Find Landmarks In The North

An erratic rock, rolled into Newbiggin Bay during the last ice age, transported on ice rafts through glacial waters to sit on the sand by the sea.

A Grade II Listed Ancient waymarker on an old trading route along the County Durham and North Yorkshire border.

The jaw bone of a Right Whale forming an arch, framing the harbour of Seahouses and beyond to the Farnes, with a fishy past!

A unintentionally concealed 90 foot tall way marker marking north for astronomers at Durham University one mile south.

Scotland's National Book Town in Dumfries and Galloway.

A five tonne Limestone boulder marking the location of the former East Chevington Drift Mine.

Stone commemorating Robert the Bruce's first victory over an English army in 1307.

Stone monument dedicated to two women martyred at Wigtown in 1685.

A monument to where a Richmond man's horse threw him over a cliff and his plan to stay alive.

A monument in Glenfinnan to remember the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

A boulder marking where Marion Lillie, also known as the Ringwoodie Witch, was executed in 1696.

A beacon on a hill just outside Richmond that was supposidly erected for Millennium celebrations.

A remote memorial cairn to Lord Robinson who was instrumental in forming the British Forestry Commission and Kielder Forest.

A sea arch and rock formation that is said to resemble a drinking dinosaur at Flamborough Head.

Remains of part of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway main line, built in 1825.

A number of shipwrecks visible in Amble harbour at low tide.

The remains of a Saxon Cross adjacent to the B6275 which follows the line of the old Roman Road Dere Street.

An ornate clock standing on Whitley Bay promenade, unveiled by Councillor James Hamilton Grant in 1933.

An 18th century market cross that would have been used for proclamations.

An unusual gravestone marking the final resting of a burglar trying to rob Lee Hall.

A monument to two engineers who died during the collapse of the Penmanshiel Tunnel expansion.

Two Market Crosses in Corbridge.

A 5m high cairn on Padon Hill marking the wedding anniversary of some local notables and to honour the work of a prominent Presbyterian preacher.

An ancient burial ground for a Bronze Age chieftain called Prince Caryn.

The longest surviving section of 'broad wall' on Hadrians Wall.

An 11th century Saxon cross head that marks the focus for the start of the annual Goose Fair in Ovingham.

An historic market place in the centre of Stanhope and the location of the Market Cross, a Petrified Tree Stump, the War Memorial and St Thomas Church.

Brickwork from the Victorian age.

A distinguished weather radar station that can be seen for miles.

A town with a nature reserve, memorial garden, cemetry and a reconstructed miners pit cage, celebrating the times of mining in Easington Colliery.

A 2,000 foot long pier built in the 1960's to pipe sea water for the magnesia treatment works.

The largest timber structure in Europe, built in 1893.

An octagonal folly, once part of the Stella Hall estate in Blaydon.

A plaque marking the site of a gibbet where Michael Curry was chained for murder.

A replica of the gibbet used to display the body of the murderer William Winter.