Hull Fair

Hull Fair, the largest travelling fair in Europe. If you haven’t been then you don’t know what you’re missing. People from around the world have been known to come to Hull to visit this wonderful eight-day event. Traditionally one of the eight days has to fall on the 16th of October every year, why I don’t know. You can see the lights of the fair for miles and you can just make out the top of the big wheel. The fair is situated on Walton Street, just off Anlaby road, at one end and Spring Bank at the other. If you like a lot of noise and don’t mind been crammed in a crowd full of people then you'll think its great. Walton Street its self ...  Read the complete review

Hull Fair rocks. Probably not if you’re not from Hull, or not from near Hull, or if you don’t live in, or anywhere near Hull, or neither if you’re from Nottingham* because you just wouldn’t understand what Hull Fair’s like to the Hull people, probably. It’s the highlight of the year – October comes, and a travelling fair appears on Walton Street. But only for about eight days, and these eight days are going to be the last eight days of Hull Fair. I mean, not really, because it’s only moving across the City to East Park, from West Park. Walton Street is sort of in West Park, one of the parks in Hull. The Railway track ...  Read the complete review