Heugh Battery
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.Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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.
The Heugh Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
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 Heugh Battery.
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 Heugh Battery.
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 Heugh Battery.
Heugh Battery
- Categories: military museum, artillery battery, independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Headland, Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.69724° or 54° 41′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.17652° or 1° 10′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C6WMRWF+V9OpenStreetMap ID
way 54239965OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q12059992
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