Heugh Battery

The Heugh Gun Battery is located on the Headland at , , England. The museum bills itself as the only battlefield of World War I in .
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  • Opening hours: November 27th—March 4th closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: artillery battery and museum in Headland, Hartlepool, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Heugh Battery Museum”, “Heugh coastal artillery battery immediately north west of Heugh Lighthouse”, and “Heugh Gun Battery”
  • Address: Moor Terrace, Hartlepool, TS24 0PS
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Heugh Lighthouse and Elephant Rock.

Lighthouse
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a navigation light on The Headland in , in north-east England. The current lighthouse dates from 1927; it is owned and operated by PD Ports.

Stone
was a rock formation at , England, shaped like an elephant which only existed for a few decades, being washed away by a storm in 1891.

Town hall
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is municipal building, which served as the meeting place of the old Hartlepool Borough Council, before it amalgamated with . is situated 1,500 feet west of Heugh Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hartlepool and Throston.

Photo: Smurrayinchester, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. is situated 2 miles west of Heugh Battery.

Village
Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2½ miles south of Heugh Battery.

Heugh Battery

Latitude
54.69724° or 54° 41′ 50″ north
Longitude
-1.17652° or 1° 10′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C6WMRWF+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 54239965
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q12059992
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Highlights include Children’s Play Area and The Old Friarage (B.B.O.B RFC).

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