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Hull and the East Riding: museums, the aquarium and theatres with their autism support checked.

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  • Cottage · Walkington, Beverley, East Yorkshire

    Broadgate Farm Cottages

    • Adapted rooms
    • Quiet times

    Farm cottages on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds near Beverley, each with its own enclosed garden that the owners explicitly link to autistic guests' safety. They will strip back decor for low stimulation and move noisy jobs like mowing around your plans.

  • Holiday park · Tunstall, East Yorkshire

    Sand le Mere Holiday Village

    • Calm space

    A busy coastal holiday village near Withernsea whose activity centre lists a sensory room alongside soft play and karts. The operator doesn't give more detail, so ask about the sensory room when you book.

  • Attraction · Hull

    The Deep

    • Quiet times
    • Quiet room
    • Visual guide
    • +4

    Hull's big aquarium lends free sensory packs from reception, with ear defenders, a social story and PECS cards inside. It has a Changing Places toilet and is calmest on term time weekdays at opening or after 3pm.

  • Museum · Hull

    Streetlife Museum

    • Sensory map
    • Visual guide
    • Carer ticket
    • +1

    Hull's free transport museum, with old trams, bikes and a recreated street, has a visual story and a sensory map you can download before you go. Entry is free for everyone, and reception can point you to the nearest Changing Places toilet.

  • Theatre · Hull

    Hull Truck Theatre

    • Quiet times
    • Quiet room
    • Visual guide
    • +2

    Hull Truck's relaxed performances keep the lights up, welcome noise and movement, and offer a quiet room with a live stream of the show. Ear defenders, weighted lap blankets and sensory toys can be borrowed, and essential companions pay half price.

  • Museum · Hull

    Hull and East Riding Museum of Archaeology

    • Quiet times
    • Sensory map
    • Visual guide
    • +2

    Hull's free archaeology museum, with its Iron Age boat and Roman mosaics, has a visual story that warns where it gets dark or noisy. Ear defenders and fidget toys can be borrowed at the welcome desk and weekdays after 2.30pm are usually quietest.

  • Museum · Hull

    Hull Maritime Museum

    • Visual guide
    • Sensory kit
    • Changing Places
    • +1

    The newly refurbished maritime museum in Queen Victoria Square has a symbol visual story and lends ear defenders and fidget toys from the front desk. There is a Changing Places toilet, and it is quieter outside the 10am to 2pm rush.