Hartlepool is an industrial town and port with a magnesian limestone headland where the older town is situated.
Located in a restored Victorian church the gallery hosts exhibitions of contemporary
and fine art, crafts and works from a permanent collection. Café. Admission free.
Open TWThFS 1000-1700.
www.culturehartlepool.com
The museum covers Hartlepool's history including its maritime and industrial heritage.
See the restored paddle steamer Wingfield Castle. Admission free.
Open WThFSSu (Daily in school holidays) 1000-1700 (1100-1600 Nov-Mar).
www.culturehartlepool.com
See what life was like at sea 200 years ago and explore a recreated Georgian quayside.
Tour Europe's oldest floating warship HMS Trincomalee. Fighting ships walk through experience exhibition.
Events programme. Coffee shop.
Open WThFSSu (Daily in school holidays) 1000-1700 (1100-1600 Nov-Mar).
www.nmrn.org.uk
The museum preserves the only First World War battlefield in the UK and commemorates the 1914 Bombardment
of Hartlepool when the Heugh Battery were engaged in ship to shore combat with the German navy. Tearoom.
Open Feb-Nov, MFSSu 1000-1600.
www.heughbattery.co.uk
Bus 7 from near station to Headland, Town Square, about 8 minutes journey,
then ¼ mile walk. M-S every 12 minutes, Sun & BH every 30 minutes.
Operated by Stagecoach.
County Durham's coastline has evolved from its industrial past to become a haven for wildlife.
There are great views from the cliff top paths and several wooded ravines add variety where streams have eroded the soft magnesian limestone.
The Heritage Coast stretches from Hartlepool to Horden and Seaham.
Parts of the coastline are cared for by the National Trust.
Open at all times.
www.durhamheritagecoast.org |
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/durham-coast
Bus see Heugh Battery Museum above.
