The photo above, the only one of 5 taken at dusk and worth showing, shows the outline, but certainly not the details, of a 15 – 20 feet high embankment running north-south along the eastern edge of Victoria Dock Village, Hull. The reason for this embankment being there is unknown to me, presumably it is related either to the eastern edge of Victoria Dock (as once was) or earth moved to the edge of Victoria Dock during the initial landscaping for the housing estate. Whichever was the case it has become colonized by Nature so that now there is a very diverse range of wild flowers, shrubs and relatively young trees plus some self-sown garden flowers. The climbing and rambler roses are particularly impressive. An inventory of the wild plants growing on this embankment would, I think, be very instructive.
The whole of Victoria Dock Village is a pleasant environment. Mostly wide grass verges with young trees growing there, a reasonable proportion of residents who make something of their front gardens (even if this is not 100% it is a better percentage than most other parts of Hull), a small green shrub lined park and in amongst the streets a number of retained historic features relating to the Victoria Dock. The waterfront wide path provides a very interesting walkway with uninterrupted views across the Humber Estuary, some built-in public artwork and unobtrusive flood defences along the route. At the eastern end, near to where the above photo was taken, is a very pleasant pocket park. More benches along the way than is normally the case in Hull.