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A replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse giving a glimpse into life 2000 years ago.

The Kelpie maquettes in Ardrishaig, at three meters tall are the 1/10 scale prototypes for the real McCoy Kelpies by Andy Scott stabled in Falkirk.

Square lighthouse overlooking the Solway Firth.

A series of murals mounted on the walls of an old air raid shelter just underneath the Black Gate depicting familiar scenes from the city’s history.

A sculpture at the source of the River Rede of a feral Northumberland goat, living its leaping life just above the peeping eye of Catcleugh Reservoir.

A Grade II, early 19th century dovecote with the square tower loosely modelled on the tower of The Church of St Andrew in Hartburn.

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.

An art/science installation involving audience participation and sunshine.

A small Islet in Loch Lomond that is a nature reserve and part of the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve.

Monument to Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway, built in 1875.

Two boundary stones where the kings and queens of the Yetholm gypsies were crowned.

When art meets mathematics you get a geometric granite sculpture.

A ruined castle in the centre of Pickering that dates from the Norman period.

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

Impressive 10m high sculpture on the bank of Black Loch.

A Celtic cross, commemorating the lives of James and Charles Radcliffe, Earls of Derwentwater, Viscounts Langley.

A cairn memorial to John Cobb who died attempting to set a world speed record on Loch Ness.

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

A museum of the culture and artifacts of the town and surrounds.

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

An abundance of art in a striking eco friendly/ green building.

Located on the site of an ancient village cross at Longhoughton, it was on the route of the pilgrimage from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to 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.

The Parish Church of Wigtown.

The Glassonby Stone Circle, was the site of a 1900s excavation of remains of burnt bones, a Bronze Age collared urn and a mysterious blue faience bead.

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

A heart filled horseshoe horse, surveying the summer sunshine and the gentle tilts and curves of the upland Buteland view near Bellingham.

A World War I memorial of a six foot soldier, with his rifle lowered, taking a drink from his canteen by Ray Lonsdale.

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

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

A spectacular sandstone rockface in Ridsdale used for bouldering and climbing, with breathtaking views across Northumberland from the top.

Gun tower built in 1542 which attracted the interest of Henry VIII for it's state of the art design.

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

A Grade II listed Water Tower in Teesside built by Sir Hugh Bell in 1915 to supply water to Ingleby Arncliffe and Rounton villages which houses some unexpected things within.

A small Cathedral but perfectly (almost) formed with a celestial ceiling.

An RSPB reserve set on the River Cree Estuary forming a mosaic of salt marsh, mud flat, lake and reed beds.

Figure of newspaper cartoon character Andy Capp cast in bronze.

Smuggler's Bothy built by the famous smuggler John Robertson in 1760.

A narrow limestone staircase on a former corpse route in Southern Cumbria with legends of faeries, wishes and even a demonic dog.

Impressive Bronze Age stone circle, close to Wigtown.

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

Four totem poles which are part of a flood defence scheme.

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

Scotland's National Book Town in Dumfries and Galloway.

A former gentleman’s Georgian residence and now a museum in a park nestled along the river Tees.

An arresting piece of steel art by Stanson Art (Ron Lawson) and Mark Burns Cassell commemorating the coal industry in the area.

Garden inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, opened in 2004.

A hidden away home to The Kerr clan of Lothian, Ferniehirst Castle is a rarely open gem nestled in the Borders.

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

A smart 1700s bridge, ahead of its time, sat tight on the banks of the Tweed.

The smallest place of sanctuary, rolling out of West Woodburn, between the road and the river, lies the church of St Cuthbert's, Corsenside.

A magnificent stone structure resembling a royal crown to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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

An obelisk and monument dedicated the all of the Wigtown Martyrs.

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

A series of waterfalls on the Buchan Burn in the heart of the Galloway Forest Park.

An iron age hillfort on top of Sinkside Hill in the north west of the Cheviots.

Carved statues in distress near the Bill Bryson Library in Durham University.

A historical sliver in pinky Penrith sandstone, Kirkoswald Castle was built to impress and defend.

A noticeable Norman Church on commanding a hill in Easington Village .

A subtle stone sculpture hidden in a dry stone wall in the middle of the Galloway Forest Park.

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

An old 18th century windmill part of Birney Hill farm.

A little hidden den in the dunes near Amble made of driftwood and containing shells and fun messages.

Ruins of a medieval chapel dedicated to St Ninian.

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 bridge spanning the River Tees where Ray Hanna flew his Spitfire under.

Two chambered cairns dating back to the Neolithic period.

A medieval house with Tudor and 18th-century additions in Kendal, Cumbria.

A Red Kite Feeding Station set up on a Farm.

An old hillfort sitting on top of Green Humbleton in the borders.

A country house near Christon Bank and home to a past Prime Minister, and the longest serving Foreign Secretary.

Monument built in 1835 in memory of a local shepherd's boy, Alexander Murray.

A ladle train that would transfer hot metal within the Consett Steelworks.

A well head commissioned by Lady Waterford that was once fed by a natural spring and linked to the Battle Of Flodden.

A stone artwork by John Maine that forms part of the Kielder Forest Art and Architecture Trail.

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

One of a handful of hearse houses left in the UK with a little 'fun for free' museum.

A proud standing Percy lion atop a grandiose gateway to the old Ladykirk House in Upsettlington.

A giant trowel next to the North Seaton Community Centre in Ashington.

A stunning church providing a backdrop for Durham Market Place and a lively place in which to worship.

Priory founded in 1113, nestled in the heart of Bridlington old town.

The first pier on the North East Coast and last pier in Yorkshire.

A tumble down 16th century pele tower in the Borders, built with the biggest cyclopean stones, and only sheep for neighbours.

A monument built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and also celebrate William Wouldhave and Henry Greathead, two of the people credited with the design of the first self-righting lifeboat.

A little stone circle sitting at the bottom of Dunmoor next to Cunyan Crags.

A 35m tall chimney that was part of the Gaunless Valley Lead Mill.

Ruins of a 12th century Benedictine priory, close to the banks of the River Swale.

Training trenches dug by members of the 18th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in preparation for World War I.

Two weathered rock formations representing a priest and his clerk on the banks of Cartington Hill in Rothbury.

Mural of the Fair Slayer By Smug.

A model of the Grey Heron that frequents the area.

A 19th Century Public Park designed by Edward Kemp.

Victorian Park alongside the River Eden with contemporary and traditional artwork, statues, and musical instruments.

A late 19th century secluded harbor and part of the South Gare Breakwater.

Saltburn is home to the oldest water-balanced funicular in the UK and the second oldest in the whole wide world! A cliff lift with the most sensational view of the sea and sand below.

Lighthouse built in 1826, where Grace Darling spotted the wreck of the SS Forfarshire.

The Red Lion Farm trig point sits in a hedge (66m) near Hartlepool.

A secluded waterfall and plunge pool in the Harthope Valley next to The Cheviot.