National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool — Local services in England

Went there yesterday with my wife and son and found that this place was amazing. There were 8 houses full of historical information about how the world of navy was 200-300 years ago, and then there was the big ship itself, called Trincomalee which has been fully restored. There was a house about weaponry, about navy uniform, about ship supplies, a pub, about sword making and surgeon, about printing, about a navy household, about the Trincolamee ship history, about underwater diving (a ship called The Invincible which sank in 1740), and a kid museum about pirate. When we were back in the souvenir shop and thought it was over, we found that there was another museum to go through: The museum of Hartlepool, which is attached to the shop. This second museum consist of about 15 rooms, telling the story of Hartlepool's golden era as a ship-maker town, coins, chess pieces, comb, marine life and wonderful ship models. All in all it was a nice day experience, in total we spent about 1.5 hours there. Would recommend this place to anyone. I'm sure it is the best tourist attraction in Hartlepool. 2 museums next to each other, and the second one is free. Afterwards you can have a short walk to the marina where hundreds of boats are mooring, and there are about 10 restaurants there where you can have lunch or dinner. Oh, I forgot to mention, your ticket is valid for 1 year. So there is no rush, you can visit again another...

This is a must for our family when we visit the U.K.! The Historic Quay is a wonderful attraction to visit. We always have a lovely time. The one small blip on this visit was the entire system that runs their system wouldn't allow for cash transactions! Weird right? But that's what happened 🤷🏽‍♀️. Anyway, this was the first time my 10-year-old visited Hartlepool, and he loved it! For my teenager, it was his 3rd time visiting, and he still enjoyed himself. They had a Horrible Histories exhibit which was such fun with all the activities! The history of the tall ship and everything else is always worth reading up on, we learn something new every time we visit. For me, it brings such lovely memories. The actors that reenact a cannon fire are great! We stopped to have a coffee and dessert, the kids loved the iced cream! You can get sandwiches and other yummy treats! We found games we cannot find at home (🇨🇦), and so many reference books, but we didn't have room to bring them all back! A wooden sword however still has pride of place in our lounge, one of the kids fave toys. And the tall ship is 100% the best attraction of them all. So much to see and understand about how life was on a tall ship. There's so much to see, so much to read and explore. You will not be...

We paid a visit to the Hartlepool Historic Quay today (now called The Royal Navy Museum of Hartlepool), to see if its changed since it first opened in 1994. We went when it first opened, our Luke was only 6 weeks old, he's 28 now...lol

We next went about 8yrs ago when our friends were up visiting. It got took over by the Royal Navy Museums 6yrs ago, to supposedly put investment into it. Well, all we can say is very little has changed in 28yrs. Listening to out of town visitors there, they seemed to enjoy it, but it used to be better. Paintwork is tired, staff miserable, and don't interact with the guests.

Some bits changed on the Trincomalee, my brother got married on there about 11yrs ago, and the Captain's Stateroom has been taken apart, the raised rear deck where we stood for photos has been removed, and lots of plastic covers on deck, and buckets all over below deck, as the ship is leaking in all over. It needs serious investment, but not much sign of any in the 6yrs they've ran it.

No discount for residents anymore, but your ticket does last a year now, although there's not much you'd want to go again for, kids play area maybe?

We also visited the adjoining Museum of Hartlepool afterwards, which shows some good history of the town, and is...