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An attractive folly of several styles making a pleasant sitting arrangement along the River Tyne.

A medieval pele tower first recorded in 1415.

A dovecote or doocot located in East Linton near Markle.

Folly in the heart of Richmond, now a beautiful holiday let.

A disused water tower that once supplied Aycliffe Hospital.

A Victorian Public Park dating from 1880.

A gem of a market place with interesting sculptures, some secret creatures, and a timeline.

A monument to two shepherds who lost their lives in a snow storm and ultimately led to the formation of the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team.

A church in Richmond with built elements dating from the 12th century.

Observatory dating from 1765, built by local astronomer Thomas Wright.

This is the trig point for Ealingham Rigg (241m) near Bellingham.

Saint George slaying the dragon atop a granite and portland stone pillar in the middle of old Eldon Square

The Beacon Hill North trig point overlooks the North Sea (87m) near Seaham.

Once a public loo, now a tiny holiday home in the heart of Berwick.

Statue dedicated to George Stephenson at the junction of Westgate Road and Neville Street.

Relief sculpture around a metro ventilation shaft.

Remains of a Roman Bridge that carried Dere Street over the River Tees.

The remains of a Saxon Cross adjacent to the B6275 which follows the line of the old Roman Road Dere Street.

A decorative well head built in the 18th century.

An obelisk standing in Richmond Market Place dating to 1771 with a surprising hidden secret.

A stone circle showing all the different kinds of stone that are quarried in the area.

The Collier Law trig point sits on Wolsingham Park Moor (517m) near Stanhope.

The Batter Law Hill trig point (143m) overlooking Dalton Park near Seaham.

Steel Truffle Pigs and Mushroom Statues hidden in Newcastle Centre by the Men of Steel blacksmith Graeme Hopper.

The Tuthill Quarry trig point is sitting on top of a quarry (164m) near Seaham.

The Pontop Pike trig point is sitting next to the Pontop Pike Masts (313m) near Consett.

This is the trig point for Tunstall Hills (112m) near Sunderland.

This is the trig point for Penshaw Hill (136m) near Sunderland.

The High Moorsley trig point is sitting in a field (163m) in Houghton-le-Spring.

An abstract sculpture by Eilis O'Connell of a conical, polished stainless-steel sculpture.

The Sand Edge Common trig point is on Wolsingham North Moor (353m) near Stanhope.

The Horseshoe Hill trig point is sitting on Edmundbyers Common (520m) near Stanhope.

The Grange Farm trig point is sitting in a field in Cornsay (280m) near Consett.

This is the trig point for Hasting Hill (124m) near Sunderland.

The remains of a medieval cross with only a socket stone and stone shaft still standing.

The Findon Cottages trig point is sitting in a field in Witton Gilbert (153m) near Durham.

The Charlaw Moor trig point is Sacriston (232m) near Durham.

Georgian era sundials on two facades of one house at The Green in Richmond.

The Humber Hill trig point is sitting in a field west of Lanchester (270m) near Consett.

The Bolts Law Hunstanworth trig point sits on Stanhope Common (541m) near Rookhope.

A dovecote or doocot as the Scots call it, next to Northfield house in East Lothian.

Sculpture depicting the skyline of the old Vane Tempest colliery in Seaham.

This is the trig point for Pit House Plantation (266m) near Durham.

Ruins of a 12th century Premonstratensian abbey in the hamlet of Easby.

A series of railway related art works in Shildon.

A tower which is all that remains of the Greyfriars Franciscan Friary in the centre of Richmond.

The Oxen Law trig point sits in a field at Oxen Law (346m) near Consett.

The Five Pikes trig point sits on moorland south of Bollihope (479m) near Stanhope.

The Hoove Faggergill trig point is sitting on Faggergill Moor (554m) near Barnard Castle.

This is the trig point for Pikestone Fell (387m) near Stanhope.

The High House trig point is sitting in a hedge next to the High House Reservoir (172m) near Bishop Auckland.

The Dry Rigg trig point sits on Redburn Common (561m) near Rookhope.

The Tripsy Bank trig point sitting on top of Greater Willington Common (152m) in Willington near Bishop Auckland.

This is the trig point for Mayland Lea Farm sitting by a wall in a field (305m) near Bishop Auckland.

The Stoterley Hill trig point is sitting on Muggleswick Common (376m) near Consett.

The Knitsley Fell trig point sits on Knitsley Fell (284m) near Wolsingham.

Early Norman castle built in the 1070s by Alan Rufus.

A Roman Fort that forms part of Hadrian's Wall at the frontier of the Roman Empire.

A mural of miners on the side of The Volunteer Pub in the St Johns area of Seaham.

The Roughside Moor trig point sits on top of Edmondbyers Common (384m) near Consett.

Bronze statue close to the River Tyne, depicting the history of South Shields.

A Roman Fort, surrounding settlement and museum that has been gradually excavated over the past 50 years and the location of some of the most important Roman finds in history.

Lime kilns located at Seaham harbour, restored in 2005.

A juxaposed scene, with chaldron wheels, industrial remains, and an old jetty against a backdrop of organic appeal.

Yes, a 20 foot high desk lamp in green that was part of the Lumiere festival.

Ruined 14th century pele tower set in the Cumbrian countryside.

A 5.5 inch Howitzer Gun to celebrate Seaham's links to the Royal Artillery and coastal defence during WWII.

Artwork on a call of angel wings, balloons and an umbrella, set up ready for a selfie.

A remote 19th century monument in the border forest of Kershope marking the spot of a gamekeeper killed by poachers and a large prehistoric Neolithic burial mound.

162 hectare park with ponds, walkways and bird hides.

Turret 29A on Hadrian's Wall.

War Memorial from 1921 by the A68 in Rochester, Northumberland

A small castellated house in Bedale that was used to house leeches which were sold to local doctors for bloodletting.

Lifesize Durham Light Infantry soldier atop a plinth with his rifle.

A neoclassical tower that stands on top of a bluff overlooking Portree harbour.

Guibal fan house built in 1872, which once ventilated Huntcliff Ironstone mine.

A Georgian Grade I Listed aqueduct, the largest all-masonry aqueduct in Britain taking the Lancaster Canal over the River Lune.

A statue to John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his unlikely companion.

Steel artwork by Richard Farrington on the Cleveland Way walking trail.

Five bronze life-size swans in various stages of flight that look naturally interwoven with each other.

A splendid feast of medieval lookalike architectural delights, and other things.

A local nature reserve with a modern history of regeneration from marshland to bog due to the end of water mills.

All that would have been dock life around the 18th century and complete with one of The Admiralties Frigates, The HMS Trincomalee.

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.