National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
The National Museum of the Royal Navy is a maritime exposition and visitor attraction at the west end of Hartlepool Marina in Hartlepool, County Durham, Northern England.Photo: James Hearton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: maritime museum in Hartlepool, England
- Also known as: “Hartlepool Historic Quay” and “Hartlepool’s Maritime Experience”
- Address: Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool, TS24 0XZ
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMS Trincomalee and PS Wingfield Castle.
HMS Trincomalee
Photo: David Manley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 afloat in the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, England.
PS Wingfield Castle
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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. PS Wingfield Castle is situated 340 feet southeast of National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool.
Museum of Hartlepool
Museum
Photo: Dave Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
West Park
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Park is a suburban area of Hartlepool, County Durham, in England. It is situated on the western fringes of Hartlepool. West Park is situated 2 miles west of National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool.
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
- Categories: maritime museum, naval museum, and tourism
- Location: Headland, Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6903° or 54° 41′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.20717° or 1° 12′ 26″ westInception
1994Open location code
9C6WMQRV+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 32993368OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q5674784
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