Museum of Hartlepool, Hartlepool

Name: Museum of Hartlepool
Address: Hartlepool Marina, Hartlepool, TS24 OXZ, United Kingdom

#15 among attractions in Hartlepool

History museum, Museum, Maritime museum

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The Museum of Hartlepool opened in 1996 and is located within the attraction Hartlepool's Maritime Experience. It houses the collections once on display in the Gray Art Gallery and Museum and the Maritime Museum which was on the Headland, Hartlepool, both are now closed. The fine art collections are displayed at Hartlepool Art Gallery. It is free to enter and houses hundreds of exhibits telling the story of Hartlepool, England, a North East coastal town with a rich heritage in shipbuilding, fishing and the sea. ()

Coordinates: 54°41'23"N, 1°12'23"W

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Hartlepool MarinaHartlepool TS24 OXZ United Kingdom

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Museum of Hartlepool – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, Redheugh Gardens War Memorial, HMS Trincomalee, National Museum of the Royal Navy.

0.5 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, Hartlepool
13 min walk • Middleton Grange is a shopping centre in Hartlepool, England. It was built in 1969 and it was opened by Princess Anne on 27 May 1970. The site of the shopping centre was originally terraced streets that were demolished in the late 1960s.
1.3 miE
Memorial
Redheugh Gardens War Memorial, Hartlepool
32 min walk • Redheugh Gardens War Memorial or Hartlepool War Memorial is a World War I and World War II memorial located in the Headlands of Hartlepool, County Durham, England.
~240 ftNW
Ship
HMS Trincomalee, Hartlepool
2 min walk • HMS Trincomalee is a Royal Navy Leda-class sailing frigate built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She is now restored as a museum ship in Hartlepool, England.
~260 ftNW
Museum, Maritime museum
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
2 min walk • The National Museum of the Royal Navy is a maritime exposition and visitor attraction in Hartlepool, County Durham, Northern England. The concept of the attraction is the thematic re-creation of an 18th-century seaport, in the time of Lord Nelson, Napoleon and the Battle of Trafalgar.
1.3 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Heugh lighthouse, Hartlepool
34 min walk • The Heugh Lighthouse is a navigation light on The Headland in Hartlepool, in north-east England. The current lighthouse dates from 1927; it is owned and operated by PD Ports. It is claimed that its early-Victorian predecessor was the first lighthouse in the world reliably lit by gas.
~130 ftE
Ship
PS Wingfield Castle, Hartlepool
1 min walk • The PS Wingfield Castle is a former Humber Estuary ferry, now preserved as a museum ship in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The Wingfield Castle was built by William Gray & Company at Hartlepool, and launched in 1934, along with a sister ship, the Tattershall Castle.
1.2 miN
Cemetery
Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool
31 min walk • Spion Kop Cemetery, originally known as Hartlepool Cemetery, is a disused cemetery on the coast near Hartlepool in England. It was opened in 1856 to replace St. Hilda's churchyard and designed by John Dobson. The area took its name from the Battle of Spion Kop in 1900 during the Boer War.
1.3 miNE
Battlefield, Museum, History museum
Heugh Battery, Hartlepool
34 min walk • The Heugh Gun Battery is located on the Headland at Hartlepool, Cleveland, England. The museum bills itself as the only battlefield of World War I in Great Britain.
1.1 miE
Sacred and religious sites, Church
St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool
28 min walk • St Hildas Church is a parish church in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.
0.5 miSW
Memorial
West Hartlepool War Memorial, Hartlepool
12 min walk • West Hartlepool War Memorial or Victory Square War Memorial or Victoria Square Cenotaph is a war memorial in Hartlepool, County Durham, England commemorating those from West Hartlepool who died in World War I and World War II. The war memorial, created in the 1920s, is located on Victoria Road in Hartlepool's Victory Square.
0.5 miNW
Mosque
Nasir Mosque, Hartlepool
12 min walk • Nasir Mosque is the first purpose-built mosque in Hartlepool, located on Brougham Terrace. The mosque was built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and inaugurated in 2005 by Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

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Which popular attractions are close to Museum of Hartlepool?

Nearby attractions include PS Wingfield Castle, Hartlepool (1 min walk), HMS Trincomalee, Hartlepool (2 min walk), National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool (2 min walk), Seaton Carew lighthouse, Hartlepool (6 min walk).

How to get to Museum of Hartlepool by public transport?

The nearest stations to Museum of Hartlepool:

Train

Hartlepool (6 min walk)

Bus

Hartlepool Transport Interchange (6 min walk)
Hartlepool Interchange • Lines: 36, 426, 436 (7 min walk)