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The remains of a chapel founded by St Ebba.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Abandoned farm buildings built around 1851.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Acoustic sound mirror built in 1916 to detect German airships during WW1.

A Grade I listed building with origins dating back to the 7th century.

A collection of twelve almshouses designed by Norman Shaw for Lord Armstrong to house his retired workers in Rothbury.

Picturesque waterfall in the heart of Galloway Forest.

An obelisk on Whita Hill for John Malcolm, one of Langholm's most accomplished naval officers.

A Medieval wayside cross.

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

A fascinating jigsaw of a church built in the 12th & 13th centuries, restored in the 15th century and again in the 19th century.

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

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

Spire which once linked two chapels in Amble East Cemetery.

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

Guided tours of a rewilding project on the Hepple Estate with links to Hepple Gin.

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

Over six hundred years of stones crossing the Coquet, connecting the route of the old corn road from Hexham to Alnmouth.

19th century church built by the Salvin family.

A tower constructed in 1897 to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria in Dallowgill, North Yorkshire.

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

An urban gallery displaying the work of 6 artists based on the history of the area.

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

A memorial fountain dedicated to JJ Roddam, built by the people of Stanhope to commemorate his contribution to the community.

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 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.

Explore stunning water features, magical gardens a treehouse restaurant and the mysterious Poison Garden in Alnwick Garden.

The Newsham Moor trig point sits on How Tallon (447m) near Barnard Castle.

Disused haybarn on the Croxdale Hall estate.

A model of the Grey Heron that frequents the area.

A waterfall set within the stunning Galloway Forest Park.

Sculptures and decorations from old buildings that were demolished to make way for Eldon Square.

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.

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

A bread oven introduced in 1310 to the people of Corbridge by King John and used for over 500 years.

Ruined priory built in the 1100s, said to be home of one of Scotland's first Cristian communities.

Individual artwork creations, on opposite sides of the main road in Ushaw Moor.

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

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

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.

A square towered dovecote, built in the 18th century of brick, with stepped cogged cornicing at the eaves and a pyramidal pan tiled roof.

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.

A rare and significant medieval ruin, which served as the first school in Alnwick.

When art meets mathematics you get a geometric granite sculpture.

A space age rocket looking communication mast, bound for Mars from the pines of Henshaw Common!

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.

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

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.

The Brown Rigg trig point sits on Cotherston Moor (419m) near Barnard Castle.

The Parish Church of Wigtown.

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

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.

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

Mural of the Fair Slayer By Smug.

Scotland's National Book Town in Dumfries and Galloway.