Betfred Opening Times Hartlepool
Opening times for all three Betfred betting shops in Hartlepool: Middleton Grange Shopping Centre in the town centre, Catcote Road at the Fens and Elizabeth Way in Seaton Carew. Every shop shows whether it is open right now and how long you have before it closes today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Hartlepool
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— —Last Betfred in central Hartlepool closes in
— —Until you share your location, “nearest” means nearest to the town centre: Betfred, 49 Middleton Grange Shopping Centre (TS24 7RX).
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Betfred Hartlepool opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Hartlepool
- 3 branches
- With published weekly times
- All three
- Earliest weekday opening
- 08:00 — Middleton Grange
- Latest closing
- 22:00 — Middleton Grange, Monday to Saturday
- Christmas Day
- Every shop closed — required by law
Hartlepool has three Betfred shops and one clear leader. Middleton Grange in the town centre runs 08:00 to 22:00 six days a week; the two southern branches at Catcote Road and Seaton Carew close at 21:00 on weekdays and 20:00 on a Saturday. Sunday is short across the board — the latest close in the town is 20:00 — though two of the three open early, at 08:30. Full published weekly times are available for every branch, and the weekday closing times agree across the two sources we check.
The 2 Betfred shops in Hartlepool town centre
The town-centre branch in Middleton Grange Shopping Centre. The row shows today’s times, whether the shop is open now and how long until it closes, with buttons for the map pin, a route from where you are and Street View of the shopfront.
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Betfred, Middleton Grange (town centre)49 Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, Hartlepool TS24 7RX
Middleton Grange carries its own published weekly times: 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 08:30 to 20:00 on a Sunday. It sits in the Market Hall end of the shopping centre, with a Coral at Vicarage Gardens about a third of a mile away and a Ladbrokes on Church Street near the station. Distances are straight-line estimates from the centre.
Hartlepool Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for all three branches in one table, town-centre shop first. Today’s column is highlighted.
Only Middleton Grange keeps the same hours on a Saturday as midweek. Catcote Road and Seaton Carew both shorten their Saturday evening to 20:00, and Seaton Carew brings its opening forward to 08:30. On a Sunday the three spread out: 08:30 to 20:00 in the centre, 08:30 to 19:00 at Catcote Road and 09:30 to 18:00 at Seaton Carew.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| Middleton Grange (town centre)49 Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, TS24 7RX | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 08:30–20:00 | |
| Seaton Carew (Elizabeth Way)New Unit 2, Elizabeth Way, TS25 2AA | 09:00–21:00 | 08:30–20:00 | 09:30–18:00 | |
| Catcote Road (Fens)430/432 Catcote Road, TS25 2LS | 08:30–21:00 | 08:30–20:00 | 08:30–19:00 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Hartlepool
Full weekly times are published for all three branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
Middleton Grange opens first at 08:00 Monday to Saturday, with Catcote Road at 08:30 and Seaton Carew at 09:00 midweek. Sunday is unusually early here: both Middleton Grange and Catcote Road open at 08:30, earlier than most towns covered on this site manage on a Sunday. Seaton Carew waits until 09:30.
Open latest
Middleton Grange is the only branch that reaches 22:00, Monday to Saturday. Catcote Road and Seaton Carew close at 21:00 on weekdays and 20:00 on a Saturday. After 21:00 on a weekday, and after 20:00 on a Saturday, the town centre is the only Betfred open in Hartlepool.
The one to remember: 49 Middleton Grange runs 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday — fourteen hours a day, six days a week — and 08:30 to 20:00 on a Sunday. It is the longest-trading Betfred in the town on every day of the week.
Betfred Hartlepool Sunday opening times
Sunday in Hartlepool starts early and finishes early: two shops open at 08:30, but nothing stays open past 20:00.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
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| Middleton Grange (town centre)49 Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, TS24 7RX | 08:30 | 20:00 | |
| Catcote Road (Fens)430/432 Catcote Road, TS25 2LS | 08:30 | 19:00 | |
| Seaton Carew (Elizabeth Way)New Unit 2, Elizabeth Way, TS25 2AA | 09:30 | 18:00 |
Middleton Grange runs eleven and a half hours on a Sunday, 08:30 to 20:00, and Catcote Road ten and a half, 08:30 to 19:00. Seaton Carew runs 09:30 to 18:00. That covers the morning racing and the afternoon football, but none of the three is open for a late Sunday kick-off.
Betfred Hartlepool bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so all three Hartlepool branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Hartlepool branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off Middleton Grange and an hour off Catcote Road and Seaton Carew, so check the window card the week before. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect each Hartlepool branch to follow its usual pattern for that day.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before; a 20:00 bank holiday close would take two hours off Middleton Grange and an hour off the other two.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Hartlepool times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Hartlepool |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, every shop |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Hartlepool branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. The live countdowns on this page follow the standard weekly times and the Christmas Day closure only, so check the window card before travelling on 24, 26 or 31 December or 1 January.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Hartlepool (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the town-centre branch at Middleton Grange. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. As the latest-closing shop in Hartlepool, it is the one to watch in the evening; the Catcote Road and Seaton Carew shops have their own live rows in the section below.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and the lists re-order themselves so the closest shop is always at the top, and the directions button points to the nearest of all three Hartlepool branches.
Betfred across the rest of Hartlepool
Two more branches sit in the south of the town, about two miles from the centre: Catcote Road at the Fens shops and Elizabeth Way in Seaton Carew. Both publish full weekly times, so their live status is as exact as the town-centre shop’s.
Betfred in Fens and Seaton Carew 2 shops
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Betfred, Seaton Carew (Elizabeth Way)New Unit 2, Elizabeth Way, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool TS25 2AA
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Betfred, Catcote Road (Fens)430/432 Catcote Road, Fens, Hartlepool TS25 2LS
Both are neighbourhood shops with neighbourhood hours: 21:00 on weekdays, 20:00 on a Saturday. Catcote Road is the earlier opener of the two and is open at 08:30 even on a Sunday; there is a Coral a mile up the road at 44 Catcote Road. Seaton Carew, by the seafront and the golf club, runs the shortest Sunday in the town, 09:30 to 18:00. The licensing register gives it as New Unit 2, Elizabeth Way (TS25 2AA); some listings use TS25 2AX.
Betfred near Hartlepool
Hartlepool sits at the northern tip of Teesside, and the nearest Betfred branches outside it are across the Tees and up the Durham coast.
Billingham, about five miles south-west, has a branch in its Town Square, and Middlesbrough has two on Linthorpe Road, both around seven miles away. Stockton, Norton and Peterlee each have their own shops too. Darlington, covered on its own page, is about twenty miles south-west.
All three Hartlepool branches are licensed by Hartlepool Borough Council; Billingham and Stockton fall under Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough under its own council. If you are heading south towards Billingham or Middlesbrough, use the location button above: the directions button always routes to the nearest of the three Hartlepool branches.
Other bookmakers in Hartlepool
Hartlepool is a Coral town by shop count, with Betfred a distant second.
Coral has more than half a dozen branches across the town, including Vicarage Gardens near Middleton Grange, 44 Catcote Road, 136 Oxford Road, 108 York Road, Wynyard Road, King Oswy Drive, Winterbottom Avenue and Wiltshire Way. Ladbrokes trades at 48 Church Street near the station, and the North East independent Chisholm Bookmakers also has shops in the area.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Hartlepool, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. With Coral trading from so many neighbourhood parades, it is often the nearer bookmaker outside the town centre; the Middleton Grange Betfred is the one to know for longer hours. Every bookmaker in the town is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Hartlepool
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Hartlepool Borough Council |
| Branches in Hartlepool | 3 betting shops |
| In the town centre | 1 of the 3 — Middleton Grange |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington, about 120 miles south-west. Hartlepool is a three-shop town: one in the Middleton Grange Shopping Centre and two in the south of the town at the Fens and Seaton Carew. Coral dominates the neighbourhood parades here, which leaves Betfred as a town-centre-plus-two estate, with the Middleton Grange shop doing the long hours.
For visitors, Middleton Grange is the one to know: a few minutes from Hartlepool railway station, and about half a mile from Victoria Park, home of Hartlepool United, and from the National Museum of the Royal Navy and HMS Trincomalee at the Marina. Seaton Carew is the branch for the seafront and the golf links, and Catcote Road serves the Fens and Owton Manor estates.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Hartlepool?
- Three, all licensed by Hartlepool Borough Council: 49 Middleton Grange Shopping Centre in the town centre, 430/432 Catcote Road at the Fens shops, and New Unit 2 on Elizabeth Way at Seaton Carew. All three publish full weekly times.
- What time does Betfred open in Hartlepool?
- Middleton Grange opens at 08:00 Monday to Saturday, Catcote Road at 08:30 and Seaton Carew at 09:00, moving to 08:30 on a Saturday. On a Sunday, Middleton Grange and Catcote Road both open at 08:30 and Seaton Carew at 09:30.
- What time does Betfred close in Hartlepool?
- Middleton Grange is the only branch that reaches 22:00, which it holds Monday to Saturday. Catcote Road and Seaton Carew close at 21:00 on weekdays and 20:00 on a Saturday.
- Which Betfred in Hartlepool is open latest on a Sunday?
- Middleton Grange, until 20:00. Catcote Road closes at 19:00 and Seaton Carew at 18:00. No Hartlepool Betfred trades past 20:00 on a Sunday, so for a Sunday evening kick-off the town centre is the only option and it closes before the late game ends.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision.
- Are Betfred shops in Hartlepool open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off Middleton Grange and an hour off the other two. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to Hartlepool station and Victoria Park?
- 49 Middleton Grange is the closest to both, in the main shopping centre a few minutes from Hartlepool railway station and about half a mile from Victoria Park, home of Hartlepool United. It is also the longest-trading of the three.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Hartlepool?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Every list on this page then re-orders nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closest of the three Hartlepool Betfred shops.