Find Places To Visit In The North

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

People’s Park created in the Victorian era with fine features.

Edwardian Gothic-style museum, featuring local and natural history displays and a ceramics collection.

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

Statue in a storming pose of an extremely brave WWII soldier.

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

A playful sculpture showing the balancing act of settling a dispute.

A ruinous country house, that was built in 1812 and has now succumbed to nature in the Mugdock Country Park.

A superb 67m tower, containing exhibitions on each of the three floors, then the crowning glory at the top.

A fantastic 14th century ruinous castle that has had many extensions and gardens added over the ages.

A heavily ruined 14th century fortified castle in Braemar with a much longer history.

An impressive waterfall and salmon ladder with incredibly clear water pools in Glen Lui.

A mysterious cave hidden deep in the woodlands of The Hermitage near Dunkeld.

An early 12th century Motte & Bailey Castle in a beautiful spot near Elgin.

A castle built on an island in the middle of Loch an Eilein.

An old cemetery containing important memorials, with a great viewpoint for Stirling Castle and the surrounding hills.

A 13th century ruinous castle, that sits on a craggy tidal island in Loch Moidart.

A ruinous 13th century Priory, that is on the Lake of Menteith and is only accessible by boat.

Two well preserved iron age brochs that sit only 500m apart, in Gleann Beag near Glenelg.

The remains of an Iron Age broch, that sits on the south east shore of Loch Alsh, near Letterfearn.

A ruinous 13th century courtyard castle in Nethy Bridge, which enjoys stunning views of the surrounding mountains.

The ruins of an impressive townhouse built by John Erskine, the keeper of Stirling Castle.

A beautiful garden that brings to life parables from the Bible, in the heart of Elgin, next to the Cathedral.

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

A statue of Robert the Bruce that sits in front of Stirling Castle with views of the Wallace Monument and Ochil Hills.

The ruins of an ancient church near Kirkbank, that have been converted into a burial enclosure.

The Nutholm Hill trig point sits in a field (120m) near Kettleholm.

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

The Annanhead Hill trig point sits above the Devil's Beef Tub (478m) near Moffat.

An 18th Century church dedicated to St Ebba.

The Meall nan Each trig point sits on the Ardnamurchan peninsula (490m) next to Ben Laga (512m).

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.

A memorial stone celebrating John Frederick Batesman's engineering achievements in bringing clean water to the area.

A water fountain celebrating the achievements of the engineer James M Gale, who brought a supply fresh water to Glasgow.

A beautiful parish church, that sits next to the woodland that contains the mysterious Dunino Den.

The Ben Lawers trig point sits above Loch Tay (1214m) near Aberfeldy.

An early 18th Century well in Ford.

Possible parametric art outside Hartlepool College of Further Education.

A fountain and statue in the village of Falkland, dedicated to Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce, who married Margaret Bruce, heiress to the Falkland Estate.

A waterfall that is reached via the Birks of Aberfeldy, where Robert Burns was inspired to write a poem.

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.

An ornate fountain on Kinross High Street, which contains a time capsule from 1885.

The famous castle built on an island in the middle of Loch Leven, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.

The Moncreiffe Hill trig point sits on a hill fort (185m) near Perth.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.