Author name: Richard Clarke

Above, another view of Hall Garth Park, Hornsea (s,p,b,), this time of the north-west corner of the Park and shows an area of wetland that is left unmown as habitat. Along the far side of the wetland area a stream runs which defines the northern edge of the Park and the bottom of the adjoining […]

The above photo. shows a section of Hall Garth Park in Hornsea, a fine municipal park incorporating a tree-lined avenue, a moated medieval site (near the church which stands just outside the Park) as well as ample benches and up-to-date young person’s activity facilities. This particular view shows a section of the northern edge of

Having crossed Barmston Drain by a footbridge the route of the Victoria Dock Railway passed east to Wilcolmlee where there was one of Hull’s notorious level crossings. Just west of Wincolmlee are some sturdily built brick buildings which a 1950s map of Hull shows were part of a local shunting yard. Immediately after the level

Nb. There are points along this route where there is some abuse the environment which might make some people uneasy but focusing on the greenery, buildings etc. means that one can stay positive. Having crossed Beverley Rd. by a nearby lighted crossing and leaving Stepney station site behind (s.p.b.) the footpath/cycleway continues east up to

Two miscellaneous points before moving on – the now disused Polar Bear public house on the corner of Derringham St. and Spring Bank is, presumably, so called because east of this point and on the north side of Spring Bank was Hull’s Victorian ‘Zoological Gardens’ with a polar bear as one of its prized possessions.

The route of the Hull and Hornsea rail-line is a fine example of what can be done with a disused rail-line, this in both urban and rural environments. The Hull and Hornsea rail-line was opened in March 1864 and, as an independent rail-line started as a spur off the pre-existing Victoria Dock Railway (opened 1853),