Anlaby Road is a major arterial road and residential district in west Hull,

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in the north of England. It runs west from the city centre to the city boundary, designated A1105 to its junction with Boothferry Road and then B1231 from there to the city boundary.

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Anlaby Road is the site of

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, Hull's main general hospital. It is an ancient route from Hull city centre via Carr Lane and crossing Ferensway leading to the western outer suburbs of Hull and the

villages of

Anlaby Anlaby is a village forming part of the western suburbs of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Anlaby with Anlaby Common. History Anlaby is recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as "U ...

Kirk Ella Kirk Ella is a village and civil parish on the western outskirts of Kingston upon Hull, approximately west of the city centre, situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The parish includes West Ella. Kirk Ella has been a village since ...

and

West Ella West Ella is a small village in the civil parish of Kirk Ella west of Kirk Ella settlement, within the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds, approximately west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. The vil ...

. Once a major Victorian thoroughfare, at its eastern end, it is the backbone of a district of Hull containing a warren of side streets with a high proportion of

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and run-down and

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housing in the process of regeneration. Other landmarks are the main depot of

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Ltd. (EYMS), the local bus and coach operator. The construction of a modern flyover taking traffic over the main railway line greatly altered the character of the area. Anlaby Road is the home of Hull's Northern Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA). The building itself dates to 1904 and was designed in 1901 by Lanchester, Steward & Rickards, opening in September 1905 as a school of art. The Anlaby Road front has a slightly recessed centre with a

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containing a mosaic designed by

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and executed by the

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. Today, NAPA offers classes in musical theatre, drama and dance to young people from 11–19 years of age.

Tower Cinema

The ''Hull Daily Mail'' has reported that the former Tower Cinema (see inset), built 1914 is the subject of an appeal by local film enthusiasts for a new owner to restore the building to its former glory.

References

External links

Anlaby Road website
contains extensive information on the history of the area. {{Kingston upon Hull Roads in Yorkshire Transport in Kingston upon Hull Streets in Kingston upon Hull

Description

Tower Cinema

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