West Hartlepool Town Hall

West Hartlepool Town Hall is an events venue in Raby Road, Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

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West Hartlepool War Memorial

West Hartlepool War Memorial or Victory Square War Memorial or Victoria Square Cenotaph is a war memorial in Hartlepool, County Durham, England commemorating those from West Hartlepool who died in World War I and World War II. The war memorial, created in the 1920s, is located on Victoria Road in Hartlepool's Victory Square. The square was created for this monument.

Borough of Hartlepool

The Borough of Hartlepool is a unitary authority area with borough status in County Durham, England. Hartlepool Borough Council became a unitary authority in 1996; it is independent from Durham County Council. It is named after its largest settlement, Hartlepool, where the council is based. The borough also includes a rural area to the west of the town. The population of the borough at the 2021 census was 92,571, of which over 95% (87,995) lived in the built-up area of Hartlepool itself. Since 2016 the council has been a member of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, which has been led by the directly elected Tees Valley Mayor since 2017. The Hartlepool constituency has been coterminous with the borough since 1983. The neighbouring districts are the County Durham district and Stockton-on-Tees; the borough also adjoins Redcar and Cleveland across the mouth of the River Tees.

Hartlepool Art Gallery

Hartlepool Art Gallery is an art gallery in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The gallery opened in 1996 (1996). It is in Church Square within Christ Church, a restored Victorian church, built in 1854 and designed by the architect Edward Buckton Lamb (1806–1869). The building has a 100-foot tower with six bells, which can still be rung. Hartlepool Art Gallery is co-located with a tourist information centre close to Hartlepool railway station and the town centre. The temporary exhibition programme includes crafts, contemporary and fine art, and photography. There is also a permanent collection. The gallery is run by Hartlepool Borough Council. The collection of Hartlepool Art gallery includes around 1,500 works, including oil paintings, watercolours, prints and sculpture. Artists represented include Lucian Freud, John Wilson McCracken, Frank Henry Mason, Alice Nicholson, Basil Beattie, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Nahem Shoa, Frank Auerbach and Frederic Shields. The collection of watercolours and drawings includes works by Myles Birket Foster, Stanley Spencer and L. S. Lowry. The gallery presented the first exhibition of Lucian Freud outside London in 1972. It was arranged by the local artist John Wilson McCracken, who had become friends with Freud when he lived in London.

Victoria Park (Hartlepool)

Victoria Park is a football ground in Hartlepool, County Durham, England, which is the home of National League club Hartlepool United. The four sides of the ground are known as the Town End Terrace (official capacity 1,775), the Niramax Stand (official capacity 1,617 seated and 1,832 terraced standing), the Cyril Knowles Stand (official capacity 1,599) and the Rink End (official capacity 1,033). The Town End Terrace is a standing area behind the south goal, and usually the most vocal area of the ground. The Neale Cooper Stand (formerly the Niramax Stand is an all seating stand with a terraced paddock at the west side of the ground. The Cyril Knowles Stand is a modern all-seater stand to the east of the ground. The Rink End is also an all-seater stand containing 1,033 seats, some with an obscured view of the pitch due to supporting pillars. The Rink End is at the north end of the ground and houses only away fans. The stadium was previously known as the Northern Gas and Power Stadium between August 2016 and June 2017 for sponsorship reasons. Additionally, the ground was called The Super 6 Stadium during the 2018–19 season and the Suit Direct Stadium from 2021 until 2024. The stadium was named as the 'Prestige Group Stadium' for the 2024–25 season.