Beverley Road was in existence by 1305, when
King Edward I built the radial routes into the port of Hull to effect free trade. The road was at least wide and connected with the Beverley Gate on
Whitefriargate, in the Old Town of Hull. Beverley Road now runs North from Hull city centre, at the junction of Ferensway, Freetown Way and Spring Bank, and carries the designation of
A1079. Upon leaving the city boundaries, Beverley Road continues north towards the town of
Beverley becoming the
A1174. After passing through the village of
Dunswell it becomes Hull Road. Ferensway was opened in 1931 (named after T. R. Ferens, a Hull benefactor), and provide access from the bottom of Beverley Road to Hull Paragon railway station. A horse tramway was opened on the road in 1875. It extended from Prospect Place all the way to the junction with Clough Road, in the
Newland area. The junction of Clough Road (and opposite, Cottingham Road), was designated as the northern limit of the Beverley Road conservation area in 1994. The conservation area extends from its southern edge at Norfolk Street northwards for , and covers . Beverley Road is home to a significant proportion of Hull's student community, given its proximity to the
University of Hull, and the former Humberside campus of the
University of Lincoln. Its shopping and nightlife is comparable to thoroughfares in neighbouring cities such as
Sheffield's
Ecclesall Road and
Leeds'
Headingley. It has a high number of pubs and other businesses catering for both the student and local communities. In parts, it is lined with large pre-war housing, but extensive bombing during the
Second World War destroyed many such buildings. One building, the
National Picture Theatre, is till extant and was
Grade II listed in January 2007.
Endeavour Learning and Skills Centre was on Beverley Road, on the site of the former Kingston General Hospital. In March 2021, plans were drawn up for
Hull Trinity House Academy to relocate from its site in Charlotte Street Mews to the former Endeavour Learning and Skills Centre site. Work to transform the site began in August 2022 with a completion ahead of the move for the start of the academic year in September 2023. Many major national and international chains have businesses along the length of Beverley Road including pub chains such as
Wetherspoons, Hogshead, and
Scream, as have high street chains like
Tesco,
Sainsbury's at Jacksons (now Sainsbury's Local), and
Cooplands. Beverley Road has many food shops catering for the cosmopolitan local community, including
Arabic,
Indian,
Italian, and
Kurdish. The road has several outlets serving
Polish cuisine for the town's
Polish community, including restaurants, a takeaway, a bakery, and
Polish shops. Beverley Road Baths was opened in 1905, and underwent a £3.75 million refurbishment from June 2020 until reopening in August 2021. The baths are a Grade II
Listed building. The pop duo
Everything But the Girl, Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn, took their band name from Turners furniture shop at 34–38 Beverley Road, between Norfolk Street and College Street. The slogan was emblazoned on the shop front sign. It is officially known as Beverley High Road, north of Cottingham Road. Whilst within the Hull boundaries, Beverley Road runs through the parliamentary constituency of
Hull North. == See also ==