8. Hessle Haven, River Hull, Holderness Drain and Old Fleet

In this chapter, we explore the Humber from Hessle Haven’s Fleet Beck to Old Fleet that forms part of Hull’s border with Holderness to the East. The gallery below starts at Hessle Haven and moves down the Humber, east to the River Hull and beyond to Holderness drain and Old Fleet. We didn’t manage to investigate Old Fleet until recently. On a cold bright winter’s dawn waking up ducks and deer along the way, with the beck and moon both full as a barge sailed silently by in the distance, the sun rose over Lords Clough.

Photographs by Richard Duffy-Howard

Gallery key:

1. Hessle Haven and Fleet Beck
2. Fleet Beck looking towards New Holland across the Humber
3. On the bank of the Humber between Hessle and Hull looking to the Nev Cole Way on the south bank
4. Between Hessle Haven and Hull looking east down the Humber towards Saltend chemical works to the top left and New Holland top right
5. The Lord Line building and urban explorer at the former St Andrews Dock on the banks of the Humber
6. On the walk along the the path from Albert Dock to St Andrews Quay in 2019 during a break in the recording of Loudhailer Electric Company’s Morpheus
7. Quarantine on the walk along the path from Albert Dock to St Andrews Quay in 2019 during a break in recording at Studio94
8. Humber Dock Basin and Lock Pit
9. Humber Dock Basin, Hull
10. Reconnaissance for Open Bridges, sailing down the Hull on the M.V. Syntan and entering the choppy Humber from the Hull in August 2017
11. The River Hull enters the Humber on 22nd September 2017 when the city split in two for Open Bridges
12. New moorings, Old Harbour, River Hull
13. Humber Rescue and SMS Towage patrol the mouth of the River Hull and Humber for the Jubilee Flotilla in 2022
14. The Trawler Arctic Corsair gets a helping hand from John Dean’s Lashette as it leaves the Old Harbour and enters the Humber from the River Hull for repairs and refurbishment in 2019
15. West Beck confluence with Frodingham Beck at Emmotland makes the River Hull north of Bethel’s Bridge and Corpse Landing
16. At Holderness’ drain’s confluence with the Humber
17. Holderness’ drain’s confluence with the Humber
18. Holderness’ drain’s confluence with the Humber and Humber Bridge
19. The road to Old Fleet
20. Old Fleet makes the Humber
21. Old Fleet, Humber and barge
22. Old Fleet, Saltend Power Station, a sliver of Humber and North Killingholme
23. Old Fleet at Lords Clough and Saltend Power Station at sunrise.