Moving to Hull

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Hi all, I would really appreciate some advice. I have got a new job which means we will be moving to Hull. We are now looking for a new home there but want to know any areas we should avoid? I know every city has areas with not so great reputations but these are often made by people who don't live there.
I am going to be working in Hull Royal Infirmary and ideally don't want to commute more than 30 minutes. Also want some nice parks or areas close by we can go for walks with the dogs. Thanks all for any advice.

The city centre isn't great. You could look at The Avenues area, which is near the university. Newland Avenue, Chanterlands Avenue - lots of Victorian terraces, nice places to eat, a bit of a student/relaxed feel.

You could look at Willerby, Anlaby, Cottingham, which are classed as villages but are so close to the city boundary that you can't see where the city ends and they begin.

You could try south cave - nice little village and the right side of Hull for the hospital?

If you're not working 9-5 so can avoid commuting times, Beverley all the way. Westwood amazing for dogs/walks.

Though train from Beverley can get your door to door within half hour, walk from hospital to hull train station can be quite an experience. Biking it might be better. Actually some do cycle Beverley to Hull Royal too.

Hi, honorary Hull person here! ( Been here 30 years having got sucked into Hull vortex after Uni lol)
Hull is a really interesting city and I love it!
The Hull villages are very popular, " posh" areas are places like North Ferriby, Swanland, Kirk Ella...all within a 30 minute commute. Cottingham is a nice place (near Castle Hill hospital) and about 20 mins from Hull Royal. I live in HU5 area, Avenues, which is also nice about 8 mins commute by car to HRI ( where I also work 😊) be warned at the moment the entire City is a mess of roadworks so commuting anywhere can be a bit of a headache!! Good luck with your move and new job.

Look at Kirk Ella, Cottingham Willerby too

I’ll add Hessle to the “villages” that @Nix32 had digguested.

The Newland Av area is very studenty - I’m not saying this is a good thing or bad thing, but some people may want to avoid it, some might embrace it.

Check out flood zones.

Avoid the Brandholme Estate.

We were very happy for years down “The Avenues”. We were on Victoria Avenue but Park, Westbourne and Marlborough are incrementally closer to the HRI. You could walk to work in half an hour or less.
+s:

• lots of independent shops bars restaurant
• big houses with beautiful period features for reasonable prices
• excellent public transport links
• ethnically diverse for Hull which until 20 years ago was very white for a city
• Pearson Park is lovely
• lots of cheap live events in the area
• I think it’s a good place to raise children of all ages as there is a lot going on. DD1 was 12 when we moved from a village and she love her teenage years being able to safely walk to coffee shops and easily meet friends and get the bus or walk into town.

-s:

• parking can be a pain, it may be pot luck on the street outside your house, we rarely struggled and always got close to our door but it’s a pain with bags etc. We also got an automated garage door and had a garage accessed via the 10-foot that runs behind all the gardens. You are still trudging through your garden to get in though. Against this you have to consider that you will drive less than other places as you can walk to so many things.
• traffic down Princes Ave can be slow
• you can get noise and litter issues at the Princes Ave end of Marlborough and Westbourne Thurs-Sun.
• try to scope your neighbours. It’s a very socially mixed neighbourhood and many big houses were subdivided into flats; I wouldn’t buy next to a scruffy multi-occupancy house (again ) as you increase your risk of noisy neighbours. We were terraced though. There are semis and the odd detached.

There can be snobbery about The Avenues within Hull itself. DD went to Hymers, a private school within walking distance, and most parents lived in Kirkella (yawn) or the West Hull Villages (nice) and these are the prestige areas. We loved living down the Avenues and her friends loved coming too.

I’m getting all nostalgic!

I live in one of the villages mentioned and would definitely be looking at the west side and avoid the area around the hospital. The reason for recommending the west is purely down to traffic, the are lovely suburbs in the east but you would need to travel across the city and it's a nightmare. Being west avoids commuting that way.

If you're looking at a map I'd say anywhere from Hessle to South Cave, up to cottingham and Beverley but not any more east than Beverley.

Don't discount 'over the river' so any of the villages across the Humber bridge. Much cheaper than the Hull villages and door to door easily in 30 mins. There is a toll but a lot of people commute from Barton.

Just to add that DD1 is militantly pro The Avenues due to her happy teenage years there. I think she gained a lot of confidence and it prepared her well for travelling and university as she was able to safely gain some independence.

DDog sadly is no more but she also loved living near Pearson Park:

Hull is a great city-you'll love it!

I would avoid the avenues areas personally, there are currently issues with antisocial behaviour (and I live there so know it well).

What's your budget? And do you have a car?

If you have a decent budget and a car, then I would look at Willerby, Anlaby and Cottingham. All lovely.

Further afield is Beverley-a lovely market town.

And in terms of the city centre, the Victoria Dock area is nice.

If I was buying today, I'd buy in either Cottingham or Beverley.

Oh and I would also avoid Bransholme and Kingswood.

Thank you all so much, going to be busy with the map and marking places. Looking forward to our move, new adventures for us 😀

I’ve been thinking about this.
In your position, I’d probably choose Beverly, as it’s a nice town and you’re much closer to the coast.

Hessle is nice
Beverly is very nice but expensive for the region
I have a few friends who work in hull ans they live in Barton just over the bridge. Wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea but feels very safe (if not a touch dull)