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I have lived in Hull on and off for the last 64 years. Having these gaps, meant on my return, I could see the changes taking place. If you go to any city, you will see sights like what you have recorded/documented......the graffiti, broken walls, litter etc. If the "estates" are that dangerous in Hull you must have been brave to have walked through them with recording equipment.......it's not just Hull, the country is ripped apart and morale is generally low. The demise of the fishing industry was not caused by the EU or EEC. It was due to ICELAND increasing it's fishing boundaries to 200 miles back in the 1970's. it became known as "The Cod War" as gunships from both countries clashed, and tensions between the countries escalated. Britain submitted to Iceland's new ruling, thus bringing the end of the fishing industry in Hull and all the employment associated with it.......thousands of people. St Andrews Quay is not a housed community, it's a shopping area. At the eastern end of the of the dock are some of the old buildings associated with the fishing industry, which are now derelict, including the Lord Line building. There have been rumours and speculation of what will happen to these buildings, but as yet, they still remain as monuments to something which was once a thriving, busy place, which the unique community of Hessle Road was created.....and dismantled. Hull people are resilient, always have been, and with new developments currently and forthcoming, it will rise as fantastic place to live.......economically and culturally. Watch this space...

I moved to Hull in 2020 to be near family. Granted, we live in a nice area near East Park but everyone here seems lovely. I’ve walked through a lot of Hull and everyone seems fine.

I grew up on Orchard park and qualified as a barrister when I was 23. If you want to do well, you can

I moved from Bromley Kent to Hull a few months ago. I prefer Hull personally, there are far more nice things than bad as far as I've seen. I wished I'd moved here sooner. I don't think anyone living in or around London, even in affluent areas, could ever feel unsafe in Hull to be honest. There's far less crime here. People are very friendly. I think this video is a bit misleading to be honest, but that's my opinion.

Before the fishing industry collapsed, Hessle Road was a bustling community full of salt of the earth people. My grandmother lived on Davidstow Close Bransholme. Born and bred in Hull, I used to live in Hessle which is on the outskirts of Hull but left the city of Hull in 2002 for work opportunities and then finally left the UK in 2007 for fields anew. I don't recognise my hometown any more. Such a shame.

I've lived in Hull my whole life with a few short spells elsewhere in the country and can honestly say that Orchard Park is the only place I never feel safe, even in daylight. The last time I ventured out to the Lord Line building with the camera, my mate and I had to step in to help a couple of teens who were on the verge of being mugged there and there's evidence of drug use there that you don't even need to look that closely to find. The group who manage that site need to step up and either develop/restore it or tear it down. It's been almost 50 years since operations from the main building were moved to Albert Docks and it'll likely take for someone to be killed there for anything to happen to the site. Great video mate.

born in the Sculcoats (slum clearance) area 1966 raised on orchard park (and loved it back in the 70s) sadly hull was in decline throughout those years after loosing the fishing/related industry , the government paid skippers/owners to scrap their ships leaving the waters we still had to the French/Spanish trawlers in exchange for city of London (jobs for the boys) when we joined the EEC . an interesting fact many people don't know is that the jobs ratio, for every Hull man that went to sea fishing 14 shore jobs were created , this crippled hull economically as the city was still rebuilding post war having been the most bombed city outside London losing 85% of its housing stock .

Hull’s not even in the top 40 worst places to live anymore it’s at number 48 it won’t even be in top 50 next year

Lol, just saw my old house on the bransholme part. Tbf, after living on bransholme for several years, it was nothing compared to living off holderness road where I saw waaaay more issues. Unfortunately we've gone through a period where basic public services have been stripped to the bone and social issues are increasing as a result. There are no savings to be made when cutting public services, as the consequences will cost further down the line in other ways. We have practically zero mental health services which has left people to essentially white knuckle their way through life where sadly self-medication is commonplace. This city has not been 'levelled up'.

Kind of surprised greatfield and preston road wasn't mentioned. In the comments btw, i would be concious that there's an east and west hull divide. So the west will say how bad the east is for example and the east will often defend themselves saying it's not so bad. I've lived in both while ive lived in hull and i do think that's true. But still, the rivalry still exists somehow. I've seen fights break out at parties about this topic between west and east hull people. Both have their fair share of issues

I was born & raised in Hull & lived on Orchard Park when I was a child, unfortunately it has become dilapidated overtime, this is due to numerous factors such as funding for the council, it was all consolidated as one which was Humberside county council in the 70's which consisted of east riding & Lincolnshire etc, then was split into four in 1996, since then it has been on a decline, also Hull was a former fishing town which declined overtime, placing a lot of people unemployed & constantly looking for work. I noticed more so when the Tories had taken leadership back in 2010, they chose austerity over investment & people chose finance over industry, investing into the youth is investing into the future, unfortunately you will not see this been done by modern politicians as doing so you will not see the results for at least 10 to 15 years. its all about them & now lining there pockets. this is the score now, all I can say is stay focused good health=wealth, I've been around the world met a lot of cool smart people they have come to visit me in the UK & to Hull & they loved it here.

I lived on and around the avenues in Hull, including Newland. The student area I found vibrant and non violent. I never ventured into the estates. Why would you? Hull marina and Riverside lovely in summer. Paris of the north!

Youths often say they have nothing to do in areas such as this but then smash up or wreck the new facilities that are built for them. So why pour money into any more new ''initiatives''?

I've lived all over the world and I've not found anyone more decent and honest than the people of hull it's a great place to live

Come to Tottenham and Hackney in London and these areas in Hull will seem like poor but lovely communities.

Greed of those at the top of the food chain, they choose not to put any effort into changing these areas, you have to have employment, affordable housing, social hubs, councils always saying they are short of cash, council leaders on 150,000 a year, going on trips abroad, to be twinned with some other shit hole, they waste, and abuse their positions, and leave the areas you have shown to wither, and die, because they don't give a dam, they live in the suburbs

I know Hull and I'm pleased the city is being transformed. Some of the huge city centre bombs sites from World War 2 are about to be built on - the enormous one south of Albion Street and west of Bond Street is FINALLY being redeveloped, it's about twice the size of a football pitch, maybe 3 times as big, and it's taken EIGHTY YEARS for them to get round to building on it! The eastern side of Bond Street comprises that brutalist structure which is topped off with the huge K2 Tower, Hull's tallest building after the hospital - that is also built on a huge bomb site. For those unaware, Hull was the most bombed city in Britain after London in WW2. But I digress: on the subject of Hull's most deprived places, this is an interesting video. Had you made it 3 or 4 years ago you'd have had different results: the Preston Road Estate, before it was recently cleared and rebuilt, contained what was described as 'Hull's most deprived street' - St John's Grove. I remember a battered womens refuge on that street, evidence of large household items having been set alight and burnt out on the grass adjacent to the road, and a definite feeling of how the place was only safe in the daytime. I believe Tony Blair visited the estate when Prime Minister, it was described as one of the most deprived in the whole country. Go there now and see all the new streets of houses and you'll be impressed. East of there is the Greatfield Estate, referred to as just "Greatfield" by the locals. This is a deprived area and somewhere else I'd avoid at night from stories I've read. I thought it would appear on your list but it's not even in the top five. Greatfield is the city limits, it's bordered by the narrow Old Fleet river to the east, and then there's huge areas of open fields out to Hedon.

Absolutely fascinating video as always, wow, you've got some bottle wandering around these places, even in the day time 😊.

I was thinking of relocating to Hull because of the cheaper house prices compared to down south, but I think I will look elsewhere now having seen this video haha

Hull city centre is quite impressive with millions spent over recent years and has a changed perception. Then this reality bomb looking in every direction from the centre lets you know just how rough Hull is and always has been.

The two biggest causes of problems in Hull are 1) lack of good jobs. Full time workers on a decent wage have something to lose. 2) demographic changes. I'll get shit for this but twenty years ago hull was overwhelmingly white, in the last fifteen years the black and Muslim population has skyrocketed and it shows.

A city badly bombed during WW2 which received little help from the post war government (Labour) to rebuild, lost one of its main industries through the cod wars in the 70s almost overnight after the government (Labour) surrendered, decades of almost exclusively solid Labour councils have driven industry and commerce out of the city. And they still blindly vote Labour.

I work all over the uk and all I’ll say is it’s always nice to come back home to hull. Love the city and would never consider living anywhere else. And trust me I’ve been pretty much everywhere

I left the U.K. 43 years ago and have never been back . I had no idea that its like this ! Parts of South Africa though to be honest are a 1000 times worse but not where I live !

Your videos are true and always interesting, well done and stay safe.

You couldnt have got the old shipping yard more wrong that isn't a meeting place for drug users or dealers at all might find the odd drone fanatic and urban explorer hanging round there but thats about it i think its even a protected building beauty is in the eye of the beholder

That McDonald’s is not on Hessle road. Also the high rises are on anlaby road at the town centre end. Hessle road has no high rises.

I’m from London but lived in orchard park for a few years. Its not that bad near the university and most crime is petty stuff. I found most of the locals OK.

I played football a few times on Bransholme as a kid, one time we all had our clothes and footwear stolen from the changing rooms, another we had to be escorted out of the car park as local lads and lasses tried to attack us.😃

You missed the west side of Hull, between Anlaby Road & Hessle road. Which was the last place I lived before leaving in 2009. The sad fact is that the whole of the UK is going to end up like Hull, due to how the Government are handling thngs.

Crimes happen everywhere, nothing to gain by dramatising things, Hessle Road isn't a patch on what's described here, although the Bransholme description was pretty much spot on.

Greenwood Ave library in the 1960's was a wonderful place to read books - so sad to see it nowadays.

It had a bustling fishing industry until the EU took it away

Some of your footage of Orchard Park is actually on North Hull estate - not the same area

Ronnie pickering is one of the more famous residents of Bransholme.

how can you class St Andrews quay as an estate? No-one lives there or ever has I don't think. It was a dock. As for Hessle rd...Hardly anyone in hull classes that as Hessle rd. The Bransholme part, you just found a few shitty areas out of a huge housing estate. You didn't even scratch the surface on that one

Lived on boulevard/hessle road until I was 16, but have lived on bransholme ever since. 33 now and can confirm they can seem rough to outsiders but it definitely depends on your social standing. Basically, dont look for trouble, because you'll find it. Otherwise its as friendly as anywhere else.

I lived on the Boulevard in the mid to late 70's. It was a friendly and safe place back then (from my experience)

I live in Hull and it's not bad at all. The only problem are them dog walkers/ irresponsible dog owners not picking up their pets poo. Especially in Autumn 🍁 you won't want walking on pavements where poo is covered with leaves.

I am Hull born and bred. Those place especially Orchard park are rough estates. You didn't cover Longhill surprisingly. Most city's in England have a council Estates those are ours. We have nice area's too east park is one of the biggest parks in Yorkshire

I was a student in Hull during the mid 90's. I never experienced any trouble (perhaps I was lucky). I got to know many of the folk of Hull through music and they were all welcoming and generous to me despite being a student and a southerner. We were warned by the Uni not to go to certain areas after dark and did keep to the city mostly.

you always know its bad when you see old appliances beds and couches dumped outside

Born and raised in hull by two Scottish parents I’ve never been beaten (to a extreme degree)

I wouldn't say that Newland is more dangerous than anywhere else. Newland avenue itself its a quite lively area with lots of pubs. I live in this area or surrounding for 19 years. Exaggerated video

These places don't even come close to the dirt & squalor of the "diverse" areas explored in these videos.

I’m born n raised in hull, left at 17 years old I’m now 43 and have never been back there since😂🎉🎉🎉

Stop dropping litter, fly tipping and dumping stuff in your garden. Animals.

My sister is a social worker and sometimes she is given a police escort to some of estates in Hull

I remember reading that Greatfield, in the eastern suburbs, had two residents who went on to become very famous - in one respect or another. One was the man who ended up playing lead guitar in David Bowie's band, and the other was an 'adult movie star' - I think you'll all know what I mean by that. She made literally hundreds of 'adult' movies and even featured in the official brochure promoting Hull as the 'City Of Culture' not so long ago. That itself got huge media coverage, many tabloid newspapers ran stories about just that. I remember one, it was either in The Sun or The Mirror, where they did a half-page feature which had a photo of her superimposed on the bridge that runs from Hessle to Barton. The article was headlined 'The Humper Bridge!' 😂

I was born and lived in Hull for most of my life. The city has some of the most genuine people you'll ever meet, you can talk to anyone anywhere in Hull and they'll give you their time of day. Hull is just another example of a city that was let down by their government. Thatcher was the start of our downfall, like it was for most other Northern cities. We had the biggest fishing and import dock in the whole of the UK. My Grandad was a proud docker and as I was growing up he would tell me stories of the glory days and how he loved his job. I moved to the US in 2016 and haven't been back since and I feel depressed to see what's happened to the city in just the 8 years I've been gone.

7:18 People can book for the council to take up to 5 bulky items away for free a year (in one go, per household), otherwise there's a fee if it's over 5 or within that 12 months. Had you gone back a day later, most or all would've been gone. There are many cases where people leave a few old armchairs out, having booked the free disposal, then people just come and lift them anyway! Nowt the council can do about that. I quite like Sculcoates, it's actually really quiet the closer to the river you are.

3:33 somewhere nice for the kiddies to play. There's even a garden bench for mum and dad to sit on and keep an eye on the furniture they've thrown out. You wouldn't want anyone nicking it.

I have lived in Hull over the years, and can make comparisons. I lived in west Hull where some areas have become run down. Without doubt the OPE was always the worst, but underwent a massive refurbishment which cosmetically improved the area. Bransholme was notorious for crime and still is. They began building Bransholme in the very late 60s and many refugees (a lot of it was knocked down) from the Hessle road area moved in, bringing that culture and customs with them, especially people from the fishing industry who worked hard and were used to living near the docks . But if you look at the country as a whole ? there is a general degradation spreading everywhere, even places like Torquay, once the Riviera of southern England. So looking again ? perhaps Hull isn't that bad ?

St Andrews quay is very very business orientated hassle road was the backbone of hull in its hayday

I grow up on Ings Road, Hull back in the 70s was great, good place to shop. I moved away when l joined the WRAF moved back when l left but it had changed. I now live in norfolk fantastic place to live l would never go back to live in Hull now it's really gone down hill.

Went to Hull recently. Gave me Chernobyl vibes.

Hull is no different to any other city, in fact there's worse, look at London's knife crime and constant looting in big stores like jd as an example...and i bet more crime doesn't get reported as it will be simply swept under the carpet as not to give it bad press as it's the nations capital....hull gets a lot of lazy press by so called celebs who've either just jumped on the bandwagon of criticism of the city, or never even been....but probably more than happy to come and take the locals money when on a arena tour.

Yes I live here nd I've often wondered what happened to Hull

Orchard park is the worst, it got so many naughty kids and busses stopped going down there because kids threw eggs at busses

you didn't actually show Hessle Road, or the Boulevard..

When were these videos taken ? I thought these estates had been regenerated. Did you see any signs of regeneration ?

Grew up orchard park..was amazing place to grow up❤😊

I'm confused at number 1... You mean Hessle Road I'm guessing because St Andrews Quay isn't a crime hotspot any time I've been there. It's literally just a retail park and the river. Walk down Hessle Road (10 mins walk away) on a night any time in the past three decades though and it will be an eye opener 🤣

Hi got few names wrong on the video ur showing sculcoats is bev road and spring bank area lol bev road leeds to orchrard Park

I was brought up in Hull but thankfully moved away many years ago. There are a lot of council houses now far more than when we lived there and from your film they all appear to have the same problems.

The kids were playing Pooh sticks with real Poo was the reply when I asked the park keeper what had happened to the East Park lido when I returned to Hull after many years away. We lived on Victor Street and were moved to Bransholme The maisonettes were the most horried thing on Bransholme back then.

A long standing criminology finding is that the people who commit the most street crime in society are individuals who tick the most amount of these boxes, the more ticked the more likely to be involved in crime: Male Under 25 Living in social housing Black or mixed race with Afro Caribbean background From single parent household So, you can see the logic that these areas will often tick 4 out of these 5 boxes

There are listed buildings in saint andrews Quay that have been left to rot.

I do not live in Hull but live on the coast at Withernsea where it is neccessary to drive through it to go most places South or West also we visit quite a lot having moved here from the Portsmouth Southampton area 9 years ago those two cities also have there share of rough areas and ihave come to the conclusion after 75 years on this earth that many people are nothing but animals by nature infact worse in many cases and have no idea how to bring up kids , Vandalism and rubbish largely created by people in their own areas is rife no matter what new facilitys that are provided many just go out of there way to wreck it , its funny really we have had 75 years plus of the welfare state it makes you wonder if people are as badly off as in victorian times , i dont think so but their general behaviour seems far worse.

I live in Essex, i thought i lived in a shitty area until i see this.

OPE is the No.1 hovel by far. Also your average houses prices are a mile out 143K for a house on Bransholme no chance! more like 90k. Newland should not have been include, go and look at gypsville next time.

Birmingham and Manchester have places like this both cities and run down full of rif raf locals and no investment areas are all full of poverty and drugs issues and low unemployment in Birmingham most live on the social.

Is it possible to do a video of Mansfield?

I'm not sure which area of Hull it was but my friend's mum used to live there and had to leave as she suffered so much racist abuse. Moved to Leeds to be with her sons and they prefer it there now.

City of culture though😢.

Basically over the labour council decades they turned east Hull into a huge council estate made up with a conurbation of many estates. The largest is Bransholme which is now a place of depravity. Orchard Park estate is a drug dealers paradise and a no go area. The so called Ghost estate on Preston rd in east Hull is a haven for night time disruption scheduled to be demolished but when is the question. Orchard Park estate another failed housing project. I was born and grew up in Hull. Fortunately I managed to escape. I still visit family there who advise things have become worse as industry left to relocate further South.

Spent one year living and working in Hull before moving onto Beverley

Rather sad,I recall hull was the where William Wilberforce was born and the pop singer David Whitfield tenor voice was born and brought up.

Gang that lives in hill

Spring Bank and Hessle Road are worse than all of these areas. I wouldn't walk down either at night, but I would Orchard Park, Bransholme etc.

I used to live on orchard Park never was like this I've been on there recently isn't like that at all

I lived in Bransholme for a few years. It was absolutely fine. The odd twocker on a pinched motorbike flying down wawne rd and Ronnie Pickering getting angry but apart from that- all good

I live in "Newland South" as its not called in anything but council and police reports and it's just an average residential area. I wonder if some of the crime rate is skewed by the dodgy businesses nearby (Sculcoates etc) that have indeed been involved in people trafficking. We did also have a notorious murderer lving here which is pretty terrifying and the violent crime rate has gone up since that case. But it's not at all scary to live here. I work on North Bransholme and obviously thr deprivation brings its own issues but most people you meet are lovely and happy to help each other. I did notice a huge increase in graffiti in your video in places I'm not used to seeing it, is this a national thing? Dont think thr paint on walls is in itself so bad, it's maybe an indicator that people don't care about their area/ linked to anti social behavour...

What about spring Bank, not one mention of spring Bank are you totally blind,

I went to college at OPE used to drink at Arctic Ranger and Ramp. Really sad to see just how shitty it is around Newland. I spent a lot of my 20s around Newland and the avenues. Saw it slipping such a shame, lovely little cost houses off thorse avenues. Bev Rd is really bad now as well Sad to see that quayside area looking so shitty. Why do t they just demolish thorse buildings.? Hessle Rd as we all was the epicenter of everything that her is brilliant about British commerce but hey ..

I like your videos

Ive just got on an orchard park bus and a local guy got off and offered his day rider pass to a Nigerian guy and then to me , which shows how our community look after one another during tough times. Fortunately I have a concessionary travel card. Put this on your video , before being too quick to diss the Hullensians.

I feel deprived living here 😂

Newland Ave is also the epicentre of nightlife, trendy spots, good drinking holes, as such theres the odd bit of late night weekend fun, like any town, the Avenues is generally a beautiful area so a bit off the mark there. Bransholme was a purposeful attempt at separating the 'undesriablez' from the rest of the city. In the 70s and 80s, many times when there was a riot in Ireland, Bransholme was lit up. At that time a 5th of all renters wete over a year in arrears. Cops deffo didnt go in ir they could help it... Its ...better now...Bransholme stood alone, they dudnt get pushed arouns by anyone, their football hool crowd was a big unit in the 80s

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It looks quite nice compared to estates in London

The shopping centre looked alright

For a person who's lived in hull most of my life i mean it's quite dull but there is always beef in public somewhere like last month you had some guy run over a woman on a mobility scooter near a school bus😊

Where do the Hull city councillors live? Any of these areas?

Grew up in ‘ull. Luved it. ad a grate edukatian.

All I see in this video are graffiti and abandoned sofas. Nothing scary.

I've seen worse in London.

I lived on Orchard Park for nearly 30 years and, it is nowhere near as bad as you are making it out so, GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT.

Terrible City, I worked there for 2 years, hated every minute.