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Hartlepool headland

Headland, Hartlepool, England

Hartlepool headland

Length2.4 mi
Elev. Gain629.8 ft
Est. Steps5500

Trail

Created by Dave
Introduction
Hartlepool headland is a 2.4 mile (5,500-step) route located near Headland, Hartlepool, England. This route has an elevation gain of about 629.8 ft and is rated as hard. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Heugh Battery

Tourist Attraction
The Heugh (pronounced "uff") Gun Battery is located on the Headland at Hartlepool, County Durham, England.

Redheugh Gardens War Memorial

Historical
Redheugh Gardens War Memorial or Hartlepool War Memorial is a World War I and World War II memorial located in the Headlands of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It commemorates Hartlepool military servicemen and civilians who lost their lives in both wars – with specific mention of the first British soldiers to have died on British soil during 16 December 1914 Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby of World War I.

Hartlepool Abbey

Place
Hartlepool Abbey, also known as Heretu Abbey, Hereteu Abbey, Heorthu Abbey or Herutey Abbey, was a Northumbrian monastery founded in 640 CE by Hieu, the first of the saintly recluses of Northumbria, and Aidan of Lindisfarne, on the Headland Estate of Hartlepool now called the Heugh or Old Hartlepool, in County Durham, England.

Elephant Rock, Hartlepool

Place
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.It was created partially as a result of limestone quarrying of the sea cliff. A popular tourist attraction, it was painted in 1850 by J.S. Holmes and photographed by a team working for Francis Frith in 1886.

Hartlepool railway station (Hartlepool Dock & Railway)

Place
Hartlepool railway station was a railway station that served the Headland Estate area of Hartlepool in County Durham, North East England. Though originally built as the coastal terminus of the Hartlepool Dock & Railway in 1839, for most of its life the station was the terminus of a shuttle service from the town's main station in West Hartlepool.

Heugh Lighthouse

Building
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. It is claimed that its early-Victorian predecessor was the first lighthouse in the world reliably lit by gas.

St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool

Building
St Hildas Church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of "best" English parish churches and describes it as "a glory of Early English architecture in its earliest and purest phase" and as an "architectural gem".

Hartlepool Bombardment Memorial (1914-2014)

Historical

Croft Gardens

Park

Statue of Andy Capp

Tourist Attraction
Route Details

Length

2.4 mi

Elev. Gain

629.8 ft

Est. Steps

5500
Created by
Dave
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