Find Places To Visit In The North

A pretty church sitting in amazing countryside with breathtaking views in Low Alwinton.

A sculpture park and art exhibition space set within the grounds of Cheeseburn Grange, near Ponteland.

A 12th century medieval monastery built on a bend of the River Coquet, near Rothbury.

A ruined fort tower on the opposite side of the harbour to Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.

A ruined windmill sitting on the highest part of the Cleadon Hills.

A traditional Victorian Park packed with features sitting between Tynemouth and North Shields.

A beautiful folly set in the grounds of the Gibside estate which is now a holiday home.

A 15 hectare public park, right in the centre of Newcastle, dating from the 1880s and associated with, and named after two major exhibitions, the Royal Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 and the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition.

A concrete water tower located next to Northgate Hospital in Morpeth.

A statue of a British infantryman commemorating the end of World War 1.

A piece of public art found at Blyth Quayside representing a full sized steam train and tender.

Decommissioned leading lights in North Shields.

An octagonal folly, once part of the Stella Hall estate in Blaydon.

A castelled octagonal building in Seaton Sluice that was once a tax office, harbour master house and now a gallery.

A sandstone ridge to the south of Rothbury with teems of crags, wildlife and amazing views.

A 13th century church located in the grounds of Ford Castle, later restored by John Dobson.

Probably the finest pele tower in Northumberland with magnificent views and beautiful gardens.

Causey Arch is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world.

A spectacular woodland planted on crags to the north and south.

A 12th-century castle in Northumberland on the bank of the River Tipalt rich in history and treasure!

A blue stone that has links to the Saxons, the black death, vaccinations and strongman feats!

A beautiful little barn used to collect tithes in the middle ages.

24 hectare park with lake, woodland and waymarked paths in the heart of Gateshead.

Statue dedicated to EM Perkins whose company supplied materials for the High Level Bridge in Newcastle.

A 13th century fortified manor house set in beautiful woodland setting near Corbridge.

A nature reserve set within Gosforth Park where you can see birds, otters, deer and much more.

One thousand acres of historic park and woodland set against the backdrop of Lambton Castle.

A beautiful tower sitting atop the crag of Lady Hill near Kelso.

A 12th century church standing on the site of the original wooden church built by St Aidan in the 7th century.

A circular labyrinth made out of a selection of stones in memory of a dog.

A 900m long pier protecting ships when entering the River Tyne at Tynemouth.

A Parish Church close to the centre of Rothbury, parts of which date back to the 1200s

A 14th century ruined castle managed by the English Heritage.

A grade two listed iconic building in Cullercoats constructed as a lookout for fishermen.

A 17th-century Jacobean mansion disguided as a castle just north of Hexham.

A tunnel running from the Town Moor to the Ouseburn that was used to transport coal and then became an air raid shelter.

A town with a nature reserve, memorial garden, cemetry and a reconstructed miners pit cage, celebrating the times of mining in Easington Colliery.

A ruined Priory on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, widely considered to be the birthplace of Christianity in England.

A 12th century castle that saw plenty of action during the wars between England and Scotland.

The Transporter Bridge that spans the River Tees in Middlesbrough.

Twenty beautifully decorated Morph figures to find in North Tyneside.

A beacon that when lit would warn the neighbouring villages of an impending attack!

A Greek Doric style house, 14th century castle and 30 acres of beautiful gardens.

A war memorial to the Northumberland Fusiliers sited on the grounds of St Thomas the Martyr Church at Barras Bridge, depicting the spirit and patriotic confidence that swept the nation at the outset of war in 1914.

A Grade I listed, 12th Century ruined castle on the banks of the River Tees in Barnard Castle

A quaint little fishing village set around old fishermen's cottages and spectacular jagged cliffs - Also twinned with New Asgard!

A Grade I Listed Church in Mitford with a number of interesting architectural features and Grade II Listed tombstones and Lych Gate in the churchyard.

A pele tower that used to be part of the vicarage for the adjoining St James Church.

A castle and country house in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is the seat of The 12th Duke of Northumberland.

Lime kilns on the coast near South Shields, built in the 1870s.

The smallest museum in Northumberland (if not the world!!) with pictures, memorabilia and trinkets about boating life in Alnmouth.

A Doric style column with a Percy Lion on the top dedicated to the 2nd Earl of Northumberland.

A 3 chambered cave used by the monks as storage and safegaurd and as a dwelling for St Constantine.

Built in the 1870s, it was the first lighthouse in the world to be designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current.

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington, first president of the USA.

A spectacular mausoleum for the British soldier Thomas Monteath Douglas.

Designed by local sculpturer Ray Lonsdale, this statue Horns could be the Angel Of Durham.

Metal signs warning to Keep Out! Part of the Cramlington art trail.

A gem on the County Durham coast in terms of variety, scenery, history and passive science at work.

A 600 year old ruined Pele Tower used as a stronghold against invading scots.

A short but sweet 0.8km sculpture trail in Thornley Woods.

The peninsula part of Holy Island, made up of dunes, salt marshes, Snook House and Snook Tower

A prehistoric standing stone with cup markings.

A well preserved lime kiln not far from Vindolanda.

A ruined castle on the Scottish side of the border built by the 1st Earl of Roxburghe.

A purpose built library, which opened in 1926 with funding from the Carnegie Trust.

A ruined Vicar's Pele sitting on the main high street in Ponteland.

Famous book shop in the old Alnwick train station.

A ruined medieval castle built around 1341 by Robert Manners.

Northumberlandia is a unique landform sculpture near Cramlington, opened by Princess Anne in 2012.

A 4m standing stone, most likely a headless cross, maybe thrown there by giants or the devil.

A Country Park and lake on the outskirts of Newcastle Upon Tyne

An 18th century, 40 acre park designed by London architect, James Paine.

Site of the battle of Newburn Ford and Ryton Willows Local Nature Reserve

The largest timber structure in Europe, built in 1893.

Small Camera Obscura on the edge of Kielder Reservoir.

Stepping stones over Ladyburn Lake in Druridge Bay Country Park.

Also known as Davison’s Obelisk, this monument is a memorial to Horatio Nelson, victor of the Battle of Trafalgar.

A ruined 15th century tower house near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.

A grade I listed castle built in 1392, now a stunning hotel.

A defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo Dutch Wars in the 17th Century and used during various later conflicts.

A reconstruction of a gatehouse and buildings on the original foundations of the Roman buildings.

An ingeniously preserved lime kiln sitting on the wonderfully named Slag Hill.

A plaque marking the site of a gibbet where Michael Curry was chained for murder.

A holed stone in the Simonside Hills that lines up with the summer solstice.

A 19th Century, Grade II listed, Lifeboat Station situated on the beautiful horseshoe bay at Cullercoats.

Life size sculpture referring to the legend of Durham's founding on the banks of the River Wear

A Victorian public park in Walker, Newcastle with links to Robert Burns and its own population of Ring Necked Parakeets.

A ruined bastle and cottage located in a remote area of Bellingham.

Anglo-Saxon Monastery where St Bede spent his life from the age of seven.

A sculpture of four metal cows constructed from old JCB parts, grazing on the C2C route near Beamish.

An old ruined windmill sitting in Armstrong Park.

A 15th century gatehouse that was part of the Alnwick old town walls.

A sculpture of three drill heads in Weetslade Country Park.

Water Mill on the edge of Blaydon, originally built in 1730.

Fountains and water troughs throughout Alnwick that were once used to provide clean water.

A small suspension footbridge crossing the river Wansbeck.

A lime kiln situated on Alnwick Moor, one of 400 that would have been used in Northumberland.

Ruined motte and bailey castle, dating back to the Norman Conquest.

The Grade I listed Cathedral Church of St Mary, Newcastle's Catholic and first Cathedral.