Are there any courses in or near Hull that teach an introduction to Buddhism and meditation?
All of the local groups are affiliated to a particular sort of Buddhism and will teach you how to practice that particular type of Buddhism. There is no group offering an introduction to “general Buddhism”. What you will get from each group is therefore biased – there is nothing wrong with that but you need to be aware of it (similarly you would not expect a Roman Catholic to teach you about Methodist Christianity!)..