Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool

Name: Spion Kop Cemetery
Address: Hartlepool, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in Hartlepool

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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. ()

Coordinates: 54°42'25"N, 1°12'32"W

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Spion Kop Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: HMS Trincomalee, National Museum of the Royal Navy, PS Wingfield Castle, St Hilda's Church.

1.2 miS
Ship
HMS Trincomalee, Hartlepool
30 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.
1.2 miS
Museum, Maritime museum
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
30 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.
1.2 miS
Ship
PS Wingfield Castle, Hartlepool
31 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.
1.3 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Church
St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool
35 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 miS
Mosque
Nasir Mosque, Hartlepool
26 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.
1.1 miS
Lighthouse
Seaton Carew lighthouse, Hartlepool
29 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.
1.2 miS
History museum, Museum, Maritime museum
Museum of Hartlepool, Hartlepool
31 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.
1.4 miSE
Monastery
Hartlepool Abbey, Hartlepool
35 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.
1.2 miS
Sport, Sport venue, Arenas and stadiums
Victoria Park, Hartlepool
32 min walk • Victoria Park is a football ground in Hartlepool, County Durham, England, which is the home of League Two club Hartlepool United. The four sides of the ground are known as the Town End Terrace, the Niramax Stand, the Cyril Knowles Stand and the Rink End.
1.1 miW
Town
West View, Hartlepool
28 min walk • West View is a northern suburb of Hartlepool, on the North Sea coast of northern England. It is situated in the Brus area of town. West View is the location of West View Primary School and St Hild's Church of England School.
1.4 miSE
Monuments and statues
Statue of Andy Capp, Hartlepool
36 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.