Saturday, 31st March 2018
With yet another grotty, rainy and thoroughly miserable day forecast, Mo decided on a mud-free educational walk around Victoria Dock following the
Victoria Dock Heritage Trail - easy walking on pavements with lots of information boards showing how Victoria Dock looked when it was a working dockyard.
We parked up at the shops next to the Goldcrest pub and set off down Southbridge Road before turning river-ward a couple of roundabouts later. According to the information boards, we were doing this walk in reverse (we'd started at board number 16). Mo informed us this was so we could stop for the mandatory cuppa and bun at The Deep nearer the end of the walk.
Luckily, the rain held off for the walk but there was still a chilly breeze along the riverside.
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| Starting at the end |
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| Remains of an old ship |
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| Sculpture art - representation of the fluid motion of the river |
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| Heading along the river front towards The Deep |
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The queue waiting to enter The Deep Visitor Centre!
(shark and tidal barrier in the background) |
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Views upstream towards the Humber Bridge
from The Deep's Cafe viewing platform |
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| Hull's skyline, with Hull Minster standing prominent |
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| Citadel and Watchtower |
A pleasant enough, easy walk. It made a nice change not to have to watch where you were walking or be worried about slipping and sliding in the mud. I'll probably revisit this walk and find all the information boards, particularly now I know you can use The Deep's cafe without having to pay an entrance fee. Good choice of walk Mo
Thanks for looking
