Showing 1–9 of 9 free attractions in Hull
Parks and PlaygroundsEast Park
MuseumsStreetlife - Hull Museum of Transport
MuseumsHull and East Riding Museum
Indoor PlayFunstation Hull
BeachesTunstall Beach
SightseeingSeven Seas Fish Trail
Activity CentresAdventure Play town
Parks and PlaygroundsYorkshire Wolds Way National Trail
BeachesSpurn Head Beach
Free Family Days Out in Hull
Hull's nine free entries are more mixed than most: four indoor, five outdoor, and no single category dominating. Streetlife - Hull Museum of Transport and Hull and East Riding Museum are the museum end. Adventure Play town and Funstation Hull are play venues. East Park and Tunstall Beach cover the open air, and Seven Seas Fish Trail is a walk around the city rather than a place you arrive at. The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail is here too, which is a different scale of undertaking entirely.
The variety is the point in Hull. Rather than a category of day out, this reads as a set of unrelated options, so choose by what your children are actually like rather than by what the weather is doing.
Free days out in Hull: FAQs
What is a fish trail and is it worth doing?
Seven Seas Fish Trail is a marked route through the city rather than a venue, and it works on the same principle as a scavenger hunt: the walking is the boring part and the finding is the reward. That makes it a decent way to get a reluctant walker around a city centre. It also means there is no building to shelter in, so it is an option for a dry day and a poor one otherwise.
Is the National Trail realistic with children?
Not as a whole, and nobody sensible attempts it that way. The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail is a long-distance route and the family version is picking a short section with a car at each end, or walking out for as long as everyone is enjoying it and turning back. Treated like that it is a good free day. Treated as a destination to complete, it is a mistake with anyone under about twelve.
How do the play venues differ from the parks?
A play venue has staff, opening hours and usually a booking system, while a park is simply open. That difference matters more than the indoor and outdoor labels, because it determines whether you can turn up on a whim. East Park you can walk into. Anything run as a session needs its times checking first, and school holidays change those times more often than any listing can keep up with.