Hartlepool is a seaside and 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 87,995, it is the second-largest settlement in County Durham.
Image: War Memorial and Cliff Terrace, Hartlepool (geograph 5593213)
Image: St Hilda’s Church, The Headland, Hartlepool geograph.org.uk 4432012
Image: Yates's pub geograph.org.uk 3226749
Image: Hartlepool Marina geograph.org.uk 2566015
County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to the north, the North Sea to the east, North Yorkshire to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The largest settlement is Darlington.
Image: Pasture south of Middleton in Teesdale geograph.org.uk 2186636 (cropped, edited (2))
Image: Rock Formation on Seaham Beach geograph.org.uk 3245188 (edited, cropped)
The Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street, on the site of the wooden ninth century church built by the Lindisfarne monks
The entrance to Durham Castle, the bishops' palace until 1832 when it moved to Auckland Castle