Hull Minster
ENTRY
Free
SETTING
Indoors
WHERE
Hull
What it’s like
Free wander round 700 years of history in a working church, with tower tours for older kids and a café for afterwards.
There's no ticket to buy here, which makes it an easy one to add to a day in Hull without any planning. You walk in and explore the building itself, a working church with 700 years of history behind it, and there's space to just look up at the architecture without anyone chivvying you along.
Tower tours are the bit worth saving for the older kids, though they're set at age 10 and over, so this isn't one for the buggy years unless you're happy for the grown-ups to take turns while someone waits below with the little one. Younger children will get more from wandering the main building itself than from any hands-on activity, since what's on offer here leans toward looking and learning rather than doing. Education workshops on heraldry and identity run too, which sound like the kind of thing a school group would get more structure from than a casual visit.
Opening hours are shorter than you might expect: weekdays and Saturday it's open 10am to 4pm, but Sunday mornings are just 9am to midday, so plan around that if a Sunday visit is the only option. The one downside worth knowing is that access can be restricted during services or events, so a lucky-dip visit might land on a day when parts of the building are off limits. Tuesdays are apparently the exception, with what they describe as free run of the building.
The café serves home made, locally sourced food and is open weekday mornings into early afternoon, closing an hour before the building itself does. Parking is metered on the north side at £2 an hour, or £5 if you're staying overnight, and there's disabled parking on South Church Side. It's a fifteen minute walk from Hull Paragon Station if you're coming by train.
Facilities
Need to know
- Best for
- School-age kids; tower tours need age 10 or over
- Parking
- North side car park: £2/h 8am-6pm, £5 overnight
- Food
- One café serving locally sourced, home made food
- Getting there by bus or train
- Hull Paragon Station (train/bus) 10-15 min walk
- Sunday hours are much shorter, 9am to midday only
- Tower tours are for ages 10 and over
- The café closes an hour before the building does
- It's a 10-15 minute walk from Hull Paragon Station
Plan your visit
How much does it cost?
Entry is free.
Do we need to book?
No booking is mentioned, so you can turn up during opening hours.
Is it suitable for a toddler?
There's plenty of building to wander and look at, but the tower tours are for ages 10 and up, so younger children are better off with the general explore than the tower.
What about food?
There's one café on site doing home made, locally sourced food, open weekday mornings until 3pm. Table reservations aren't needed unless you're a larger group, in which case you can email ahead.
Is there parking nearby?
There's a car park on the north side at £2 an hour, or £5 overnight, plus on-street metered parking and disabled spaces on South Church Side.
Will everything be open when we visit?
Access can be restricted during services or events, so parts of the building might be closed off on some days. Tuesdays are described as giving visitors free run of the building.
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