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St Andrew's Kirk Ports
St Andrew's Kirk Ports
Religious Place East Lothian Borders

A picturesque ruined Church that replaced St Andrew's Auld Kirk after it collapsed into the harbour.

Aberlady Bay Nature Reserve
Aberlady Bay Nature Reserve
Landscape East Lothian Borders

The UK's first local nature reserve, established in 1952.

MacDuff Castle
MacDuff Castle
Castle Kirkcaldy Scotland

A beautifully positioned ruinous sandstone castle, overlooking the Firth of Fourth in East Wemyss, near Kirkaldy in Scotland.

Ravenscraig Castle
Ravenscraig Castle
Castle Kirkcaldy Scotland

The remains of one of the first artillery defence castles, overlooking the Firth of Fourth near Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.

Wemyss Caves
Wemyss Caves
Cave Kirkcaldy Scotland

Nine prehistoric caves containing Pictish carvings and Dovecots in East Wemyss, Kirkcaldy.

Holy Trinity Church Old Bewick
Holy Trinity Church Old Bewick
Religious Place Chillingham Northumberland

A tiny place of worship, hidden away, with a hefty nine hundred year history and notable Norman architectural features.

Loupin' Stanes And Girdle Stanes
Loupin' Stanes And Girdle Stanes
Stone Circle Langholm Borders

Not one, but two stone circles a short walk from each other next to the River Esk.

St Andrew's Auld Kirk
St Andrew's Auld Kirk
Religious Place East Lothian Borders

The remains of St Andrew's Kirk, dating from around the 1100s and with links to the North Berwick Witch Trials.

Museum of Classic Science Fiction
Museum of Classic Science Fiction
Museum Allendale Northumberland

The only museum dedicated to the history of science fiction in the UK with lots of amazing memorabilia on show.

Bede Memorial Cross
Bede Memorial Cross
Art Sunderland Tyne And Wear

A towering stone cross commemorating the life of The Venerable Bede, on Roker seafront.

Phantassie Doocot
Phantassie Doocot
Dovecote East Lothian Borders

Doocot built in the 16th century, which once held over 500 birds.

Seacliff House
Seacliff House
Building East Lothian Borders

A ruined house in the Scots Baronial style that is part of the Seacliff Estate.

Seaton Holme
Seaton Holme
Building Peterlee County Durham

This former prestigious rectory is one of the oldest domestic houses in England and is haunted!

Muggleswick Grange
Muggleswick Grange
Building Consett County Durham

A spectacular medieval ruin, in Muggleswick near Consett, built during the mid 1200s which was home to a farm, a chapel, a grange and a dairy, which belonged to the Prior of Durham.

Preston Mill
Preston Mill
Building East Lothian Borders

Quirky water mill maintained by National Trust for Scotland.

Fishburn Mining Memorial
Fishburn Mining Memorial
Statue Sedgefield County Durham

A memorial to the mining past depicting a miner with a pickaxe, working in a narrow seam.

Seacliff Beach and Harbour
Seacliff Beach and Harbour
Landscape East Lothian Borders

A private beach to the east of North Berwick with views to Bass Rock.

Rudston Monolith
Rudston Monolith
Standing Stone Bridlington East Riding Of Yorkshire

The tallest standing stone in the UK reaching a whopping 7.6 metres located in All Saints Church graveyard in Rudston.

The Tron
The Tron
Machinery East Lothian Borders

An old measuring device in the heart of the village of Stenton.

Green Law Waterfall
Green Law Waterfall
Waterfall The Cheviots Northumberland

A beautiful little waterfall located at the bottom of Green Law hill in the Cheviots.

Take Flight
Take Flight
Art Sunderland Tyne And Wear

Five silvery steel girders piercing the promontory at St Peter's in Sunderland and growing into the form of a cormorant taking to the sky.

Cheswick Beach
Cheswick Beach
Landscape Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

A beautiful beach with strange geology and fossils.

The Queen Elizabeth II Beacon of Hope, Fishburn
The Queen Elizabeth II Beacon of Hope, Fishburn
Art Sedgefield County Durham

A gas-fired beacon installed for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.

Goswick Observation Towers
Goswick Observation Towers
Military Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

Observation towers used during WW2 for ground attack training.

Beggars Bridge
Beggars Bridge
Bridge Goathland North Yorkshire

A 17th-century packhorse bridge over the River Esk that comes with it's own love story!

Colvin Fountain (Moffat Ram)
Colvin Fountain (Moffat Ram)
Fountain Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A bronze cast blackfaced ram atop the pink corncockle stone blocks of a Victorian drinking fountain in Moffat.

Bruce's Cave
Bruce's Cave
Cave Gretna Scotland

A cave where Robert the Bruce is said to have hidden and may have met a spider.

Spennymoor Town Hall and the Bob Abley Art Gallery
Spennymoor Town Hall and the Bob Abley Art Gallery
Building Durham County Durham

An Edwardian Baroque-styled multi-purpose building feature artworks.

Soutra Aisle
Soutra Aisle
Building Midlothian Borders

A burial vault for John Pringle, built from the rubble of a hospital, church and friary known as The House of the Holy Trinity, with great views out over Southern Scotland.

The Kelpies
The Kelpies
Art Falkirk Scotland

Two gigantic sculptures of Clydesdale horse heads paying tribute to Scotland’s heavy horse heritage.

Christon Bank Lime Kilns
Christon Bank Lime Kilns
Lime Kiln Alnwick Northumberland

Impressive lime kilns hidden away in woodland near Christon Bank.

Summerhill Force and Gibson's Cave
Summerhill Force and Gibson's Cave
Waterfall Middleton-in-Teesdale County Durham

A waterfall and Cave on the Bowlees Beck.

Shifting Times
Shifting Times
Art Houghton-le-Spring Tyne And Wear

A huge miner’s helmet and cap lamp hung on a peg rack created by Father and son Ray and Sam Lonsdale in homage to the area's mining heritage.

Kinnoull Hill Tower
Kinnoull Hill Tower
Folly Perth Scotland

A castellated folly on the edge of Kinnoull Hill above Perth.

Spennymoor Murals
Spennymoor Murals
Art Durham County Durham

17 street murals around Spennymoor and a case of ‘there is more to these than meets the eye’.

Old St Catherines Church Tower
Old St Catherines Church Tower
Religious Place Kendal Cumbria

Tower set in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside, part of an old parish church.

Falkirk Wheel
Falkirk Wheel
Machinery Falkirk Scotland

The only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal.

Cosin’s Library And Museum of Archaeology
Cosin’s Library And Museum of Archaeology
Museum Durham County Durham

A grand library ornamented in wood dating to the 17th century with the scent of bibliosmia and a museum with skulls, weapons, and finds from local excavations.

Arthur's Seat Trig Point
Arthur's Seat Trig Point
Trig Point Edinburgh Scotland

The Arthur's Seat trig point sits on a hill (251m) in Edinburgh.

High Force and Low Force
High Force and Low Force
Waterfall Middleton-in-Teesdale County Durham

Two waterfalls on the River Tees within the North Pennine AONB.

Old Rectory And Park
Old Rectory And Park
Landscape Houghton-le-Spring Tyne And Wear

Public gardens with sunken trees, an Italian rock in the fountain, and the stunning backdrop of a former 18th-century rectory.

Lochmaben Castle
Lochmaben Castle
Castle Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A castle on the south back of Castle Loch near Lockerbie.

Loch Doon Castle
Loch Doon Castle
Castle Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A castle on the banks of Loch Doon in East Ayrshire thought to have been built by Robert the Bruce.

Budle Bay Lime Kiln
Budle Bay Lime Kiln
Lime Kiln Bamburgh Northumberland

Ruined lime kilns on the coastal path near Budle Bay.

Isaac's Well
Isaac's Well
Fountain Allendale Northumberland

A well connected to a freshwater spring, developed by Allen Valley philanthropist Issac Holden to improve the quality of drinking water for the people of his community in Allendale.

Fleet
Fleet
Art South Shields Tyne And Wear

Seven stainless steel collier brigs, setting sail in the remains of an old dry dock by the river in South Shields.

Dunmore Pineapple
Dunmore Pineapple
Folly Falkirk Scotland

A magnificent pineapple-topped folly located in Dunmore Park near Falkirk.

Wetheral Priory Gatehouse
Wetheral Priory Gatehouse
Religious Place Wetheral Cumbria

A 15th Century Gatehouse to Wetheral Priory, which is all that remains of the complex following the Dissolution of the Monastaries.

Four Murals In Houghton le Spring
Four Murals In Houghton le Spring
Art Houghton-le-Spring Tyne And Wear

Four mural sites depicting the cultural history of Houghton le Spring, created by local artists.

Pedlar's Stone
Pedlar's Stone
Crag, Rock And Cairn Harbottle Northumberland

A hidden away old marker stone in the wilds of Coquetdale delineating the boundary between Harbottle and Hepple.

Sorbie Tower
Sorbie Tower
Building Newton Stewart Scotland

16th century tower built for Alexander Hannay, and still owned by the family today.

Camp Knowe Hillfort
Camp Knowe Hillfort
Hillfort Alwinton Northumberland

The remains of an Iron Age Hillfort sitting on a little spur of Clennell Hill near Alwinton.

Wetheral Church
Wetheral Church
Religious Place Wetheral Cumbria

A 16th Century Church with links to the now demolished Wetheral Priory.

The Story At Mount Oswald
The Story At Mount Oswald
Museum Durham County Durham

A new social history museum adjacent to a grand Georgian manor house telling the history of the area.

Parish Church of St Hilda Hartlepool
Parish Church of St Hilda Hartlepool
Religious Place Hartlepool County Durham

An imposing church that can be seen for miles at Hartlepool Headland.

St. Michael And All Angels Houghton-le-Spring
St. Michael And All Angels Houghton-le-Spring
Religious Place Houghton-le-Spring Tyne And Wear

Dating from the late 12th century, St Michael and All Angels' Church is the parish church of Houghton-le-Spring and contains the tomb of Bernard Gilpin.

Hartlepool Art Gallery
Hartlepool Art Gallery
Art Hartlepool County Durham

An art gallery located in the former Christ Church in Hartlepool.

Kepier Hospital
Kepier Hospital
Building Durham County Durham

An enchanting gatehouse and remains of a Medieval almshouse and hospital on an elbow of the River Wear in Durham.

Old Lime Pit
Old Lime Pit
Lime Kiln Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

A precariously placed lime kiln pit near Cocklawburn beach.

That Boat
That Boat
Art Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

A driftwood sculpture of a boat situated on the banks of the River Tweed in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Ravensworth Castle
Ravensworth Castle
Castle Richmond North Yorkshire

A 14th Century castle that now lies in ruins.

Crowtrees Nature Reserve And Engine House
Crowtrees Nature Reserve And Engine House
Building Durham County Durham

A nature reserve which was an old mining area with remains of a monolithic winding engine house.

Caerlaverock Wetland Centre
Caerlaverock Wetland Centre
Landscape Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

1,400 acre wetland site with mudflats, pools and reedbeds supporting thousands of birds.

Hexham House And Nuclear Bunker
Hexham House And Nuclear Bunker
Building Hexham Northumberland

Historic 18th Century Grade II Listed Building and Grounds now used as a Registry Office with space for ceremonies and on-site accommodation, whilst the basement includes the remains of a Cold War Nuclear Bunker.

Ashton Memorial
Ashton Memorial
Folly Lancaster Lancashire

A 50m high memorial in Williamson Park commissioned by Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife.

Heritage Blues (The Pitman)
Heritage Blues (The Pitman)
Statue Durham County Durham

A Miner kneeling testing the air with his safety lamp, by Ray Lonsdale.

Hartlepool Monkey
Hartlepool Monkey
Art Hartlepool County Durham

A sculpture of a Monkey based on a local legend.

Church of St Thomas The Martyr
Church of St Thomas The Martyr
Religious Place Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

A Church without parish dedicated to the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket

Martyrs Tomb at Glen Trool
Martyrs Tomb at Glen Trool
Religious Place Newton Stewart Scotland

A memorial dedicated to six covenanters killed for their beliefs.

Squirrel And The Milkmaid
Squirrel And The Milkmaid
Art Durham County Durham

Attractive murals back to back on a brick wall in a former cemetery now a small park in Durham.

Nine Standards
Nine Standards
Crag, Rock And Cairn Kirkby Stephen Cumbria

A group of nine cairns sitting on the aptly named Nine Standards Rigg just east of Kirby Stephen.

RSPB Wood of Cree
RSPB Wood of Cree
Landscape Newton Stewart Scotland

An RSPB Nature Reserve in Dumfries and Galloway, comprising Ancient Woodland, Rivers, Moorland, Grassland and Scrub habitats.

Andy Capp Statue
Andy Capp Statue
Statue Hartlepool County Durham

Figure of newspaper cartoon character Andy Capp cast in bronze.

Herring Girl
Herring Girl
Statue North Shields Tyne And Wear

A Corten Steel sculpture by Ray Lonsdale to honour the Herring Girls.

Blackett Level
Blackett Level
Building Allendale Northumberland

A grade II drainage portal with a rustic tally house which was used to explore and drain ground in Allendale for mining.

Riverside Park
Riverside Park
Landscape Chester-le-Street County Durham

Park alongside the River Wear with views of Lumley Castle.

Rubers Law Trig Point
Rubers Law Trig Point
Trig Point Hawick Scotland

The Rubers Law trig point sits on a hill in Denholm (424m) near Hawick.

Ebb's Nook
Ebb's Nook
Religious Place Beadnell Northumberland

The remains of a chapel founded by St Ebba.

Carlisle Castle
Carlisle Castle
Castle Carlisle Cumbria

Based in Cumbria, Carlisle Castle that had the most sieges and also the last siege in Great Britain.

Romaldkirk Moor Trig Point
Romaldkirk Moor Trig Point
Trig Point Middleton-in-Teesdale County Durham

The Romaldkirk Moor trig point sits on moorland (410m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Outer Golden Pot
Outer Golden Pot
Landmark Otterburn Ranges Northumberland

The base of a medieval cross, sitting in an elevated position on the western edge of Dere Street on the Otterburn Ranges.

North East Land Sea And Air Museum
North East Land Sea And Air Museum
Museum Sunderland Tyne And Wear

A former Royal Air Force site with lots of planes and ghosts.

Tide Stone
Tide Stone
Landmark Newburn Tyne And Wear

The tide stone was a 1783 stone marker denoting the tidal limit of the river Tyne before it moved further upstream to Wylam.

Ward Jackson Park
Ward Jackson Park
Landscape Hartlepool County Durham

A well-kept park with Victorian and Edwardian Features, modern works such as spiders and mosaics, plus the poignant ‘Heroism of the Silent Gun’ Boer War memorial.

Sunderland Bridge
Sunderland Bridge
Bridge Croxdale County Durham

A beauty of a bridge, old and packhorsey, with some chunky cutwaters and lovely views up and down the rivers Wear and Browney where they confluence.

AA Sentry Box 817 Beadnell
AA Sentry Box 817 Beadnell
Building Beadnell Northumberland

A sentry box that once housed AA patrolmen and then a telephone to aid you should your car breakdown.

Hexham Abbey
Hexham Abbey
Religious Place Hexham Northumberland

12th century abbey dedicated to St Andrew, in the heart of Hexham.

Yesterday, Today, Forever
Yesterday, Today, Forever
Art Denton Burn Tyne And Wear

A sculpture dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in the Montagu View Pit Disaster.

Ninebanks Hearse House
Ninebanks Hearse House
Building Ninebanks Northumberland

A hearse house hidden in the beautiful Allen Valley which was funded through the philanthropy of local travelling tea seller, Isaac Holden.

Macduff's Monument
Macduff's Monument
Tower Perth Scotland

An 18th-century commemorative tower built by the MacDuff family, former landowners of the nearby Bonhard House.

Ushaw Home Farm
Ushaw Home Farm
Building Ushaw Moor County Durham

Abandoned farm buildings built around 1851.

The People's Lamp
The People's Lamp
Art Durham County Durham

A large-scale Miners Lamp to honour the Bowburn Colliery and the wider Durham coalfields.

St Wilfrid's Gateway
St Wilfrid's Gateway
Building Hexham Northumberland

The remains of a gatehouse that lead to an Augustinian Priory Church.

Charybidis
Charybidis
Art Seaham County Durham

A site specific art installation designed by sculptor William Pye for Seaham Hall.

Shilling House
Shilling House
Building Denton Burn Tyne And Wear

A unique fortress style house in Newcastle's West End that was won as a prize in a 1920's raffle.

Limestone Corner
Limestone Corner
Crag, Rock And Cairn Simonburn Northumberland

An un-chiselable bit of Hadrian's Wall, near Walwick, where the Romans may have run out of might.

Long Meg And Her Daughters
Long Meg And Her Daughters
Standing Stone Penrith Cumbria

Long Meg and Her Daughters are a series of curious Neolithic standing stones forming a circle on a hillside in the western foothills of the Pennines.

Sunny Brae Dovecote
Sunny Brae Dovecote
Dovecote Embleton Northumberland

A medieval dovecote in the middle of a bunch of houses with a dove's eye view of the sea.

Leaderfoot Viaduct
Leaderfoot Viaduct
Bridge Melrose Borders

Nineteen russet arches span the Tweed at Melrose. The Leaderfoot is a striking landmark of Victorian engineering in the Borders.

Ravensworth Fountain
Ravensworth Fountain
Fountain Whittingham Northumberland

A memorial drinking fountain, dedicated to the memory of the 3rd Earl Ravensworth in Whittingham.

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