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Hawsen Crags
Hawsen Crags
Crag, Rock And Cairn The Cheviots Northumberland In Progress

Hawsen Crags are a group of small volcanic rock outcrops in the Cheviot Hills, Northumberland, offering 360° views of the Harthope Valley.

Bedale Pinfold
Bedale Pinfold
Pinfold Bedale North Yorkshire

The Pinfold is a stone-walled enclosure in Bedale, used historically to impound stray livestock.

Hunton Pinfold
Hunton Pinfold
Pinfold Bedale North Yorkshire

The Hunton Pinfold is a restored 19th-century drystone enclosure near Bedale, historically used to impound stray livestock until their owners paid a fine.

Bedale Market Cross
Bedale Market Cross
Landmark Bedale North Yorkshire

Bedale Market Cross is a 14th-century octagonal stone monument in North Yorkshire, featuring a medieval shaft topped by a 19th-century crucifix.

Bank Top Kilns
Bank Top Kilns
Lime Kiln Rosedale Abbey North Yorkshire

Bank Top Kilns are 19th-century stone calcining ovens in Rosedale, built starting in 1856 to roast ironstone and reduce its weight for rail transport.

Aysgarth Falls
Aysgarth Falls
Waterfall Aysgarth North Yorkshire

Aysgarth Falls is a three-tiered limestone cascade on the River Ure in Wensleydale, carved through the Yoredale Series rock and spanning nearly one mile.

AA Sentry Box 442 Aysgarth
AA Sentry Box 442 Aysgarth
AA Box Aysgarth North Yorkshire

AA Box 442 is a timber sentry box near Aysgarth, dating to around 1956 and standing as one of the few surviving original roadside telephone kiosks.

Ana Cross
Ana Cross
Landmark Rosedale Abbey North Yorkshire

Ana Cross is a tall 19th-century sandstone boundary cross on Spaunton Moor, built on the site of a medieval cross and an ancient Bronze Age burial mound.

Pendle Witch Alice Nutter Statue
Pendle Witch Alice Nutter Statue
Statue Burnley Lancashire

The Alice Nutter statue is a 2012 brass and steel sculpture in Roughlee, portraying the Pendle Witch as a dignified woman in chains.

Dent Head Viaduct
Dent Head Viaduct
Bridge Dent Cumbria

Dent Head Viaduct is a 10-arch Settle-Carlisle Railway structure near Dent, built from local marble and limestone to span the head of the Dentdale valley.

Dandry Mire Viaduct
Dandry Mire Viaduct
Bridge Dent Cumbria

Dandry Mire Viaduct is a 12-arch Settle-Carlisle Railway structure near Garsdale, originally designed as an embankment before unstable ground forced a bridge design.

Arten Gill Viaduct
Arten Gill Viaduct
Bridge Dent Cumbria

Arten Gill Viaduct is an 11-arch Settle-Carlisle Railway structure near Dent, built from Dent marble and limestone to span the Arten Gill valley.

Penrith Castle
Penrith Castle
Castle Penrith Cumbria

Penrith Castle is a 14th-century fortress built by Ralph Neville and later transformed into a royal residence by Richard III.

Greystoke Pillar
Greystoke Pillar
Obelisk Penrith Cumbria

Greystoke Pillar is a late 18th-century sandstone obelisk near Penrith, built for the 11th Duke of Norfolk with an earlier Howard family coat-of-arms.

Clifton Hall Tower
Clifton Hall Tower
Tower Penrith Cumbria

Clifton Hall is a c.1500 stone peel tower near Penrith, the sole surviving part of a larger manorial complex built by the Wybergh family.

Brougham Castle
Brougham Castle
Castle Penrith Cumbria

Brougham Castle is a 13th-century ruin near Penrith, built by Robert de Vieuxpont on a Roman site and later restored by Lady Anne Clifford.

Bishop Middleham Castle
Bishop Middleham Castle
Castle Sedgefield County Durham

Bishop Middleham Castle was a medieval manor house used by the Prince Bishops of Durham from the late 11th century until the late 14th century.

Lunehead Stone Circle
Lunehead Stone Circle
Stone Circle Barnard Castle County Durham

Lunehead Stone Circle is an oval Bronze Age monument near Barnard Castle, consisting of six main boulders.

William Stead Memorial Stone
William Stead Memorial Stone
Landmark Darlington County Durham

The William Stead Memorial Stone is a granite boulder on Crown Street honoring the Northern Echo editor and social reformer who died on the Titanic.

Vane Mausoleum (Staindrop Mausoleum)
Vane Mausoleum (Staindrop Mausoleum)
Religious Place Barnard Castle County Durham

The Staindrop Mausoleum is a Gothic sandstone landmark designed by William Burn in 1850 for Henry Vane, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, near St Mary’s Church.

Joseph Pease Statue
Joseph Pease Statue
Statue Darlington County Durham

The Joseph Pease Statue is a bronze monument unveiled in 1875 to commemorate the industrialist and first Quaker MP at Darlington’s High Row.

Darlington Market Cross
Darlington Market Cross
Landmark Darlington County Durham

A stone monument in Horsemarket, gifted to the town by Dame Dorothy Brown in 1727 to mark the site of the historic market.

Darlington Clock Tower
Darlington Clock Tower
Landmark Darlington County Durham

A Victorian Gothic landmark in Darlington Market Square. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse and completed in 1864, it was a gift from Joseph Pease.

Bulmer Stone
Bulmer Stone
Landmark Darlington County Durham

Left by the last Ice Age, the Bulmer Stone marked the northern boundary of the town and is named after the the Borough Crier.

Stanwick Pant And Well Head
Stanwick Pant And Well Head
Fountain Stanwick North Yorkshire

A pant outside the church fed by a spring covered by a well head in a nearby field.

Stanwick Deer Shelter
Stanwick Deer Shelter
Building Stanwick North Yorkshire

A shelter for deer that was built on the same site as an earlier ice house, right next to an iron age hillfort.

St John The Baptist, Stanwick
St John The Baptist, Stanwick
Religious Place Stanwick North Yorkshire

Parish church in Stanwick, North Yorkshire, with medieval origins and later restorations, serving the village community for centuries.

Ruins Of St Lawrence Chapel Dovecot
Ruins Of St Lawrence Chapel Dovecot
Dovecote Stanwick North Yorkshire

Stone dovecot near Gainford, County Durham, a historic agricultural structure standing close to the ruins of St Lawrence Chapel.

Ruins Of St Lawrence Chapel
Ruins Of St Lawrence Chapel
Religious Place Stanwick North Yorkshire

Ruins of a medieval chapel near Gainford, County Durham, believed to date from the 12th century and associated with the nearby village and river crossing.

Meeting Of The Waters Westwick
Meeting Of The Waters Westwick
Water Barnard Castle County Durham

Point near Westwick where the River Tees and River Greta meet, forming the Meeting of the Waters at Rokeby Park in County Durham.

Bowes Castle
Bowes Castle
Castle Barnard Castle County Durham

Ruins of a 12th century Norman castle at Bowes, featuring a rare rectangular keep built to guard the Roman road through the Pennines.

Merrygill Viaduct
Merrygill Viaduct
Bridge Kirkby Stephen Cumbria

19th century stone railway viaduct on the former South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway, spanning the Merrygill gorge near Kirkby Stephen.

Allensford Blast Furnace
Allensford Blast Furnace
Landmark Consett County Durham

Ruins of an 18th century blast furnace beside the River Derwent, once used for iron production and now a historic industrial site.

Bleabeck Force
Bleabeck Force
Waterfall Middleton-in-Teesdale County Durham

Bleabeck Force is a tiered waterfall on Blea Beck in Upper Teesdale, situated near the Pennine Way and High Force.

Torthorwald Castle
Torthorwald Castle
Castle Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

Ruin of a 13th century tower and courtyard castle with later additions, once held by the Kirkpatrick family and later the Carlyles.

Ruthwell Cross And Church
Ruthwell Cross And Church
Religious Place Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

Anglo Saxon stone cross renowned for its carved Christian scenes and regarded as one of the finest early medieval monuments in Britain.

Staw Hill Settlement
Staw Hill Settlement
Settlement The Cheviots Northumberland

Iron Age settlement near Staw Hill in the Cheviot Hills, Northumberland, with visible earthworks and circular house remains from an ancient farming community.

Mid Hill Settlement
Mid Hill Settlement
Settlement The Cheviots Northumberland

Remains of an ancient settlement on Mid Hill in the Cheviot Hills, Northumberland, featuring circular hut platforms and earthworks from the Iron Age.

Our Woven Voices
Our Woven Voices
Art North Shields Tyne And Wear

Public sculpture in North Shields, featuring two intertwined figures symbolising community spirit, created by Helix Arts with local residents.

Warm Room
Warm Room
Art Kielder Northumberland

Sheltered timber-framed facility at Kielder Campsite, built in 2015 for stargazers, offering views of the sky and a communal cooking area.

Timelapse
Timelapse
Art Kielder Northumberland

Sculpture at Kielder made from locally sourced Douglas fir, featuring a central void framing views and exploring themes of time, growth, and natural cycles.

Shapling
Shapling
Art Kielder Northumberland

Sculpture at Kielder Waterside made from self-weathering steel, serving as an orientation point that lights up at night with colour-changing patterns.

Mapping Minigolf
Mapping Minigolf
Art Kielder Northumberland

Art installation at Kielder Water created by James Hutchinson, featuring a playable nine-hole mini golf course inspired by local maps and the surrounding landscape.

Shadow
Shadow
Art Kielder Northumberland

Shadow is an outdoor sculpture on the Beeches Walk at Kielder Waterside with eight curving stone-earth forms inspired by ancient trees.

Human Burrow
Human Burrow
Art Kielder Northumberland

Underground art installation at Kielder Water designed by Newcastle University architecture students, resembling an animal burrow and exploring human connection with nature.

Planetrees
Planetrees
Landmark Hexham Northumberland

Section of Hadrian’s Wall near Hexham showing the change from the original broad gauge to the later narrow wall, with both types visible side by side.

Long Stone
Long Stone
Standing Stone Hexham Northumberland

Stone monument on Barcombe near Vindolanda, possibly built on an 8th century cross base, later re-erected in the 19th century.

Lantern Lyme Park
Lantern Lyme Park
Folly Disley Cheshire

An 18th century stone tower on a hill in Lyme Park, built as a folly and known as the Lantern for its prominent position in the landscape.

The Cage Lyme Park
The Cage Lyme Park
Folly Disley Cheshire

A 16th century hunting lodge in Lyme Park, later rebuilt in the 18th century as a folly and used as a park keeper’s cottage and lock-up.

Lyme Park
Lyme Park
Estate Disley Cheshire

A grand mansion in Cheshire dating from the 16th century, set within extensive parkland and gardens and was Pemberley in BBC's Pride and Prejudice.

West Hill Hillfort
West Hill Hillfort
Hillfort The Cheviots Northumberland

An Iron Age hillfort on West Hill near Hethpool in the Cheviots, with earthwork ramparts enclosing the summit and fab views over College Valley.

Wellington Pit Memorial
Wellington Pit Memorial
Landmark Whitehaven Cumbria

A memorial to the 1910 Wellington Pit disaster in Whitehaven, positioned near the old pit head honouring the miners who lost their lives.

Tom Gill Waterfall
Tom Gill Waterfall
Waterfall Ambleside Cumbria

A series of cascades on Tom Gill Beck, with the main fall dropping around 9 metres as the stream flows out from Tarn Hows.

Light Engine
Light Engine
Art Shildon County Durham

An interactive light engine art installation in Shildon that changes colours in response to text messages.

Rocket Brigade House And Flag Tower Whitehaven
Rocket Brigade House And Flag Tower Whitehaven
Building Whitehaven Cumbria

An early 19th century building with adjoining flag tower in Whitehaven, originally used by the Rocket Brigade for launching rescue lines to ships in distress.

Newton Cap Viaduct
Newton Cap Viaduct
Bridge Bishop Auckland County Durham

A 19th century railway viaduct crossing the River Wear at Bishop Auckland, built with 11 arches and later adapted to carry road traffic.

Lady Annie Jerningham Statue
Lady Annie Jerningham Statue
Statue Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

A white marble statue unveiled in 1908 in Berwick, showing Lady Annie Jerningham with her dogs, commemorating the local philanthropist.

West Pier Lighthouse Whitehaven
West Pier Lighthouse Whitehaven
Lighthouse Whitehaven Cumbria

A stone lighthouse constructed around 1839, featuring a glazed lantern and ogee cupola, serving as one of Whitehaven harbour’s historic beacons.

North Pier Lighthouse Whitehaven
North Pier Lighthouse Whitehaven
Lighthouse Whitehaven Cumbria

A brick lighthouse built in 1841 on Whitehaven’s North Pier, once showing twin fixed red lights to guide ships into the harbour.

Millennium Clock Norham
Millennium Clock Norham
Landmark Norham Northumberland

A commemorative clock installed in 2000 on the village green at Norham, marking the new millennium and serving as a local landmark.

Haig Pit
Haig Pit
Museum Whitehaven Cumbria

A former coal mine in Whitehaven that was the last deep pit in Cumbria, now preserved as part of the Haig Mining Museum site.

Little Hetha Hillfort
Little Hetha Hillfort
Hillfort The Cheviots Northumberland

An Iron Age hillfort with a single rampart and ditch, occupying the summit of Little Hetha in the Cheviots and commanding views over College Valley.

Denwick Lime Kiln
Denwick Lime Kiln
Lime Kiln Alnwick Northumberland

An old lime kiln in a field in Denwick on the outskirts of Alnwick.

Ladykirk And Norham Bridge
Ladykirk And Norham Bridge
Bridge Norham Northumberland

A late 19th century iron road bridge spanning the River Tweed, linking Ladykirk in Scotland with Norham in England.

Keekle Viaduct
Keekle Viaduct
Bridge Whitehaven Cumbria

A disused 19th century railway viaduct with multiple stone arches crossing the River Keekle near Whitehaven.

Saltom Pit Engine House And Fairy Rock
Saltom Pit Engine House And Fairy Rock
Building Whitehaven Cumbria

Ruins of Britain’s first undersea colliery with an engine house beneath cliffs beside a sandstone outcrop tied to fairy legends.

Dukes Drive Viaduct
Dukes Drive Viaduct
Bridge Buxton Derbyshire

The Dukes Drive Viaduct in Buxton is a 19th century 13 arch railway bridge built for the line to Ashbourne.

Duke Pit Fan House
Duke Pit Fan House
Building Whitehaven Cumbria

The Duke Pit Fan House in Whitehaven is a 19th century castellated building that housed a Guibal fan to ventilate the Duke Pit coal mine.

Dinosaur Lampost
Dinosaur Lampost
Landmark Cockermouth Cumbria

A hedge that has grown over a lampost in Cockermouth that loosely resembles a dinosaur!

Crow's Nest Whitehavencrow
Crow's Nest Whitehavencrow
Landmark Whitehaven Cumbria

The Crow’s Nest in Whitehaven is a 40-metre landmark tower built during the harbour’s regeneration, designed in the style of a ship’s crow’s nest to overlook the marina.

Corbar Hill Trig Point
Corbar Hill Trig Point
Trig Point Buxton Derbyshire

The trig point sitting on top of Corbar Hill(437m).

Colwith Force
Colwith Force
Waterfall Ambleside Cumbria

Colwith Force is a scenic waterfall near Little Langdale in the Lake District, where the River Brathay cascades around 12 metres through a wooded gorge.

Claife Viewing Station
Claife Viewing Station
Building Ambleside Cumbria

Claife Viewing Station is a 19th century viewing platform on the western shore of Windermere, designed with coloured glass panels to frame scenic views of the Lake District.

Buxton Bull Ring
Buxton Bull Ring
Henge Buxton Derbyshire

The Buxton Bull Ring is a prehistoric stone circle in Derbyshire, consisting of a circular earthwork with buried stones that mark an ancient ceremonial site.

Bondgate Mural
Bondgate Mural
Art Bishop Auckland County Durham

The Bondgate Mural in Bishop Auckland is a street artwork decorated with butterflies and bees, bringing colour and a nature theme to the town centre.

Blakeley Raise Stone Circle
Blakeley Raise Stone Circle
Stone Circle Whitehaven Cumbria

Blakeley Raise Stone Circle is a Bronze Age monument on the edge of Ennerdale in Cumbria, featuring a ring of ancient stones set in a scenic fell landscape.

Ashington Fake Trig
Ashington Fake Trig
Trig Point Ashington Northumberland

A fake trig point plate located on the corner of the Ashington Town Council building.

AA Sentry Box 487
AA Sentry Box 487
AA Box Grasmere Cumbria

A roadside box by the AA for its members, which used to be manned in case of breakdowns.

Boy and Bicycle
Boy and Bicycle
Art Hartlepool County Durham

A Ridley Scott tribute

Milnholm Cross
Milnholm Cross
Landmark Newcastleton Scotland

Milnholm Cross near Newcastleton is an 8-foot medieval stone monument commemorating Alexander Armstrong, murdered at Hermitage Castle around 1320.

Preston Market Cross
Preston Market Cross
Landmark East Lothian Borders

Stone market cross in Preston, East Lothian, dating to the early 17th century, marking the former site of the village’s market and public gatherings.

Warrior's Rest
Warrior's Rest
Standing Stone Yarrow Scotland

Standing stone near Yarrow, Scottish Borders, known as Warrior’s Rest, thought to mark a prehistoric burial, possibly of a Bronze Age warrior.

Yarrow Stone
Yarrow Stone
Standing Stone Yarrow Scotland

Early 6th‑century standing stone near Yarrow, Scottish Borders, inscribed in Latin for two British princes, found over their ancient burial tomb.

Glebe Stone
Glebe Stone
Standing Stone Yarrow Scotland

Solitary standing stone near Yarrow in the Scottish Borders, thought to be prehistoric and possibly once part of a burial cairn.

Yarrow War Memorial
Yarrow War Memorial
Landmark Yarrow Scotland

Stone war memorial in Yarrow, Scottish Borders, honouring local soldiers who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars.

Ring Chesters Hillfort
Ring Chesters Hillfort
Hillfort The Cheviots Northumberland

Ring Chesters is an Iron Age and Romano-British hillfort west of Wooler, Northumberland, with triple ramparts and remains of roundhouse foundations.

The Kettles Hillfort
The Kettles Hillfort
Hillfort Wooler Northumberland

The Kettles hillfort is a multivallate Iron Age and Romano-British earthwork site west of Wooler, Northumberland, featuring well-preserved ramparts on a natural promontory.

The Haining
The Haining
Estate Selkirk Scotland

The Haining is an 18th century Palladian house and estate on the edge of Selkirk, with landscaped grounds and a loch, built for the Pringle family.

Auld Kirk Stow
Auld Kirk Stow
Religious Place Stow Scotland

Stow Auld Kirk is a ruined church in the Scottish Borders, consecrated in 1242, rebuilt in the 15th and 17th centuries, and in use until 1876.

St. Cuthbert’s Well Wetheral
St. Cuthbert’s Well Wetheral
Well Wetheral Cumbria

St Cuthbert’s Well at Wetheral is a medieval holy well fed by a spring beneath stone steps and topped by a 12th‑century conduit.

St. Andrew's Tower
St. Andrew's Tower
Religious Place Peebles Scotland

A 12th‑century church tower that was part of St Andrew’s Kirk, the oldest surviving building in the town, dating back to 1195.

Selkirk Pant Well
Selkirk Pant Well
Well Selkirk Scotland

Selkirk's Pant Well is a 19th-century ornamental well-house topped by the town-cross in Market Place, with origins in an early 1700s water trough and pant for animals.

Marine Memorial Otterburn Ranges
Marine Memorial Otterburn Ranges
Landmark Otterburn Ranges Northumberland

Marine Memorial on the Otterburn Ranges commemorates three Royal Marines who died in a live firing accident in 1982 near Outer Golden Pot.

Queen's Monument
Queen's Monument
Statue Penrith Cumbria

Queen’s Monument is a 7.5 m memorial topped by a figure of Britannia to commemorate Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne.

Penrith Clock Tower
Penrith Clock Tower
Tower Penrith Cumbria

Penrith Clock Tower is a 19th-century stone monument erected in 1861 in Market Square, Penrith, Cumbria, commemorating the Musgrave family's eldest son.

Our Lady's Chapel Stow
Our Lady's Chapel Stow
Religious Place Stow Scotland

Our Lady’s Chapel near Stow is the remains of a medieval Roman Catholic chapel, recorded by 1850 and situated alongside the historic well.

Our Lady's Well Stow
Our Lady's Well Stow
Well Stow Scotland

Our Lady's Well is a restored medieval holy well dedicated to the Virgin Mary, linked to King Arthur legends and centuries of pilgrimage.

Neidpath Viaduct
Neidpath Viaduct
Bridge Peebles Scotland

Neidpath Viaduct is a multi-arched stone railway bridge near Peebles, built in 1863 for the Caledonian Railway to carry the Symington to Peebles line over the River Tweed.

Mayburgh Henge
Mayburgh Henge
Henge Penrith Cumbria

Mayburgh Henge is a large Neolithic henge near Eamont Bridge, Cumbria, formed from river stones and featuring a single standing stone at its centre.

John Wilkinson Obelisk
John Wilkinson Obelisk
Obelisk Lindale Cumbria

An iron monument honouring the 18th-century industrialist known as ‘Iron-Mad’ Wilkinson.

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