Pixie Boats Traditional Cache
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A quick drive by with good parking or a lovely walk by the river up from ‘Going in Deep’. Container is a small lock and lock box. The path to cache is smooth with no steps and so is very accessible.
Concentrate now, it’s the history bit!
Victoria Dock was first opened in as a working dockyard in 1850. It is situated within the district of Drypool in Hull. The hamlet of Drypool is mentioned in the Doomsday Book, where it is said that the two manors of "Sotecote and Dridpol" were worth thirty shillings in the time of the late King Edward the Confessor. Both manors were owned by Drogo de Bevrere, a relative by marriage of William I, who had participated in the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and been granted the whole of Holderness.
During a visit to Hull in 1541, King Henry VIII personally reviewed the defenses of the town, and concluded that Hull was “……too weakly fortified.” Among the improvements he commanded that "The little round tower on Holderness side to be enlarged...". By 1543, £23,000 had been spent to building Hull Citadel, a formidable fortress of blockhouses, walls and ditches covered the south west corner of Drypool. The Citadel's formidable artillery defended Hull for many years. It underwent many alterations and covered 30 acres [0.33 hectares]. In the nineteenth century the need for such a large defense had past. In 1851 only a token garrison of three gunners remained. With the expanding Drypool docks, the site was sold and the buildings of the Citadel taken down in 1863. Since then Victoria Dock itself has closed and been replaced with the Victoria Dock Village private housing estate. The site of the Citadel is now occupied by The Deep.
What is left of the Citadel can be seen opposite the pub and the shops on the way into Victoria Dock.
The wrecked boats near the cache make a great reminder of Hull’s maritime past. It is possible to walk all the way to ‘Pride of Hull’ by carrying on from this cache along the river front but later on you will need to cross a high metal bridge with steps.
Enjoy the views!
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