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Name: Hartlepool Lighthouse  

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Also known as: The Heugh Light

Also known as: Hartlepool Headland Light

Nearest Town or City:
Hartlepool, , United Kingdom

Location: Hartlepool Headland, northeast coast of England.

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Managing Organization:
Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority

Website: http://www.thpal.co.uk

Notes:
There is a lens from this lighthouse is in the Museum of Hartlepool.

Tower Height: 54

Height of Focal Plane: 62

Characteristic and Range: 2 white flashes every 10 seconds.

Description of Tower: White, conical cast iron tower.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1847: Conical stone tower. 1915: Temporary pyramidal skeletal tower with enclosed upper portion.

Date Established: 1847

Date Present Tower Built: 1927

Optics: The Fresnel lens from this lighthouse is now on display at the Museum of Hartlepool.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only.