Unique And Hidden Places To Visit In Northumberland And The North

Wooden cabin on the shore of Kielder Water, built as a companion to Freya’s Cabin and inspired by the Norse love story between Freya and Robin.

From having been located near the main monument to William Wallace, to welcoming visitors at a local football ground, this depiction of Mel Gibson in character has had quite the journey.

A Second World War radar tower at Shoreswood Farm, built as part of Britain’s early warning system and one of the few surviving examples in Northumberland.

A plaque in Newcastle City Centre which commemorates the site of the imprisonment of the last monarch to be arrested.

An Edwardian Baroque-styled building that is the headquarters of the Durham Miners' Association.

Moss Force is a scenic waterfall on Newlands Pass in the Lake District, near Buttermere, with cascades dropping in stages down the slopes of Robinson Fell.

The filming location for Hagrid's Hut from the Harry Potter movies set up in Clachaig, Glencoe.

The most spectacular gorge with cascades and waterfalls in the whole of Northumberland if not the UK!

A natural cave modified into a place for swimmers to get changed in the 18th century.

A giant 15 foot spoon in between two fields near Cramlington and Seghill as part of a National Lottery funded art trail.

A beautiful little waterfall located in Allensford near Consett.

A lovely little double waterfall near Gilsland.

A wander from Warkworth to Alnmouth up the coastal path and then a return via the beach visiting St Cuthbert's Cross and Mortuary Chapel on Church Hill.

Fairly easy loop around Buttermere lake with stunning scenery all around the route.

A short wander around the spectacular Shaftoe Crags finding a Jubilee Stone, a standing stone and bagging a trig point.

A 30km walk to bag some trig points and chunky hills including Bloodybush Edge, Cushat Law, Hogdon Law and Wether Cairn.

The seat of the ancient kings of Northumbria and a mighty stronghold on the coast of Northumberland.

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

Rotating bridge designed by William Armstrong, which opened in 1876.

Monument dedicated to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838.

A 16th Century, grade I listed castle on Holy Island only accessible from the Northumberland coast at low tide.

An ornate, Edwardian Shopping Arcade, in the centre of Newcastle built in 1906. The arcade is set within Richard Grainger's Central Exchange Building.