Built-up area in Kingston upon Hull, England
| Coordinates: | 53.768, -0.326 |
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| OS grid ref: | TA 10 31 |
| Population: | 314,018 |
| Dialling code: | 01482 (Hull) |
Kingston upon Hull is a port city in England, sitting where the River Hull meets the tidal Humber estuary at the edge of the East Riding of Yorkshire and the low-lying Holderness coast. Its riverside location shaped a long history of shipping, fishing and trade, and the urban landscape mixes wide docks and warehouses with riverside regeneration and reclaimed marshland.
The city’s maritime and industrial past - from 19th-century whaling and shipbuilding to mercantile trade - sits alongside cultural notes such as the connections to William Wilberforce and Philip Larkin. In recent decades Kingston upon Hull has pushed regeneration through cultural investment (it was UK City of Culture in 2017), attractions and museums, a growing port and logistics economy, and institutions like the University of Hull.
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