West Hartlepool

West Hartlepool was a predecessor of , , England. It developed in the Victorian era and took the name from its western position in the parish of what is now known as the Headland.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hartlepool railway station and HMS Trincomalee.

Railway station
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Hartlepool is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between and . The station serves the port town of , in , England; it is situated 18 miles 5 chains south-east of Sunderland.

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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 afloat in the National Museum of the Royal Navy, , .

Tourism office
is an art gallery in , , . The gallery opened in 1996. It is in Church Square within Christ Church, a restored Victorian church, built in 1854 and designed by the architect Edward Buckton Lamb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hartlepool and Throston.

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is a post-industrial town on the coast of in northeast England, with a population of 92,600 in 2024. From 1974 to 1996 it was assigned to a new county, Cleveland, but this was then abolished and returned to County Durham.

Suburb
is an area of north within the in , England. The area name is from the Anglo-Saxon thosson, meaning hill.

Village
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is a seaside resort in the in , England. It gives its name to the Seaton ward, which had an estimated population of 7,194 in 2021. is situated 1½ miles south of West Hartlepool.

West Hartlepool

Latitude
54.68333° or 54° 41′ north
Longitude
-1.2° or 1° 12′ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WTP
Open location code
9C6WMRM2+82
Geo­Names ID
2634396
Wiki­data ID
Q7985314
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“West Hartlepool” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ուեստ Հարթլփուլ”
  • Catalan: “West Hartlepool”
  • Dutch: “West Hartlepool”
  • French: “West Hartlepool”
  • German: “West Hartlepool”
  • Hebrew: “הארטפול מערב”
  • Irish: “West Hartlepool”
  • Italian: “West Hartlepool”
  • Polish: “West Hartlepool”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Хартлпул”
  • Swedish: “West Hartlepool”
  • Welsh: “West Hartlepool”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Victoria Park and Hartlepool Bay.

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