Countless redevelopment and construction projects have been underway in Hull throughout 2024. As the city prepares to welcome in the new year, here’s a list of some of the most high profile projects either coming to an end or continuing into 2025.
Maritime Trail
Two parts of Hull’s waterfront will be getting facelifts in 2025. Princes Dock Street and Humber Dock Street are being transformed as a part of the city’s new Maritime Trail. The sites are expected to become both more accessible and more inviting parts of the city with a variety of seating options to be added to the streets. A new ‘linear’ park is to be introduced to make the area more green. The scheme also includes improvements to High Street, from Blackfriargate to Liberty Lane.
The project is set to be completed in the Autumn of 2025
An indicative view of Humber Dock Street looking north.
(Image: Hull City Council/LDA Design Consulting)
Burton Building
After being covered by scaffolding for almost two years, last month the iconic Burton Building in Hull city centre was uncovered to the public. The Grade II listed building is being restored to its former prestige in a £2.4 million development which has been part funded by grants from Historic England and funding from Hull City Council’s Levelling Up Fund allocation.
Whitefriargate, Kingston Upon Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 18 November, 2024. Pictured: Burtons redevelopment.
Jonathan Stubbs, development director at Wykeland, said: “As the project has progressed, we have had growing levels of interest from potential leisure and retail occupiers of the ground floor and basement accommodation, looking to make the most of this rare opportunity to move into a prime, regenerated city centre space.
“We expect that demand will further intensify now people can see the quality of the restoration we are carrying out.”
Maritime Museum
Maritime Museum, Hull
(Image: Donna Clifford/HullLive)
The residents of Hull have been patiently waiting for the reopening of the Maritime Museum for over half a decade and it would appear they will have to wait a bit longer yet. The reopening of the museum has been pushed back to early 2026 having been planned to open in late 2025 as “some areas required further action”, according to a Hull City Council spokesperson. Despite this, throughout 2025 the museum will get, and look, closer to completion.
Queen’s Gardens
Artist’s impression of a new-look memorial space at Queen’s Gardens, Hull
(Image: Hull City Council)
The redevelopment of Queen’s is set to be completed in 2025. The project, which started in 2022, is now expected to cost over £21 million, twice as much as original budgets implied. Once reopened, the garden will reintroduce some much needed green space to Hull city centre. The new and improved Queen’s Gardens will be home to 130 newly planted trees, with a further 323 tress being planted nearby. Hull City Council recently unveiled plans for a redesigned peace garden which will provide a space for people to remember those who died in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
A newly-designed peace garden is set to be introduced in Queen’s Gardens, Hull
(Image: Hull City Council)
South Blockhouse heritage site
The proposed new gateway entrance to the open-air visitor attraction at the South Blockhouse archaeological site
(Image: Hull City Council/The Manser Practice)
2025 could see a new interactive heritage attraction arrive in Hull. Plans to create an attraction on the site of the former Hull Castle were submitted to the council earlier in the year. If successful work could begin on the site in early 2025. Attractions would include, three large mesh structures representing key sections of the original Blockhouse, as well as brick paving and outlines depicting the footprint of the Blockhouse and original retaining wall of the citadel. The plans also suggest a three-dimensional model, app, and corresponding QR codes will provide additional multi-sensory visitor experience through virtual and augmented reality.
Albion Square development
An impression showing how the Albion Square development in Hull could look
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The Albion Square development is set to continue into 2025 ahead of its proposed completion date in 2026. The ambitious plans will change the face of a large part of Hull city centre, from King Edward Street to Albion Square, creating over 200 new homes and new retail space in the process. The Grade II listed Co-op Mosaic deigned by Alan Boyson will be preserved and kept on display, overlooking Jameson Street and beyond.
A63 Castle Street upgrade
Until recently, the A63 works were set to be completed in 2025, five years after the £355m project began. However, National Highways have now announced the works will not be completed until Spring 2026 due to ‘unexpected conditions’. Having been originally approved by the then Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, the project seeks to address the congestion in one of Hull’s busiest roads by creating a split level junction.
An artist impression of how Castle Street will look once complete
A series of overnight closures are currently in place from Daltry Street to Roger Millward Way. These will last until the end of January, with a break over the Christmas and New Year period.
National Highways project manager Michael Upshon said: “We would strongly advise people travelling in the area during overnight closures to plan ahead, allowing extra time for their journeys and to follow the signposted diversions.”
North End Shipyard
The works on North End Shipyard are set to be completed in 2025. Following its restoration, the Arctic Corsair will be at the centre of a new educational attraction which is expected to open early next year.
How the new visitor centre at the North End Shipyard’s dry-dock will look
(Image: Hull City Council)
The legendary vessel will be a permanent fixture in the dry dock. The site will also have a two-storey visitor centre.
The leader of Hull City Council, Cllr Mike Ross said: “The North End Shipyard is steeped in shipbuilding history along the River Hull and will be revived as part of the plans to become the new home for the restored Arctic Corsair.”
Spurn Lightship
The Spurn Lightship is set to reopen to visitors in spring 2025. Having been built in Goole in 1927, the ship helped guide vessles in and out of the Humber Estuary. The 100ft long ship was bought by Hull City Council in 1983 after being decommissioned and now sits in Hull Marina as a floating museum. In 2021 the Lightship was moved to a private shipyard to be restored before returning to the marina in 2023 where the finishing touches are being made before it reopens to the public.
The Spurn Lightship is back in the Hull Marina
(Image: Neil Holmes Photography on behalf of Hull City Council)
Five Guys
Hull is set to receive its first Five Guys in early 2025. The famous American fast food chain is opening its first Hull site at Kingswood Leisure Park, with the opening date set to be in February 2025. The fast food company recently submitted a licensing application to Hull City Council revealing its requested opening times and its intention to sell alcohol.
Progress of Five Guys on Kingswood, Hull
(Image: Donna Clifford/HullLive)
Five Guys will be occupying a brand new building in Kingswood, joining other fast food restaurants such as KFC, Domino’s, Pizza Hut, and Dunkin’.
Pasco’s
Popular East Yorkshire restaurant chain, Pasco’s Italian seems set to make its return to Hull. Following the closure of the Pasco’s at St Andrew’s Quay, the chain will soon open their newest restaurant in King Willian House, Lowgate following the submission of a licensing application to Hull City Council. Pasco’s currently has three other restaurants, all of which are in East Yorkshire. They have two in Beverley and one in Cottingham.
Pasco’s is ‘coming soon’ to Hull
(Image: Harry Ingham)
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