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Jobs in Hull | Pictures of Hull
Located on the banks of the River Humber, Hull is an impressive waterfront city that boasts a relaxing atmosphere and a vibrant mix of culture, shopping and nightlife, making the city an increasingly desirable place to live, learn, work and invest. Following years of relative inactivity, Hull 's regeneration resurgence over the last few years has been nothing short of spectacular and with a number of ambitious commercial and residential projects earmarked for completion soon, the future of Hull is a very bright one.
Eager to shake off its dour reputation as being a poor excuse for a seaport – which couldn't be further from the truth - Hull is a city that has an increasingly upbeat cosmopolitan feel, proud of its heritage and equally self-congratulatory about its new achievements.
Getting around Hull
With over 50,000 people commuting into Hull every day, the morning rush hour can get pretty busy. Thankfully, many people use the rather efficient public transport network to help ease congestion.
Just north of the train station is the city's main bus station on Ferensway. With Stagecoach Hull and east Yorkshire Motor Services operating the majority of services in and out of the city – the former runs the late night service from here every Friday and Saturday night until 2am.
And Paragon Station, on the west side if the centre, operates all regional routes to Hull on the Leeds, Sheffield and York lines, as well as those from the south and London.
Eating, drinking and shopping in Hull
Hull 's nightlife is legendary and lively to say the least - even erring on the frenetic side - attracting people from across the local region and groups that are so underdressed you'd be mistaken for thinking you were on the Costa del Sol not the Humber Estuary; mind you after a few drinks it won't matter anyway.
But it's not just the hard-core revellers who are catered for. The city o ffers a varied nightlife ranging from traditional pubs to continental style cafe bars. The city's most historic pub Ye Olde White Hart is reputed to be where the plotting of the Civil War took place in 1642 and The Ye Olde Black Boy Hull's oldest pub dating back to 1729.
Hull 's pub and bar scene is divided into three distinct areas. The drinking culture in the city centre tends to lean towards late night bars and clubs. Elsewhere, there are lots of popular trendy bars and pubs around Hull University and the student accommodation area. And across town, the rapidly developing waterfront and quayside area has a number of modern, cosmopolitan and fashionable bars.
For a more relaxed evening, the Princess Avenue area has a number of small trendy café bars and restaurants, popular with people en route to a show at Hull New Theatre or Hull Truck Theatre, home of internationally acclaimed playwright John Godber.
The soon to be completed East Bank of the River Hull development will undoubtedly prove to be a popular choice with a number of new bars, café bars and restaurants due to open by the end of 2009.
But when it comes to spending your hard-earned cash on something that won't give you a hangover the next day, Hull 's shopping experience exceeds most expectations.
The city centre has the usual high streets stores that can be found anywhere else across the country. However, take a wander down the appropriately named Saville Street and George Street - the established home of designer clothing in the city. Whilst the Prospect Centre and Princess Quay is home to over 80 leading brand stores spread across three ‘decks' in the historic centre.
And with a series of new developments continuing throughout the city and the surrounding area, a number of new retail locations are scheduled to open, including Albion Square and Quay West - which will dramatically expand the Prince Quay area.
Nevertheless, these new developments should not cloud your appreciation of Hull 's maritime legacy that is represented in no less than eight free museums, as Winston Churchill said; To understand the present we must first understand its past.
Indeed, the city's Museum's Quarter is certainly a good place to spend a few hours. Located in the Old Town of Hull – designated a conservation area in view of its plethora of former merchant's houses and cobbled streets that retain some remanance of Hull 's once prosperous Victorian era. The Maritime Museum , the Ferens Art Gallery are good places to start. And is the interactive Streetlife Museum which is series of recreated 1930s streets featuring all sorts of historical –and working – vehicles that you can hop on and off.
Next door is Wilberforce House, the birthplace and residence of anti-slavery crusader, with a number of fascinating exhibits on slavery and its abolition. But the most obvious physical attraction in Hull is the Deep, the world's only submarium, home to over 3,000 fish and 7 species of shark that protrudes over the edge of the port and drops thirty-feet below the surface of the water.
For those who like their sport, Premiership new comers Hull City ply their trade at the KC Stadium which they share with Superleague rugby club Hull FC.
Main residential areas
Freedom Quay is a striking new residential development of apartments and penthouses in the heart of the Humber Quays overlooking the Marina . And further down is the new East Bank of the River Hull will is a major new residential community, cutting back into the Old Town area.
The city centre itself is particularly popular with twenty- and thirty-somethings because of its close proximity to all the bars and clubs. Or if you prefer the quiet life, look at any of the villages east and north such as mentioned Hornsea but, try not to get anything too close to the coast as it has a habit of falling into the sea.
If you're thinking of moving to the area, take a look at some of the current property available to buy or let in Hull.
Take a closer look
A picture is worth a thousand words. You can see some images from in and around Hull below.
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