National Museum Of The Royal Navy Hartlepool, HMS Trincomalee
National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool, TS24 0XZ -
Up to
80 guests
Offers
catering
Internal Catering
allowed
About Venue
Host your event in style at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Hartlepool, home of the oldest floating British warship, HMS Trincomalee. As you enter the museum, you are surrounded by our authentically-recreated Georgian Quayside, featuring a range of special spaces for any event. With four hire spaces across the site, you will have the opportunity to host lunches, meetings, dinners or any private celebration. Choose our brightly lit museum suites, which benefit from majestic views of the harbour and HMS Trincomalee. Alternatively, treat your guests to an unforgettable dinner on board our spectacular warship, famous for being the last of Admiral Lord Nelson’s Frigates.
Climb aboard Britain’s oldest warship still afloat, HMS Trincomalee. You will discover the rich history of this extraordinary ship and experience the hierarchy of life at sea from the Captains cabin to the crew’s mess deck.
WEDDINGS
HMS Trincomalee is a unique and increasingly sought after wedding venue in North East England. On board, our Captain's Cabin is licensed for civil wedding ceremonies. With impressive views across Jackson Basin and Hartlepool Marina, this romantic cabin can seat up to 70 guests comfortably for the ceremony.
CORPORATE HIRE
There are two areas available for hire. Firstly, the superb and unique Captain's Cabin on the Gun Deck will accommodate up to 70 people seated theatre style for, presentations or talks, and 30 for a silver-service function. The atmospheric Mess Deck, with low deck heights, subdued lighting and traditional mess tables, will permit a seated function for up to 70 people. A meal on the Mess Deck is always a unique and evocative experience.
In addition, the Captain's Cabin can also accommodate AV projection equipment, though the size of screens that can be set up and the range of projection are limited by space - contact us for specifications.
Capacity & Layout
Standing
up to 80
Theatre
up to 70
Food & Beverage
Catering arrangements
Catering facilities
Refreshments
Alcohol
Facilities & Amenities
Public transport
Premises parking
Overnight accommodation
Breakout rooms
Space Rules
Allowed events
Wedding ceremony licence
Location
Reviews
- Colin NealAugust 2025
Good museum to visit, there's no entry fee and parking is free. Lot's of interesting things to see. Really worth a visit.
- Sam BurbidgeJuly 2025
Loved this place. Easy to find, free parking, reasonable entrance fee that includes 2 museums ( you also get museum of Hartlepool included and on-site). Stunning rigged ship, restored to its natural beauty and condition and lots of other interesting buildings all around the harbour. Really brought home life in the navy many years ago and help celebrate India's part in our Maritime History.
- jenna NixonAugust 2025
We love this place been a few times plus once paid can use the tickets for a whole year so plenty of time to revisit with the kids they like to go around the boat and play their is a free museum next door to so worth a look a nice little cafe to get some hot drinks to walk around with keep you caffeinated with the kids ha small park and do some shows during the day too
- Linda ChapmanJuly 2025
We had a great day here with the boys aged 9 & 12. They enjoyed the weapons talk and the fighting ships experience. The 9 year old is also young enough to have enjoyed the play area and the additional games set out quoits and bowls were fun. The only negative I would add would be some of the displays in the buildings were a bit tired and dimly lit and the wording was too high up to read easily. The ship is very interesting and the whole quay area gives a good overall impression. If you could get some investment this has potental to be 5 star. There is a cafe which we didn’t use as we’d brought a picnic which you are welcome to do. There is seating available. Overall for the price on an annual ticket£34 for 2+2 it’s good value compared to many other attractions and free parking an added bonus.
- Neil BlackAugust 2025
The museum is ok, it is looking tried in places I.e information plaques torn or items missing. The centre piece being the naval ship is very good however I would have liked more information around the ship to bring the different parts of it to life. We were warmly welcomed onboard but about from that limited in info to read or a talk through would have been fantastic even an audio app to listen too would have been welcome. The weapons talk and the firing of the cannon was good along with the hands on bit at the end. The quayside is well maintained and there is information within some of the buildings. I do get that one ticket gets entry all year however not enough for us to make another trip I feel. Comfortable visited within a morning or afternoon
