Events at the Heugh Battery Museum 2026

The museum welcomes you to all our events which help us to raise funds for the running costs and maintenance of the museum.

Event list for 2026 - more information for each event and more can be found below.

Thurs.19th Feb    Gig for Victory at The Studio

Sat. 4th April         Military Vehicles

Mon.13th April     Tees Archaeology Event

Sat.18th April       The Somme Talk

Sat. 2nd May        Yo! Ho! Ho! Pirates/Sea Shanty Event


Sun. 24th May       Car Boot Sale

Sat.13th June      Craft Fayre

Sun.21st June     Car Boot Sale

Sat. 27th June     Armed Forces Day


Sat.4th July          110th Somme Commemoration/WW1 Event

Sun.12th July      Craft Fayre

Sun.26th July      Car Boot Sale

Sat.1st August     Yo! Ho! Ho! Pirates

Sat.8th August     Craft Fayre

Sat.15th August    Mediaeval Re-Enactors Event

Sun.23rd August Car Boot Sale

Sat. 26th Sept.     Undergarments through time Talk

Sun.8th Nov,        Remembrance Sunday

Sun 29th Nov.       Christmas Carols at the Museum

Wed.16th Dec.    Bombardment Commemoration

Gig For Victory

Thursday 19th February 2026

Doors open 7pm

Tickets: £10

Join us for our fundraising night at The Studio! We have a diverse and exciting line-up of local talent:

  • A Band Named Boo!
  • Dean Crimdon Dimension
  • The Sugar B’s

 

Tickets are priced at £10 with all funds going to the museum.  Fans of live music and local history should get tickets from https://www.seetickets.com/event/gig-for-victory-fundraiser/the-studio-hartlepool/3573172

Military Vehicle Event

Saturday 4th April 2026

10am until 4pm

Entry Fee: £5 adult £3 child

Family event with military vehicles and re-enactors. 

Further information soon. 

Tees Archaeology - the tale of the Lighthouse

Monday 13th April 2026

10am until 4pm

Included with entry fee

Staff and volunteers from Tees Archaeology will have a display of photographs and artefacts from their dig at the Heugh Lighthouse which took place in the summer of 2025.

Come along and find out more about the work of Tees Archaeology in the region and future digs.

The Somme

Saturday 18th April 2026

10am until 3pm

Tickets tbc

Talk details to be confirmed.

Yo Ho Ho! Pirates

Saturday 2nd May 2026

10am until 4pm

Included with entry fee

Arrrr, me hearties!!  Loads of pirate fun to be had with Pirates and Scallywags!  Learn how to talk like a pirate, fight like a pirate and dance like a pirate too!  Lots of games to play, and maybe even a bit of pirate treasure to be won!

Sing along to sea shanties with local singers too!

Car Boot Sale

Sunday 24th May 2026

10am until 1pm

Entry for buyers 50p

Our popular car boot sale returns!

Please come into the museum to book to sell.

Evening Craft Fayre

Saturday 13th June

6pm until 8pm

FREE entry

Details coming soon.

Please contact andy.stephens@heughbattery.co.uk if you would like to book to sell your crafts.

Car Boot Sale

Sunday 21st June

10am until 1pm

Entry for buyers 50p

The second of our much loved car boot sales.

Please come into the museum to book to sell.

Armed Forces Day Celebration

Satrurday 27th June 2026

10am until 4pm

Included with entry fee

Programme to be confirmed.

110th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme

Saturday 4th July 2026

10am until 4pm

Entry £5 adults £3 children

Programme to be confirmed.

Craft Fayre

Saturday 12th July 2026

10am until 4pm

Entry £1.00

A full day of crafts!

Please contact andy.stephens@heughbattery.co.uk to book a table if you would like to sell your crafts.

Yo Ho Ho! Pirates!

Saturday 1st August 2026

10am until 4pm

Included with entry fee

Fun, games, music and dancing with our pirate duo!  Learn to talk like a pirate, dance like a pirate and beat a pirate in a swordfight!  Greta fun for all the family.

Entry included in museum entry.

Evening Craft Fayre

Saturday 8th August 2026

6pm until 8pm

Details coming soon.

Please contact  andy.stephens@heughbattery.co.uk if you would like to book to sell your crafts.

Vanguard 13th century Medieval Reenactment

Saturday 15th August 2026

10am until 4pm

Join in the excitement of the melee as knights step forth into tournament under colourful banners, their Levies and Serjeants in attendance.  Who will be the victor?

Joining the knights are the battlefield followers, the women and men who cook, tend injured knights and keep weapons and clothing clean and ready for use.  Learn about everyday life in the 13th century, the food and drink, customs and laws.

Great day out for all the family.

Times of tournaments to be confirmed.

Car Boot Sale

Sunday 23rd August 2026

10am until 1pm

Entry for buyers 50p

 Our final car boot sale of the year.

Please come into the museum to book to sell.

Undergarments Through Time

Saturday 26th September 2026

11am until 2pm

At Headland Baptist Church

Tickets tbc

Details coming soon.

Remembrance Sunday

Sunday 8th November 2026

11am

The museum will fire our 25 pdr saluting gun at 11am as part of the Remembrance Day Commemoration Service.

Christmas Carol sing along

Sunday 29th November 2026

2.30pm until 3.30pm

FREE

As the museum closes for winter, join us and our friends from West View Baptist Church to sing traditional carols together in the picnic area of Poppy Tea Rooms.  

Wrap up warm and get some hot chocolate from the tea rooms and join in these familiar traditional carols.  It’s beginning to feel a lot like…

Bombardment of the Hartlepools Commemoration

Wednesday 16th December 2026

8am until 9am

Join us in our commemoration of the Bombardment of the Hartlepools which shook the towns of Hartlepool and West Hartlepool on the morning of Wednesday 16th December 1914.

We will congregate at the Heugh Battery Museum at 8am and make our way to the Redheugh Memorial Gardens, where we will read the names of the children, soldiers and sailors who lost their lives in this brief but brutal event, and plant crosses in their memory.  We invite you to play an active part in this by planting the crosses or laying a wreath.

Further details of other activities for the day to be confirmed.

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The Only First World War Battlefield in the UK

Open: Friday – Monday from 10am – 4pm
Heugh Battery Museum, Moor Terrace, Headland, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS24 0PS
info@heughbattery.co.uk
01429 270746
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