Heugh Battery, Hartlepool

Name: Heugh Battery
Address: Moor Terrace, Hartlepool, TS24 0PS, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1429 270746

#9 among attractions in Hartlepool

Battlefield, Museum, History museum, Military museum

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Facts and practical information

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. ()

Coordinates: 54°41'50"N, 1°10'36"W

Address

Moor TerraceHartlepool TS24 0PS United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1429 270746

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Heugh Battery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Redheugh Gardens War Memorial, HMS Trincomalee, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Heugh lighthouse.

~550 ftS
Memorial
Redheugh Gardens War Memorial, Hartlepool
3 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.
1.3 miW
Ship
HMS Trincomalee, Hartlepool
34 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.
1.3 miW
Museum, Maritime museum
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
34 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.
~310 ftS
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Heugh lighthouse, Hartlepool
2 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.
1.3 miSW
Ship
PS Wingfield Castle, Hartlepool
33 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.
~1290 ftSW
Sacred and religious sites, Church
St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool
7 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.
1.1 miW
Lighthouse
Seaton Carew lighthouse, Hartlepool
28 min walk • The Seaton Carew lighthouses were a pair of leading light towers built in Seaton Carew to guide ships into the River Tees. The low light was demolished over a century ago and what remained of the high light has been rebuilt in Hartlepool Marina.
1.3 miSW
History museum, Museum, Maritime museum
Museum of Hartlepool, Hartlepool
34 min walk • 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.
~1330 ftSW
Monastery
Hartlepool Abbey, Hartlepool
7 min walk • Hartlepool Abbey, also known as Heretu Abbey, Hereteu Abbey, Heorthu Abbey or Herutey Abbey, was a Northumbrian monastery founded in 640 CE by Hieu, the first of the saintly recluses of Northumbria, and Aidan of Lindisfarne, on the Headland Estate of Hartlepool now called the Heugh or Old Hartlepool, in County Durham, England.
~1770 ftSW
Monuments and statues
Statue of Andy Capp, Hartlepool
9 min walk • Andy Capp is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in The Daily Mirror and The Sunday Mirror newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a single-panel cartoon, it was later expanded to four panels.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

When is Heugh Battery open?

Heugh Battery is open:

Monday closed
Tuesday closed
Wednesday closed
Thursday closed
Friday closed
Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday 10 am - 4 pm

Which popular attractions are close to Heugh Battery?

Nearby attractions include Heugh lighthouse, Hartlepool (2 min walk), Redheugh Gardens War Memorial, Hartlepool (3 min walk), St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool (7 min walk), Hartlepool Abbey, Hartlepool (7 min walk).