The Heugh Lighthouse
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in County Durham, England
- Also known as: “Hartlepool Head Lighthouse” and “Heugh Lighthouse”
- Historically known as: “Hartlepool Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Heugh Battery and Elephant Rock.
Heugh Battery
Museum
Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Heugh Gun Battery is located on the Headland at Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The museum bills itself as the only battlefield of World War I in Great Britain.
Elephant Rock
Stone
Elephant Rock was a rock formation at Hartlepool, England, shaped like an elephant which only existed for a few decades, being washed away by a storm in 1891. Elephant Rock is situated 420 feet north of The Heugh Lighthouse.
Hartlepool Borough Hall
Town hall
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hartlepool Borough Hall is municipal building, which served as the meeting place of the old Hartlepool Borough Council, before it amalgamated with West Hartlepool County Borough Council. Hartlepool Borough Hall is situated 1,500 feet west of The Heugh Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hartlepool and Throston.
Hartlepool
Photo: Smurrayinchester, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hartlepool is a post-industrial town on the coast of County Durham 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 Hartlepool returned to County Durham.
Throston
Suburb
Throston is an area of north Hartlepool within the borough of Hartlepool in County Durham, England. The area name is from the Anglo Saxon thosson meaning hill. Throston is situated 2 miles west of The Heugh Lighthouse.
Seaton Carew
Village
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seaton Carew is a seaside resort in the Borough of Hartlepool in County Durham, England. It gives its name to the Seaton ward, which had an estimated population of 7,194 in 2021. Seaton Carew is situated 2½ miles south of The Heugh Lighthouse.
The Heugh Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Headland, Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.69651° or 54° 41′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.17616° or 1° 10′ 34″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Operator
PD PortsOpen location code
9C6WMRWF+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 529453794OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11694340Wikidata ID
Q19874133
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“The Heugh Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Heugh”
- French: “Phare de Heugh”
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