitering at night certainly don't and won't be letting the kids out past early evening times there some bad eggs on the street they need moving on all men if fighting age in groups with zero plans for them and they have no intentions of integrating shame