Sad news from anyone from the town, the iconic building known as “The Wesley” has had a major fire this evening.
I was in the comedy club at the Town Hall, and this was the scene about half an hour ago. One of the few remaining iconic buildings in Hartlepool.
EDIT 2021: It should come as no surprise that, 4 years to the day later, the building remains entirely untouched, and is still just a ruined, burned out shell.
EDIT November 2025. The Wesley should shortly be returning to use. Since the previous update, it started getting done out, then had another dramatic fire, clips are probably on Youtube with part of a wall collapsing. It recovered from that, and is still in the process of getting renovated. I might do an update post when it’s finally finished.
Tragic news, hopefully the building will be restored now, once the insurance has coughed up…..
Let’s hope so, it’s one of the few buildings left in the town worth saving, it’s a same it was derelict for so long, both before and after it was a nightclub.
Word is, on the factually accurate medium known as facebook, that the building is structurally sound, so hopefully it won’t be long until it’s sorted, but I’m not holding my breath…