Drypool (archaic Dripole[note 1]) is an area within the city of Kingston upon Hull, in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Also within the ward are the Victoria Dock Village, the area known as Garrison Side including Sammy's Point and The Deep aquarium.

The south-western part of Holderness Road lies in the ward; including the Mount Retail Park (2002), East Hull Baths (1898) and listed James Reckitt Library (1889), and the area known as Witham.

[citation needed] Drypool Ward is an electoral district returning three councillors to Hull City Council.

[3] The Anglican Parish of Drypool covers a larger area than the council ward, taking in parts of Southcoates West and Holderness Wards,[4][failed verification] with a catchment population of over 24,000; the parishes regular services take place in the churches of St Columba of Iona, St John the Evangelist, and Victoria Dock Church which (as of 2010) uses Victoria Dock Village Hall for public worship.

[7] The hamlet of Drypool lay on the east bank of the River Hull, roughly opposite the Old Town;[8] it is mentioned in the Domesday Book, where it is said that the two manors of "Sotecote and Dridpol" were worth thirty shillings at the time of Edward the Confessor.

[33] The Domesday Book does not mention a church in Drypool, though one is shown on a drawing of 1350; some archaeological evidence suggests a date of as early as the 12th century for its construction.

The original church of St Peter[note 5] was demolished in 1822,[34][35] being in ruinous condition; and with the intention of building a new larger vessel, with over a 1,000 seats, increased from 200.

Initially a sacristy (the mortuary chapel) in the cemetery was used, in 1891 replaced by an iron church of the tin tabernacle type.

[34] The church of St Andrew was consecrated in 1878;[map 4][34] designed by architects 'Adams & Kelly' in Geometric Decorated Gothic style of brick with stone; it was built in response to the expansion of the east of the town due to the construction of Victoria Dock,[38] and became the parish church in 1879.

[39][map 5] In The Groves in the parish of Sutton was St Mark's, built in brick with stone facings 1844 in early medieval style.

[map 17][50] A Presbyterian church in the Gothic Revival style was built in 1874 on Holderness Road, it was bomb damaged in 1941, and was demolished in 1972 (part of the adjacent Sunday School remains).

[52] The East Hull Baths (Holderness Road) opened in 1898, and are adjacent to the James Reckitt Library.

[54][map 19] The building remained in use as council run public baths until April 2018 when it closed, with swimming facilities transferring to the nearby Woodford Leisure Centre which had been renovated.

[57][58] The building, designed by Albert Gelder was built of red brick with some ashlar window and banding features in a gothic revival style, a pyramidal tower roof was lost due to bomb damage during the Second World War, the remainder of the building is a listed structure.

[60] The striking building housing the Deep public aquarium is situated at Sammy's Point, at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary.