Find Places To Visit In The North

A bronze statue unveiled in October 2022 in Hirst Park, Ashington, honouring Jack Charlton and created by sculptor Douglas Jennings.

A statue in North Shields recognising the bravery of Mary Ann Matcham, a stow away, escaping slavery who arrived in North Shields on Christmas Day 1831.

Small woodland waterfall and cascades near Stonehaugh in Northumberland, formed on the Warks Burn.

A unique postmodern architecture and a memorial to a firefighter who died in the line of duty.

A white stag painted on the rocks below Bamburgh Lighthouse with lots of origin stories!

No murder of Corvids, but a navigational aid for ships.

Lifesize wire sculpture of an adventurous lady who was the first female skipper of a fishing boat up north.

A garden to look like a bombed house, as a memorial to the 1914 coastal attack.

A statue to commemorate the 18th-century explorer and navigator who changed the western perceptions of world geography.

The jaw bones of a whale as a reminder of the whaling industry of Whitby.

Whitby’s historic piers and lighthouses tell the story of the town’s maritime past, from Tudor stonework to 19th century beacons.

A 17th Century Manor House with roots dating back to the 7th Century.

An unmanned flock of aluminium sheep on the green, in the happy village of Sadberge in Darlington.

A garden in Scotland notable for its respect to Japanese culture and for having been both designed and conceived by women.

Statue of Constantine the Great who was made Roman emperor in AD306.

Ruins of a church standing at the former headquarters of the Knights Templar in Scotland.

Find the exact location and where to park for the Monument Hill Trig Point (355m) near Langholm.

A large-scale mural bursting with energy, depicting Roker Lighthouse.

An 18th Century church dedicated to St Ebba.

A cave that is now deep underground accessed by a tunnel and many steps. It is where Queen Margaret of Scotland came to pray in the 11th century.

Ruins of a Benedictine monastery first built in 1088.

A restored orangery and the brainchild of The Duchess of Buccleugh, in the grounds of Dalkeith Palace.

Replica of a Roman-era rock carving near Risingham in Northumberland, showing a standing male figure believed to represent a local god or guardian spirit.

An early 18th Century well in Ford.

Possible parametric art outside Hartlepool College of Further Education.

A hidden gorge, which contains mysterious carvings and has long been associated with pagan rituals.

A tiny dwelling standing on a bridge straddling the Stock Beck in Ambleside.

England's oldest gaol, built in 1333 from the stone of the Corbridge Roman site.

A huge metal spider artwork on the side of a house in North Shields.

A BAC Jet Provost T5 (serial XW405) outside the Hartlepool College of Further Education, shown banking to starboard.

A rock formation on Ilkley Moor thought to resemble a Cow and its Calf.

A vibrant mural painted on a gable-end wall, paying tribute to the history of Chester le Street.

A monument that sits in woodland on Torr Alvie, commemorating the Duke of Gordon who died in 1836.

Prehistoric rock art with some of Ilkley Moor's speciality carvings.

A pair of controversial horned, helmeted and shield wielding Vikings in Jarrow Town Centre.

A large Corten Steel artwork of lovers' hands entwined, by Ray Lonsdale.

A small lighthouse that sits on the end of the west pier at Anstruther Harbour.

A large ruinous estate house that has been taken over by nature.

A memorial to the aircrew lost in a crash on 31st January 1944.

Ruins of a late 18th century chapel close to the River Tweed

A large cairn shelter overlooking the Cairngorms, hidden in the woodlands on Torr Alvie.

A human home owned by a sculptor who has carved avian abodes in stone for the sparrows sharing his home on Pier Road in Berwick.

A spectacular double waterfall sitting right in the heart of the Northumberland National park.

A sculpture in Hartlepool paying tribute to Ridley Scott and Tony Scott.

A large and well preserved Iron Age Broch near Clachtoll Beach in Assynt.

A curious cave with links back to the Mesolithic period on the shores of Loch Caolisport.

A three hundred year old beehive doocot near Aberlady Bay.

The Dodd End trig point sits on Hambleton End (399m) near Northallerton.

The ruin of the a 1912 memorial chapel, containing graves of the Crichton-Stuart family.

A huge monument, built in 1857 to commemorate Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce, a significant figure in the area.

An intriguing folly that is hidden high in the woodland of Green Hill on the Falkland Estate.

A pretty little waterfall on the Maspie Burn, that can be found on the large Falkland Estate.

A large tower shaped landmark that sits on the edge of a golf course overlooking the firth of forth.

Stone cairn near Carr Edge in Northumberland, built in 1927 to commemorate Baden-Powell’s 1908 visit for the first official Scout camp.

Large-scale mural depicting the heritage of the area, close to the Wearmouth Bridge.

A Church in Romaldkirk known as the "Cathedral of the Dales" and dating back to Saxon times.

An octagonal Victorian folly built in 1835 for George Head Head of Rickerby Hall, possibly used as a dovecote.

12th century cross, possibly a Christianised monolith.

Fields as far as the eye can see of firework bright Dahlia and Chrysanthemums which burst into bloom every autumn, close to Hadrian's Wall.

Collection of four sculptures on Durham University’s South Road campus, each celebrating history, science, and art.

A steel sculpture in the shape of a giant pickaxe in Jarrow, created as a memorial to the town’s mining heritage and the communities who worked in the pits.

A colossal costard of a Miner made of Corten Steel by Ray Lonsdale, located in Seaham.

A natural well that became a spa on Ilkley Moor.

A late 1800s lighthouse, built to replace the original which was erected in 1636.

An ancient harbour that has been active since medieval times.

A great example of a 16th century tower house that sits on the eastern side of the Cairngorms near Ballater.

Ruined castle built by William Rufus in 1092.

A late medieval dovecote, just hiding off the A1 near Belford, first documented in 1626, which is grade II and on the National Heritage List for England.

An imposing Georgian/Victorian footbridge for the gentry to preamble in order to take the spaw waters.

The remains of a 18th century salt pans set on the coastal path near St Monans.

An 18th century windmill that was used to pump sea water into the neighbouring salt pans.

A 1930's built outdoor tidal swimming pool, on the coastal path at St Monans.

A folly that sits on the headland at Elie with stunning views over the Firth of Forth.

A lighthouse built in 1908, on the headland near Ruby Bay, with fantastic views over the Firth of Forth.

A memorial dedicated to the local fisher folk of Pittenweem, that lost their lives at sea.

A 19th Century Boundary Stone on Ilkley Moor.

A historical church with views over the Firth of Forth, believed to where the remains of St Monan are buried.

A stream that runs through an impressive geological feature.

Remains of a Late Neolithic stone circle on Burley Moor.

A 15th century ruinous castle that sits on top of the cliffs near St Monans overlooking the Firth of Forth.

A 16th century beehive shaped doocot, that still has a few resident pigeons.

A 16th century beehive shaped doocot, that has been beautifully restored.

A beehive doocot that sits on the cliff top, 100m east of Newark Castle near St Monans.

A rectangular lectern doocot that sits in a field next to the A917 near Caiplie.

A Romano British stone, thought to be from the 2nd or 3rd century, only discovered in the 1970s when the river swelled and revealed his cheery disposition at Waters Meet near Acomb.

A gritstone escarpment in the Peak District popular with climbers, known for its steady winds and wide views across the Cheshire Plain.

A coastal cave carved with cross symbols containing evidence of Iron Age occupation.

Photogenic museum with geological interest and eclectic items dating to Georgian times.

A historical stone containing a Pictish carving dating back to the the 7th century.

Large heritage mural in Horden, County Durham, by Durham Spray Paints, depicting a miner holding a safety lamp to mark 125 years of mining in the village.

A sandstone cave that is accessible from one of the narrow streets of Pittenweem linked to smugglers St Fillan, a 7th century missionary.

A set of five locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

A discreet sandstone monolith in South Gosforth that notes the line of the Ninety Fathom Dyke and the distance from the Gosforth Colliery Shaft.

A sculpture by artist, Christine Hill, erected in 1991 as 'a reminder that the rhino, one of the world's great animals, is threatened with extinction by the greed of mankind'.

Prehistoric carved rock dating back to the Neolithic period, almost 5,000 years ago.

A ruined shell of an ancient kirk, teetering on the cliffs at Old Cambus, Cockburnspath.

A ceramic wall mural, installed on the site of a former bakery.

Corbar Cross is a landmark cross on Corbar Hill overlooking Buxton, originally erected in 1950 to mark the Holy Year and later replaced after damage and vandalism.

A former Library building with an eclectic mix of art, maritime, social, and natural history elements.

A Market Hall, dating from the 17th century and Market Cross thought to date from the 13th century in the centre of Bingley.