Goole Docks Walking Tours
Join one of Goole Civic Society’s FREE walking tours to explore Goole’s historic docks, which were first developed by the Aire and Calder Navigation Company ahead of the town’s official opening in July 1826.
By the early 20th century, Goole had become the tenth largest port in the United Kingdom. Today, elements of the original Georgian port layout remain, along with docks and locks developed in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and evidence of the town’s coal shipping past. See them for yourself on this fascinating tour, which will also reveal some of the docks’ secrets, including its role in the construction of the Mulberry Harbours engineered by the British military during World War II.
Led by professional guides Sarah Cowling and Michele Thompson, these tours will visit the dock via a public right of way, as well as Dutch Riverside and Bridge Street.
They will set off from The Lowther Hotel on Aire Street at 10.30pm, 1pm and 4pm on Saturday 18 July, and at 10.30pm, 1pm and 3pm on Sunday 19 July. Each tour will last for one hour and places can be booked in advance by clicking here.
There are only 25 pre-bookable places on each tour. Unfortunately this tour is not suitable for wheelchairs or mobility scooters due to the uneven ground and narrow ramp access across a lock.
