Maritime City Guided Tours

Hull’s celebrated maritime guided tours are set to return for 2026, launching on Saturday 14 February, during the half-term school holiday.

A dedicated team of 17 White Badge accredited volunteers will once again lead free guided walking tours, offering residents and visitors the chance to explore Hull’s rich and fascinating maritime heritage.

Following their success in 2025, four guided tours will run throughout the season on Thursdays and Saturdays at 10.30am, initially with additional Sunday tours at 11.30am and 1.30pm.

Key Highlights:

• Starting Point: Museum Quarter gardens, outside the Hull and East Riding Museum.
• Full tour duration: Approximately 2.5 hours, covering key landmarks such as:
  • Future home of the Arctic Corsair at North End Shipyard
  • Queen’s Gardens
  • Exterior of the Maritime Museum
  • Exterior of the Spurn Lightship at Hull Marina
  • Blaydes House, Trinity House, and Hull Marina.
• Shorter Sunday afternoon route: The 1.30pm tour lasts 1.5 hours, covering half of the full route.

The maritime guided tours were Highly Commended at the prestigious Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards (REYTA) in the ‘Remarkable Experience of the Year’ category, reflecting the growing popularity of this unique city experience.

The maritime guided walks will start on Saturday 14 February 2026.

A group of dedicated and friendly volunteers who are accredited White Badge tours guides are offering guided walks for you to learn more about Hull and how the city has been shaped by its past, present and future.

As part of the guided tours, you will discover some fascinating nuggets of information and facts about Hull’s maritime heritage as well as updates on the Hull Maritime project, transforming our maritime treasures and creating a new maritime experience. If you have lived in Hull for years or are new to Hull, you will learn something new about our wonderful city.

You’ll learn about merchant houses hidden down Hull’s High Street as well as Humber Street, which was home to one of the largest fruit and vegetable markets anywhere in the country in the 1920s when Hull was a big importer of fruit and vegetables.

The tours will take place every Thursday and Saturday at 10.30am. Walks also take place on a Sunday at 11.30am and 1.30pm.

The route

Thursday and Saturday at 10.30am and Sunday at 11.30am – long tour
Starting at the Museum Quarter gardens, outside the Hull and East Riding Museum, the tour which run in the morning lasts up to 2 ½ hours and take in the future location of the Arctic Corsair at North End Shipyard, Queens Gardens, the exterior of the Maritime Museum and the new location of the Spurn Lightship in Hull Marina. Other key landmarks include Blaydes House and Hull Marina.

Length: 2.4 km
Ascent 8.95 m

Sunday at 1.30pm – short tour 
The shorter tour will run on a Sunday afternoon at 1.30pm, it lasts up to 90 minutes and covers half of the full tour route.

Length: 1.4 km
Ascent 8.95 m