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Hull City Centre vision

“Hull – Yorkshire’s Maritime City and the UK’s Green Energy Capital. A creative place to live, work and play”

This statement forms the basis of Hull’s vision for the future of our city centre. Driven by local priorities, we want to hear your thoughts on the Vision before it is finalised this summer.

We also want to hear from you about our seven vision drivers – core objectives for Hull City Centre that will underpin new developments in the city. Finally, find out about exciting new developments that might come forward in the next 5 years, and tell us which you think would make the biggest difference.

Background

Hull City Centre Vision will help guide investment and regeneration in the city centre for the next 20 years.

Building on the feedback we received in our first phase of public engagement in February, we are now ready to share the emerging City Centre Vision. We want to hear your thoughts on this bold Vision for Hull City Centre, so that we can further refine our proposals and ensure they meet the needs of communities across the city.

Here are some of the key things you told us back in March/April -

  • Community spirit, resilience, and potential: The most common sentiment from locals was pride in the city. People often praised communities and sense of togetherness along with the city’s resilience and history of enduring adversity. Many people also saw the city centre’s potential for redevelopment and wished for the city to be more confident in promoting its strengths.
  • Changing high streets: Lots of people saw an opportunity to improve the city’s shopping experience, with many saying that the city centre had become very spread out as multiple new developments had been added. Hull has a proud entrepreneurial spirit, and many people we heard wanted to see more support for the city’s small businesses, startups and makers.
  • City centre living: People across the city were keen to see more opportunities for living in the city centre. It was important to many people that this housing was not restricted to young professionals or luxury apartments, with requests for family and lower-income accommodation to also be included.
  • Climate change: There was recognition that Hull is well placed to become a leader in climate change resilience, both through the city centre’s own creative approaches to water-management, and its existing renewable energy companies and academic institutions.
  • Strong cultural scene: Hull’s cultural offering, including well-loved museums and events was often seen as one of the city’s biggest strengths. Although some people felt that more work could be done to capitalise on the legacy of the city’s 2017 City of Culture award, people had high praise for events like Freedom Festival and Humber Street Sesh, as well as the city’s many smaller cultural events.
  • Accessibility and transport: People were generally dissatisfied with public transport in the city. Although this was rarely because of poor services, some people did tell us they wanted to see more late-night bus and train services in the city. Many people said that Hull Paragon Interchange was unwelcoming and difficult to navigate, providing a poor gateway to the city.
  • Public spaces: While there is lots of support for the ongoing Queen’s Gardens improvements, many people told us that they want to see more green spaces, tree planting and children’s parks in the city. The fountains in Queen Victoria Square were often given as an example of creative use of public space that is well-used and supported by residents.
  • Early-evening economy: Hull’s city centre is very quiet between 5pm and 8pm on most weekdays. As well as negatively affecting businesses, this means that antisocial behaviour in the city centre is more noticeable during this time. We heard from many different groups that they had felt intimidated walking though the city centre during these hours, and people generally saw this as an area Hull could significantly improve.

View the results (Opens in a new window) of our first phase of engagement.

Have your say before 29 June 2025

To help shape the future of Hull City Centre, you can -

  • fill out our online questionnaire below
  • come along to one of our events

Events

Find out all about the City Centre Vision and what it means for Hull at our City Centre Vision Symposium, or come along to a drop-in and meet the project team:

Hull City Centre Vision Symposium

An afternoon of presentations and Q&A sessions with the City Centre Vision team. Find out all about the project, meet the team, and learn about some exciting new regeneration projects that will be starting soon.

Hull Guildhall, Ballroom, Thursday 19th June 2pm - 4pm

Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. Find out more and book your place (Opens in new window).

Public drop-in events

Hull Guildhall, Ballroom, Thursday 19th June, 4pm – 6pm

Hull Guildhall, Room C1, Friday 20th June, 10am – 3 30pm

Come along to ask any questions, share your thoughts and learn more about the project.

Can’t make it to the events? Send your questions to the project team and then complete the survey to tell us what you think -

Find out more about the City Centre Vision at hullvision.co.uk (Opens in a new window).

Read a summary of the City Centre Vision (Opens in a new window).

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Friday 23 May 2025

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Monday 30 June 2025

Hull City Centre vision

“Hull – Yorkshire’s Maritime City and the UK’s Green Energy Capital. A creative place to live, work and play”

This statement forms the basis of Hull’s vision for the future of our city centre. Driven by local priorities, we want to hear your thoughts on the Vision before it is finalised this summer.

We also want to hear from you about our seven vision drivers – core objectives for Hull City Centre that will underpin new developments in the city. Finally, find out about exciting new developments that might come forward in the next 5 years, and tell us which you think would make the biggest difference.

Background

Hull City Centre Vision will help guide investment and regeneration in the city centre for the next 20 years.

Building on the feedback we received in our first phase of public engagement in February, we are now ready to share the emerging City Centre Vision. We want to hear your thoughts on this bold Vision for Hull City Centre, so that we can further refine our proposals and ensure they meet the needs of communities across the city.

Here are some of the key things you told us back in March/April -

  • Community spirit, resilience, and potential: The most common sentiment from locals was pride in the city. People often praised communities and sense of togetherness along with the city’s resilience and history of enduring adversity. Many people also saw the city centre’s potential for redevelopment and wished for the city to be more confident in promoting its strengths.
  • Changing high streets: Lots of people saw an opportunity to improve the city’s shopping experience, with many saying that the city centre had become very spread out as multiple new developments had been added. Hull has a proud entrepreneurial spirit, and many people we heard wanted to see more support for the city’s small businesses, startups and makers.
  • City centre living: People across the city were keen to see more opportunities for living in the city centre. It was important to many people that this housing was not restricted to young professionals or luxury apartments, with requests for family and lower-income accommodation to also be included.
  • Climate change: There was recognition that Hull is well placed to become a leader in climate change resilience, both through the city centre’s own creative approaches to water-management, and its existing renewable energy companies and academic institutions.
  • Strong cultural scene: Hull’s cultural offering, including well-loved museums and events was often seen as one of the city’s biggest strengths. Although some people felt that more work could be done to capitalise on the legacy of the city’s 2017 City of Culture award, people had high praise for events like Freedom Festival and Humber Street Sesh, as well as the city’s many smaller cultural events.
  • Accessibility and transport: People were generally dissatisfied with public transport in the city. Although this was rarely because of poor services, some people did tell us they wanted to see more late-night bus and train services in the city. Many people said that Hull Paragon Interchange was unwelcoming and difficult to navigate, providing a poor gateway to the city.
  • Public spaces: While there is lots of support for the ongoing Queen’s Gardens improvements, many people told us that they want to see more green spaces, tree planting and children’s parks in the city. The fountains in Queen Victoria Square were often given as an example of creative use of public space that is well-used and supported by residents.
  • Early-evening economy: Hull’s city centre is very quiet between 5pm and 8pm on most weekdays. As well as negatively affecting businesses, this means that antisocial behaviour in the city centre is more noticeable during this time. We heard from many different groups that they had felt intimidated walking though the city centre during these hours, and people generally saw this as an area Hull could significantly improve.

View the results (Opens in a new window) of our first phase of engagement.

Have your say before 29 June 2025

To help shape the future of Hull City Centre, you can -

  • fill out our online questionnaire below
  • come along to one of our events

Events

Find out all about the City Centre Vision and what it means for Hull at our City Centre Vision Symposium, or come along to a drop-in and meet the project team:

Hull City Centre Vision Symposium

An afternoon of presentations and Q&A sessions with the City Centre Vision team. Find out all about the project, meet the team, and learn about some exciting new regeneration projects that will be starting soon.

Hull Guildhall, Ballroom, Thursday 19th June 2pm - 4pm

Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. Find out more and book your place (Opens in new window).

Public drop-in events

Hull Guildhall, Ballroom, Thursday 19th June, 4pm – 6pm

Hull Guildhall, Room C1, Friday 20th June, 10am – 3 30pm

Come along to ask any questions, share your thoughts and learn more about the project.

Can’t make it to the events? Send your questions to the project team and then complete the survey to tell us what you think -

Find out more about the City Centre Vision at hullvision.co.uk (Opens in a new window).

Read a summary of the City Centre Vision (Opens in a new window).

Open

Friday 23 May 2025

Closed

Monday 30 June 2025

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