Hotels in Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom

A little about Kingston Upon Hull...

Kingston upon Hull, often shortened to Hull, is a city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is located on the north bank of the Humber estuary, near England's east coast 25 miles (40 km) from the North Sea, on both sides of the River Hull at its junction with the Humber.

There are three large shopping centres in Hull - the Prospect Centre, Prince's Quay and St. Stephen's, the latter of which opened on 20 September 2007 and is home to several large stores including Zara, H&M, Next, Oasis, and Topshop. Princes Quay, built on stilts in the former Prince's Dock, is also due for redevelopment in the near future. The Quay West development, due for completion in 2010, will see Prince's Quay extended with another 60 shops and two new department stores (John Lewis and Debenhams are tipped to lease these) and other leisure facilities.

Kingston upon Hull is home to the University of Hull, founded in 1927 and received its Royal Charter in 1954, which has a student population of 16,000. Associated with the university is the Hull York Medical School (HYMS), which took its first intake of students in 2003 as a part of the British government's attempts to train more doctors.

The University of Lincoln grew out of the University of Humberside, a former polytechnic which was based in Hull. Through the 1990s the focus of the institution moved to nearby Lincoln, where the administrative headquarters and management moved to in 2001. The University of Lincoln retains a small campus in Hull city centre.

Hull has a lively nightlife, attracting people from outlying areas as well as inhabitants of the city. Hull has the concentration of pubs and bars expected of any large city in contemporary Britain. Until recently at which point late 4-6am bars have taken over with many of the notable clubs shutting down including Heaven and Hell, Rhythm Room and Planet Earth. The drinking culture in this city tends to step towards late bars.

Some of the bars and clubs in the City include The Welly Club, Magma, Sharkeys, Pozition, Spiders, V-Bar, Zachariah Pearson, and The Sugarmill. There are lots of popular wine bars and pubs around Hull University and its student accommodation area, including The Haworth Arms and The Gardeners arms.