St Matthew Community Enterprise Centre Tour

This year marks Giroscope’s 40th anniversary: four decades of community-led action in West Hull. Our latest regeneration project St Matthew’s Community Enterprise Centre, is where heritage, new ideas and working lives meet.

Discover one of West Hull’s great landmarks from the inside. For Heritage Open Days, Giroscope is opening St Matthew’s Community Enterprise Centre for hour-long guided tours on Saturdays 12 and 19 September, between 11 am and 3 pm.

Built as a parish church and consecrated in 1870, Grade II listed St Matthew’s is a striking survivor of Victorian Hull. Its broach spire remains a local landmark, while Giroscope’s conversion has given the building a new future as a place for enterprise, community activity and connection.

Tours will include the magnificent 1922 First World War memorial stained-glass window by John Hardman & Co., created in memory of local men who served and died, as well as the Alec Gill Photography Gallery and a visit to the first floor of the tower. We’ll also introduce the new Alec Gill and Giroscope International Photography Competition. Open to photographers around the world, its first theme is HOME, with shortlisted and winning work due to be exhibited at St Matthew’s in 2027.

You’ll hear how this historic building is now used for coworking, offices, meetings, events and community activity, and find out how you can use the space. Refreshments will be served.

Timings

Saturday 12 September:

1100-1500

Saturday 19 September:

1100-1500

Location & directions

St. Matthews Community Enterprise Centre, 345 Anlaby Road, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU3 2SA

Directions:

St Matthew’s Community Enterprise Centre 345 Anlaby Road Hull HU3 2SA

Contact on day:

Claire Taylor

Telephone number:

+441482576374

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Our lift is currently out of action until later this year, but the ground floor is accessible, and there will be accessible displays on the ground floor. The tower is not accessible to wheelchair users, and visitors will climb a short spiral staircase.

Additional information

Max number of people:

12

Estimated duration:

1 hour(s)

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