Beverley, HU17

Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 4 Jul 2013

A picture taken from the road bridge carrying the A1174 (the Hull-Beverley Road) showing houses alongside Beverley Beck, with the Minster in the distance. This canal (or beck) runs from Grovehill Lock on the River Hull into Beverley, a distance of about 0.8 miles (1.3 km). The beck was tidal until 1802 when a lock was built to maintain the canal water levels when it became necessary for the canal to travel over the top a tunnel built beneath it as a conduit for the Beverley and Barmston Drain. In 1898, a steam engine was installed that could be used to top up the water levels in the beck from the River Hull. Canal transport, even following the arrival of a local railway, meant that raw materials and finished products could be transported in and out of Beverley; a state of affairs that contributed to the development of Beverley’s prosperity. In 2005, a multi-million pound scheme began to redevelop the Beck and its surroundings. The final phase of the scheme - in 2007/8 - involved restoration of the 1953 lock gates and the pumping station, together with the construction of its associated footpaths and cycle routes.

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