Museums · North East England
Heugh Battery Museum
Heugh Battery Museum in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Heugh Battery Museum is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Heugh (pronounced: ) 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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Heugh Battery was one of three erected in 1860 to protect the fast-growing port of Hartlepool. Heugh and Lighthouse Battery were placed close by the lighthouse and armed with four and two 68pr smoothbore guns respectively. The third battery, Fairy Cove mounted three of the same weapons and was slightly further to the north at the end of the town moor. The original battery was modified for three 64pr Rifled Muzzle Loading guns in the 1880s and then fell out of use with the introduction of breech loaders on hydropneumatic mounts in 1893. The lighthouse battery was reconstructed for one of these guns, a 6-inch Mk VI and a further two were placed in Cemetery Battery north of the town.…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.6972, -1.1765
- District
- Hartlepool
- Parish
- Headland
- Postcode
- TS24 0PS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hartlepool
- Opening
- Nov 27-Mar 4 closed
- Official site
- www.heughbattery.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q12059992 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Heugh Battery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Heugh Battery Museum?
- Heugh Battery Museum is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6972°, -1.1765°.
- Is Heugh Battery Museum wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Heugh Battery Museum. Check ahead for specific facilities.
- What are the opening hours for Heugh Battery Museum?
- OpenStreetMap records opening hours as: Nov 27-Mar 4 closed. Check the official site to confirm seasonal changes.