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Hartlepool
Sign in to saveHartlepool ( ) is an industrial port town in County Durham, England. It is governed by a unitary authority borough named after the town. The borough is part of the devolved Tees Valley area with an estimated population of 92,600.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Hartlepool
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- WLE reserve 2.svg
- UK place.static_image_2_width
- 89
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- A hart (red stag)
- UK place.population
- 92600
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
- UK place.p1
- Hart Station
- UK place.p3
- Headland (parish)
- UK place.p4
- Middleton
- UK place.p5
- Owton
- UK place.p6
- Rift House
- UK place.p7
- Seaton Carew
- UK place.p8
- Stranton
- UK place.p9
- Throston
- UK place.unitary_england
- Hartlepool
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 87995
- Official website
- www.hartlepool.gov.uk
- Image
- TownWallHartlepool(MickGarratt)Nov2007.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01429
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- Commons category
- Hartlepool
- OS grid reference
- NZ508331
- P8168
- Valgorge
- P12749
- Mirko Englich
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Article
47 sectionsContents
- History
- Town on the heugh
- Hartness
- Garrison
- Town by the strand
- World Wars
- The merger of Old Hartlepool and West Hartlepool
- Postwar period
- Governance
- Council
- Members of Parliament
- Emergency services
- Geography
- Distance to other places
- Economy
- Culture and community
- Festivals and Fairs
- Tall Ships' Races
- Museums, art galleries and libraries
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Bus
- Sea
- Education
- Secondary
- College
- Army Reserve
- Religion
- Sport
- Football
- Rugby union
- Cricket
- Field hockey
- Olympics
- Boxing
- Swimming
- The legend of the Hartlepool monkey
- Notable residents
- Local media
- Town twinning
- Climate
- Freedom of the Borough
- Individuals
- Military Units
- References
- External links
Hartlepool ( ) is an industrial port town in County Durham, England. It is governed by a unitary authority borough named after the town. The borough is part of the devolved Tees Valley area with an estimated population of 92,600.
The old town was founded in the 7th century, around the monastery of Hartlepool Abbey, on a headland. As the village grew into a town, in the Middle Ages, its harbour served as the County Palatine of Durham's official port. The new town of West Hartlepool was created, in 1835, after a new port was built and railway links from the South Durham coal fields (to the west) and from Stockton-on-Tees (to the south) were created. A parliamentary constituency covering both the old town and West Hartlepool was created, in 1867, called The Hartlepools. The two towns were formally merged into a single borough called Hartlepool, in 1967. Following the merger, the name of the constituency was changed from The Hartlepools to just Hartlepool, in 1974. The modern town centre and main railway station are both at what was West Hartlepool; the old town is now generally known as the Headland.
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