A lovely church in a quintessentially British setting. Possibly the oldest in the Durham diocese.
A gem on the County Durham coast in terms of variety, scenery, history and passive science at work.
This castle started as a motte and baily and then rebuilt in the 14th century in a Quatrefoil styled castle. The only one in England.
A feast for photographers, natural history enthusiasts, structure admirers, sculpture lovers and children
A modernist building, especially built for the study, teaching, demonstrating and display of all things glass.
Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.
A castle dating back to the Normans in Durham city centre.
Once a former chapel, but is now a museum, packed full of local heritage.
Six foot pair of boxing gloves commemorating the achievements of Maurice Cullen.
A life size sculpture of grandmother and granddaughter by Ray Lonsdale.
Life size sculpture referring to the legend of Durham's founding on the banks of the River Wear
Striking mural and sculpture, depicting South Hetton's mining heritage.
Modernist footbridge completed without using scaffolding in 1963
A distinguished weather radar station that can be seen for miles.
A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings
The Transporter Bridge that spans the River Tees in Middlesbrough.
Designed by local sculpturer Ray Lonsdale, this statue Horns could be the Angel Of Durham.
A stunning example of a lighthouse in Sunderland with a parabolic pier.
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.
A ruined colliery engine house that was part of a monumental mining disaster.
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