Kingston upon Hull City

Locator map for the English administrative region of Kingston Upon Hull City.

Unitary authority in northeast England, created in 1996 from part of the former county of Humberside.

Area 71 sq km/28 sq mi

Towns and cities Kingston upon Hull

Features situated where the River Hull flows into the north side of the Humber estuary, the Humber Bridge is the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world

Industries fish processing, flour milling, saw milling, marine engineering, manufacture of electrical goods

Population (2001) 249,900

Famous people aviator Amy Johnson, poet Stevie Smith, reformer William Wilberforce, poet Philip Larkin