| Official Name: | Hawthorn |
| Label Position: | left |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | North East England |
| Shire County: | County Durham |
| Population: | 500 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
| Post Town: | SUNDERLAND |
| Postcode Area: | SR |
| Postcode District: | SR7 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NZ419455 |
| Coordinates: | 54.803°N -1.349°W |
| Static Image Name: | Stapylton Arms, Hawthorn - geograph.org.uk - 323422.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | The Stapylton Arms |
Hawthorn is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated between Seaham and Easington.
The only public building in the village of Hawthorn is the Staplyton Arms, a small public house situated in roughly the centre of the village.
Close by Hawthorn Dene's mouth, there was until the late 1970s, a large Gothic Revival house, named "Hawthorn Towers" once the family home of Major Anderson, who was connected with the Building of the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge.