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Garleigh Moor Trig Point

Trig Point Rothbury Northumberland

The trig point sitting on top of Garleigh Moor (268m).

Hopetoun Monument

Tower East Lothian Borders

A 29m high tower on Byres Hill built as a monument to John Hope, the 4th Earl of Hopetoun.

Warren House Gill, Horden

Landscape Horden County Durham

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

Fulwell Lime Kilns

Lime Kiln Sunderland Tyne And Wear

Old lime kilns at Fulwell, now a fancy backdrop for a car showroom.

Druid's Temple

Folly Ripon North Yorkshire

A folly based on Stonehenge with two large stone circles, an altar, sacrificial stone and a tomb area.

Thornley Woods Sculpture Trail

Landscape Rowlands Gill Tyne And Wear

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

Wharnley Burn Waterfall

Waterfall Consett County Durham

A beautiful little waterfall located in Allensford near Consett.

Crammel Linn Waterfall

Waterfall Gilsland Northumberland

A lovely little double waterfall near Gilsland.

Corbridge Vicar's Pele Tower

Tower Corbridge Northumberland

A 14th century defensive pele tower once used as a vicarage and now is a micro gin bar.

Ace Of Spades Dragline Bucket (not Big Geordie)

Machinery Stobswood Northumberland

The scoop bucket used from the now dismantled Ace Of Spades dragline excavator.

Shaftoe Crags

Landscape Bolam Northumberland

Stunning crags and landscape with standing stones and a Devil's Punchbowl.

Waterloo Monument

Tower Jedburgh Borders

A monument commemorating the Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

Follies  5

Towers  29

Trig Points  12

Statues  28

Caves  7

Buildings  47

Arts  33

Waters  5

Bridges  12

Museums  3

Standing Stones  10

Machineries  4

Dunmoor Hill And Cunyan Crags

19km (12 miles) The Cheviots Northumberland

A lovely jaunt up Cunyan Crags then onto Dunmoor Hill in Ingram Valley including Reaveley Hill, a stone cirlce, Long Crag and Cat Crag.

Warkworth To Alnmouth

10km (6 miles) Warkworth Northumberland

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

Hepburn Moor And Ros Castle

17km (11 miles) Chillingham Northumberland

A wander from Ros Castle down the west side of Hepburn Moor finding cairns, hillforts, pill boxes, crags and the Blawearie.

Clennell Street And Shillhope Law

22km (14 miles) The Cheviots Northumberland

Heading up Clennel Street taking in Shillhope Law and bagging a trig point.

Grey's Monument

Statue Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

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

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Building Gateshead Tyne And Wear

Old flour mill converted into a contemporary art gallery in 2002.

Swing Bridge

Bridge Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

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

Beamish Museum

Estate Stanley County Durham

350 acre world famous open air museum set in rural County Durham.

Bamburgh Castle

Castle Bamburgh Northumberland

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

Man with Potential Selves

Art Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

Three statues sowing the different aspects of a working man of Newcastle.