The Shakespeare Inn

Hedon Haven and the Humber Bank to Paull

Hedon was a working port before the Humber silted it up, and the Old Haven that once carried ships to the town wall is now a reed-choked channel running south-west across the fields to the estuary. This loop follows it out of Hedon, joins the Humber flood bank below the Salt End tank farm and turns south to the fishing village of Paull with its little white lighthouse, coming back inland on the Paull Road. It is East Riding of Yorkshire, not Hull, and no Public Spaces Protection Order touches the route; the council asks only for close control and a lead around stock. The flood bank is grazed by cattle and sheep in summer, the estuary side is soft mud with a fierce tide, and there is no shade anywhere on the bank.