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brick pavement leading along Posterngate.

7 PLAICE A FLAT FISH WITH BOTH EYES AT

ONE SIDE OF THE BODY. Four plaice in the market place

carved in York Stone. 8 MACKEREL

CAUGHT IN ABUNDANCE IN THE COLD SEAS NORTH OF THE SHETLAND ISLES. Swimming around the back of Holy Trinity Church. Close to the Mackerel is the gilded statue of King William III, (‘King Billy’).

9 DOGFISH THE COMMON NAME FOR SOME

SPECIES OF SMALL SHARK.10 CATFISH THREE PAIRS OF BARBELS GIVE

THEM THEIR BE-WHISKERED APPEARANCE. The dogfish is beaten lead with the catfish etched in Elland Edge Flag Rock alongside 9 - Catfish.

11 STARFISH A STIFF BODIED FISH USUALLY WITH FIVE ARMS. Carved in natural boulder together with 12 and 13 located at the corner of Castle Street and Humber Dock Street.

12 MUSSEL ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN

MOLLUSCS. 13 WARTY DORIS A DEEP BODIED DARK-BROWNISH

FISH. 14 SWORDFISH RECOGNISED BY A SWORD-LIKE

UPPER JAW MEASURING UP TO ONE THIRD OF ITS TOTAL LENGTH.Carved in Cornish slate near the junction of Minverva Terrace and Humber Dock Street.

15 QUID AN ELONGATED SMALL OFFSHORE

RELATIVE OF THE SALMON FAMILY.

1 ANCHOVY A SMALL BONY FISH COMMONLY

FOUND OFF THE COAST OF PERU. 36 CHROMED BRONZES. The trail begins with a school of anchovies outside the City Hall.

2 LOBSTER A CRUSTACEAN CHARACTERISED BY

AN ENLARGED PAIR OF PINCERS. Eight lobsters cut into Cornish

slate. Positioned near to Princes Quay Entrance KCRS Store.

3 COD A WELL-KNOWN SOURCE OF FOOD

AND FISH OIL PRODUCTS. Cast in bronze and chrome set into Carrara marble, close to the Beverley Gate.

4 X RAY FISH A POPULAR AQUARIUM FISH KNOWN

FOR ITS TRANSPARENT BODY. A shoal of tiny x-ray fish etched onto glass above the Beverley Gate.

5 FLYING FISH SO-CALLED BECAUSE OF THEIR

ABILITY TO PROPEL THEMSELVES THROUGH THE AIR. Two set in low relief panels of York Stone at the offices of Cityworks.

6 HERRING A FAMILY OF ALMOST 200 SPECIES

WHICH INCLUDES THE PILCHARD AND SARDINE. Cut into the red

Carved in Hopton Wood Stone along Minerva Terrace together with 16 and 17.

16 VIVIPAROUS BLENNY FOUND IN ABUNDANCE, USUALLY

IN ROCKY SHORES. 17 YAWLING FOUND IN TROPICAL AND

SUBTROPICAL WATERS OF THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION.

18 HADDOCK A WELL-KNOWN FOOD SOURCE BELONGING TO THE COD FAMILY.

Carved in Black Belgian Marble. Located between Minverva Terrance and Henry Vernone Court.

19 UMBER ALSO KNOWN AS THE GRAYLING, A

FRESHWATER GAME FISH OF THE SALMON FAMILY. Branded into the timbers of the Victoria Pier.

20 RAY A BROAD, FLAT BODIED FISH, LARGER SPECIES GROWING UP TO 20 FEET. Hand carved in Staffordshire Blue Bricks, a 10ft Ray overlooks the Victoria Pier.

21 TURBOT A FISH DELICACY, THE TURBOT

LIES ON ITS RIGHT SIDE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA; WITH ITS EYES BOTH LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE. Carved in granite, appropriately lying outside a fish restaurant in Nelson Street.

22 NAUCRATES DUCTOR SOMETIME CALLED A PILOT FISH,

A SCAVENGER THAT ACCOMPANIES SHARKS. Elland Edge Flag Rock, inset with linseed oil and carbon. Appears outside double doors of Pilotage Offices.

23 GARFISH A LONG SLIM FISH WITH

POINTED BEAK-LIKE JAWS, WHICH BEAR NUMEROUS

SHARP TEETH. Carved in Cumbrian Green Slate

outside Nelson Court. 24 ICEFISH SO CALLED BECAUSE ITS BLOOD

LACKS HAEMOGLOBIN MAKING IT APPEAR PALE AND WHITISH IN COLOUR. Carved in Carrara Marble beside a large anchor on the River Hull boardwalk.

25 EEL ALMOST 600 SPECIES OF EEL

MEASURE FROM LESS THAN 3FT UP AN ASTOUNDING 9FT LONG, THE LARGEST BEING THE CONGER EEL.

14 cut steel Eels are set in the River Hull boardwalk.

26 SALMON A MIGRATORY FISH, WHICH

RETURNS TO THE SAME BREEDING GROUNDS AS ITS ANCESTORS. Cut from reclaimed steel and resited in 2016 to the east bank of the River Hull after the installation of Scale Lane Bridge.

27 CRAB AN EDIBLE CRUSTACEAN THAT IS

ABLE TO BURROW, RUN AND WALK SIDEWAYS AS WELL AS SWIM. Moulded brick outside the Sailmakers Arms.

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28 SHRIMP A CRUSTACEAN BELONGING TO

THE SAME FAMILY AS THE PRAWN THAT RANGES IN SIZE FROM JUST MILLIMETRES IN LENGTH UP TO 8CM. Set in polished slate from the Lake District beside 167 High Street.

29 WHITEBAIT USUALLY THE YOUNG OF THE

HERRING AND THE SPRAT. Imprinted into Ketley Bricks around the corner of George Yard and High Street.

30 ELECTRIC EEL SO CALLED BECAUSE IT STUNS

ITS PREY WITH AN ELECTRIC VOLT. Carved in Derbyshire Grit Stone appropriately located beside the electric sub station in Alfred Gelder Street.

31 SEA TROUT A MEMBER OF THE SALMON FAMILY,

THEY ENTER THE RIVERS FROM THE SEA TO BREED. Carved in York Stone further along Alfred Gelder Street.

32 LUMPSUCKER A SLUG-LIKE MARINE FISH WHICH

SPENDS MOST OF ITS TIME CLINGING TO ROCKS AND SEAWEED. Carved in York Stone on the corner of Alfred Gelder Street.

33 JOHN DORY FOUND IN THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS, CAN WEIGH UP TO 8KG. Made of Orton Scar Stone inlaid with black enamel located underneath the Tower of St Mary’s Church.

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Kingston Retail Park

Hepworth Arcade & Indoor Market

Hull TruckTheatre

Hull Arena

Odeon Cinema

Hull Marina

QueensGardens

FRUIT MARKET

Humber Street Gallery

OLD TOWN

The Deep

RiverHull

River Humber

HullMinster

The Guildhall

Maritime Museum

Hull City Hall

Hull College Of HE

Napoleons Casino Burton

Constable Hall

(20 minutes drive)

University of Hull:• Middleton Hall • The Gulbelkian• Art Collection(8 minutes drive)

Adelphi(8 minutes drive)

43 Gate Number 5 (5 minutes drive)4440

Welly(5 minutes drive)

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Ground(2 minutes walk)

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Police

KCOM Stadium(5 minutes drive)

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Artlink (5 minutes drive)

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Polar Bear (2 minutes drive)

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Trampoline Park

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Ferens Gallery

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34 BRILL FOUND CLOSE INSHORE,

USUALLY ON SANDY BOTTOMS BUT SOMETIMES ON MUD OR GRAVEL. Carved in York Stone further along Lowgate.

35 GURNARD OR SEA ROBIN MAKES GRUNTING NOISES TO

COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER FISH. Carved in Lazenby Red Stone

at the entrance to Exchange Court.

36 SQUID A CARNIVOROUS MOLLUSC WITH

A LARGE HEAD AND TENTACLES. Cast iron. Located on Manor Street near George Hotel.

37 OARFISH HAS A THIN SILVERY BODY WITH

A DEEP RED DORSAL FIN RUNNING THE LENGTH OF ITS BODY. Made in Hopton Wood Stone, inset with red enamel. Located on Manor Street/ Bowalley Lane corner.

38 HAKE LONG, SLIM FISH MEASURING

UP TO 1.2M. Two Hake cut in steel down the White Harte alleyway.

39 MONKFISH SO CALLED BECAUSE OF

FISHING ROD LIKE APPENDAGE USED TO ATTRACT PREY. Made in Black Belgian Marble. Junction of Silver Street and Whitefriargate.

40 SHARK BEST KNOWN AS THE AGGRESSIVE

PREDATORS IN THE FAMOUS JAWS FILMS. Cut in Cornish Slate basking outside the former Bank on Whitefriargate.

41 ZANDER FAVOUR THE MURKY WATERS OF

SLOW FLOWING RIVERS. Carved in Cumbrian Green Slate located at the end of Whitefriargate the Zander completes the trail.