Ella Street, Hull
I blogged earlier about Tenfoots and Courts. Here is a little montage of pictures from the courts running off Ella Street, in West Hull. Ella Street became a Conservation Area in 1994.
Ella Street’s series of “squares” and “avenues” give it a distinctive layout, based on the traditional court pattern but with particularly large amounts of garden and green space. There is a little network of paths and tenfoots linking the courts and avenues, with the paths leading to houses having a “cottage” character. Some of the paved communal areas, used as parking in other nearby roads, have been reclaimed for plants and people with tubs and trees providing communal space in which neighbours can socialise.
Ella Street is also the home of Ellafest, a street festival running every two years.
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