Hetton-le-Hole is a town and civil parish in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.

A182 runs through the town, between Houghton-le-Spring and Easington Lane (the latter borders the County Durham District), off the A690 and close to the A1(M).

The name of Hetton-le-Hole derives from two Anglo-Saxon words which were spelt together "Heppedune", meaning Bramble Hill.

The name was adopted by a local landowning family, the le Hepdons, who owned part of the Manor.

The trains were powered by gravity down the inclines and by locomotives for its level and upward stretches.

This was the scene of one of the earliest fatalities on railway lines, the "Hetton Wagonway Disaster" of Saturday 26 February 1831.

[4] These activities led to a rapid increase in the size of Hetton and over 200 houses for the miners were built at once.

Their adapted version of a Bob Dylan classic failed to chart[clarification needed], but the project made a slight profit as local support from other mining communities ensured that 'Knocking on Hetton's Floor' sold more than 1000 copies.

The area surrounding Hetton Colliery has been landscaped and is now occupied by a lake and leisure facilities.

The decommissioned St Nicholas' Church in Front Street was destroyed by fire in November 2006.