Hartlepool's Maritime Experience (Hartlepool)

Hartlepool Dockfest was a free (already a winner for me) two-day festival in the happy if a little down-at-heel town of Hartlepool: it offered the usual mix of music, comedy and entertainment and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised by both the festival and the town of Hartlepool: nice people, a nice place and a great couple of days. The Lighting Seeds headlined the music on Saturday: a little too run-of-the-mill for my liking, but they were decent enough. Brodie trundled through his extensive back catologue with an ease and confidence that reflects his status as one of the best writers in his genre: again, not really my thing, but it was good. The ...  Read the complete review

During the school half term in February my husband and I were looking for somewhere local to take the children for an afternoon. As we had several Tesco Days Out vouchers due to expire we looked on the website to find somewhere that would accept the deals and came up with Hartlepool's Maritime Experience. Despite the fact that we don't live too far away this was somewhere that we hadn't ever visited so we decided to change that and headed off to Hartlepool. ** What is the attraction? ** Hartlepool Maritime Experience is a recreation of a 18th Century seaport, with a range of activities to help visitors understand what life was like during that ...  Read the complete review