National Tea Day is observed in the United Kingdom every year on April 21 and this year it falls on a Sunday.
It is celebrated in tea rooms, hotels, pubs and cafés through special events, and people have also been known to take part in charitable fundraising events in its honour across the country.
Here then, are 23 photos of people across Hartlepool enjoying a cup of tea.
Here then, are 23 photos of people across Hartlepool enjoying a cup of tea.
![Ladies of the parish enjoy tea in the garden for Canon Burkes's Jubilee in St Mary's Church of The Immaculate Conception, in the Headland, Hartlepool. Date unknown.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc1M2RmZDM0LWNmYWEtNGU4Yi1iYjE1LTI5Njg1Y2ViZDYzNDpmNjE4OTMwZi1iZGU5LTQzMGItYmFkNC0zNWJhYjAzNTNkNWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
17. St Mary's Church of The Immaculate Conception
Ladies of the parish enjoy tea in the garden for Canon Burkes's Jubilee in St Mary's Church of The Immaculate Conception, in the Headland, Hartlepool. Date unknown. Photo: Other, third party
![Sandra Savage (left) and Mary Trunbull are given a lovely cup of tea by Marie Booth at Ridgeway House in 2009.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZlZmQzYTA0LWJmMzItNDFjZi04OTVkLTMwZTI2OTIyMjExYzoxYTM5OTg1OC1hMTcxLTQ5NDItOTE0MS1lM2ZlN2JkZWY0Yjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
18. Nothing beats a good brew
Sandra Savage (left) and Mary Trunbull are given a lovely cup of tea by Marie Booth at Ridgeway House in 2009. Photo: Frank Reid
![Hartlepool's first Steampunk festival took place in 2018 at the Borough Hall and Heugh Battery Museum. The Heugh Battery Museum hosted a Time Travelling Tea Tent, featuring the art of tea drinking, hamster racing and fox tossing.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY1ODgzOTNjLTBlNTAtNGMwOS05NzlmLTZiZTM2NmI2MTU1OTo1NGQ0NjI1NS05YzcxLTRkNmMtYWNjOS02NDgyOTJlYjc5ZDU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
19. Steampunk festival
Hartlepool's first Steampunk festival took place in 2018 at the Borough Hall and Heugh Battery Museum. The Heugh Battery Museum hosted a Time Travelling Tea Tent, featuring the art of tea drinking, hamster racing and fox tossing. Photo: Kevin Brady
![Families enjoy a spot of tea at the Headland carnival in 2022.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQ5YjQwZmY3LTU4ZTAtNDRmNC04ZWRkLTQxZmVkNTBlMmVhNjpiZDg1YThiOS0xOGQxLTQ3MDYtYjk3YS1jNzQyMzIzZDFkYjM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
20. It's carnival time
Families enjoy a spot of tea at the Headland carnival in 2022. Photo: Frank Reid