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Kielder Observatory
Kielder Observatory
Building Kielder Northumberland

Award winning observatory within Northumberland Dark Sky Park

Brinkburn Bell
Brinkburn Bell
Art Rothbury Northumberland

A symbolic replica of a bell from the tower of Brinkburn Priory which reflects the history and heritage of the monks at the monastery.

Redhouse Castle
Redhouse Castle
Castle East Lothian Borders

Ruined 16th century tower house near Longniddry in East Lothian, once home to the Douglas family and later used as a Catholic seminary.

Kielder Viaduct
Kielder Viaduct
Bridge Kielder Northumberland

A skewed arch construction, railway viaduct.

Low Wood Edge Lime Kiln
Low Wood Edge Lime Kiln
Lime Kiln Beetham Cumbria

Flare kiln close to Beetham village in an AONB

Joseph Cowan Memorial Statue
Joseph Cowan Memorial Statue
Statue Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

Memorial statue to commemorate the life of English radical Liberal politician, industrialist, activist and journalist standing tall at the junction of Westgate Road and Fenkle Street in Newcastle.

Featherwood Waterfall
Featherwood Waterfall
Waterfall Otterburn Ranges Northumberland

A stunning little waterfall secluded on the Otterburn Ranges near Featherwood.

Coronation Park Dementia Garden
Coronation Park Dementia Garden
Garden Cramlington Northumberland

A dementia friendly garden within Coronation Park in Cramlington.

Marmion Well
Marmion Well
Water Branxton Northumberland

A hidden away well to the west of Branxton Village, inscribed with a quotation from Sir Walter Scott's poem 'Marmion', about a knight mortally wounded at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 who drinks from the spring.

Heysham North Lighthouse
Heysham North Lighthouse
Lighthouse Heysham Lancashire

Sandstone tower built in 1904 used as a navigational aid until 1916

Memorial To The Boys Of St Giles' Club
Memorial To The Boys Of St Giles' Club
Landmark Dunbar Borders

On the headland at Skateraw stands a cairn topped by a cross, a memorial to the boys of St Giles' (later Cannongate Boys Club).

Wind And Fire
Wind And Fire
Art Seaham County Durham

Metal art exhibit depicting wind and an equatorial sundial on East Shore in Seaham.

Minotaur
Minotaur
Art Kielder Northumberland

A contemporary maze near Kielder Castle.

Torness Nuclear Power Station Walkway
Torness Nuclear Power Station Walkway
Landscape Dunbar Borders

An unusual two story concrete walkway that runs around the perimeter of Torness Nuclear Power Station and includes a fenced off pier.

Heron Corn Mill
Heron Corn Mill
Building Beetham Cumbria

A working water mill built in 1740 near the River Bela.

The Teaching
The Teaching
Art Ponteland Northumberland

The Teaching is a sculpture in limestone by David Edwick, reflecting the link between learning and the local children of Ponteland, sitting on the site of the original Coates Endowed School.

Lilliard's Stone
Lilliard's Stone
Grave Ancrum Borders

Lilliard’s Stone near Ancrum marks the grave of legendary Scottish warrior Lilliard, said to have fought in the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.

Infinity Bridge
Infinity Bridge
Bridge Stockton on Tees North Yorkshire

A pedestrian and cycle bridge that forms the shape of the mathematical symbol for infinity.

Molly The Welder
Molly The Welder
Art Sunderland Tyne And Wear

Lifesize statue of a female welder from the World War II era by Dr Ron Lawson on the banks of the River Wear in Sunderland.

Stell
Stell
Art Falstone Northumberland

An artwork by Colin Wilbourn that forms part of the Art and Architecture Trail at Kielder Water.

The Sigurd's Cross
The Sigurd's Cross
Landmark Lancaster Lancashire

Ancient Viking Cross dated between 865 and 950 in the graveyard of St Wilfrid's Church.

Flodden Visitor Centre
Flodden Visitor Centre
Building Branxton Northumberland

A bijoux phone box visitor centre in Branxton, dedicated to the history of the battle of Flodden Field.

Cosin’s Library And Museum of Archaeology
Cosin’s Library And Museum of Archaeology
Museum Durham County Durham

A grand library ornamented in wood dating to the 17th century with the scent of bibliosmia and a museum with skulls, weapons, and finds from local excavations.

East Gill Force
East Gill Force
Waterfall Richmond North Yorkshire

Pretty waterfalls near Keld in Swaledale.

Tees Barrage
Tees Barrage
Bridge Stockton on Tees North Yorkshire

A multipurpose construction with bridges and a barrage for tidal defence. Also nature and adrenaline activities in the area.

Neidpath Tunnel
Neidpath Tunnel
Tunnel Peebles Scotland

Neidpath Tunnel is a disused 550-metre railway tunnel near Peebles, built in 1864 on the Caledonian Railway’s Symington to Peebles branch line.

Belvedere
Belvedere
Building Kielder Northumberland

A shelter by Softroom Architects on the shore of Kielder Water.

Dead And Gone (It Says Here)
Dead And Gone (It Says Here)
Art Sunderland Tyne And Wear

Twice life size figures by Ray Lonsdale depicting workers involved in the Wearside industries.

Skyspace
Skyspace
Art Kielder Northumberland

Artwork by James Turrell on a rocky outcrop on the edge of Kielder Forest.

Land of Iron Museum, Skinningrove
Land of Iron Museum, Skinningrove
Museum Saltburn North Yorkshire

A real Iron Ore mine which has now been converted into a museum.

Bellshiel Law Long Cairn
Bellshiel Law Long Cairn
Crag, Rock And Cairn Otterburn Ranges Northumberland

Bellshiel Law Long Cairn is a Neolithic burial monument near Rochester, Northumberland, measuring 109m in length and dating to around 3400–2400 BC.

Articulated Opposites
Articulated Opposites
Art Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

A tribute to the incandescent lightbulb invented by Sir Joseph Swan on Swan House Roundabout.

RSPB Leighton Moss
RSPB Leighton Moss
Landscape Lancaster Lancashire

RSPB Reserve that is home to the largest reed bed in the north west of England.

Washington Crocodile
Washington Crocodile
Art Washington Tyne And Wear

A concrete crocodile on the banks of the River Wear in Washington, built as part of the new housing estate.

Silvas Capitalis
Silvas Capitalis
Art Kielder Northumberland

Giant wooden head looking out over Kielder Reservoir.

Henry Pease Statue
Henry Pease Statue
Art Saltburn North Yorkshire

A scrap metal statue of Henry Pease - Saltburn’s founding father.

Organism Sculpture Saltburn
Organism Sculpture Saltburn
Art Saltburn North Yorkshire

A diatom scupture by Andrew McKeown in Saltburn. Art with a bit of marine biology!

Corsbie Tower
Corsbie Tower
Tower Gordon Scotland

Corsbie Tower is a ruined 16th-century tower house near Gordon in the Scottish Borders, built by the Cranstoun family and surrounded by earthwork defences.what

Spennymoor Town Hall And The Bob Abley Art Gallery
Spennymoor Town Hall And The Bob Abley Art Gallery
Building Durham County Durham

An Edwardian Baroque-styled multi-purpose building feature artworks.

SHIP
SHIP
Art Heysham Lancashire

A sculpture by Anna Gillespie reflecting the maritime heritage of Heysham, Lancashire.

Jubilee Tower
Jubilee Tower
Folly Lancaster Lancashire

Commemorative viewing tower in the Forest of Bowland, built in 1887.

Geordie Lamp
Geordie Lamp
Art Killingworth Tyne And Wear

A sculpture of the ingenious life saving lamp originally designed by George Stephenson, favoured by North East miners, sitting pretty opposite Lidl in Westmoor.

Elsdon Pinfold
Elsdon Pinfold
Pinfold Elsdon Northumberland

An 18th-century circular stone enclosure on the village green in Elsdon, Northumberland, historically used to hold stray livestock until reclaimed by their owners.

Spennymoor Murals
Spennymoor Murals
Art Durham County Durham

17 street murals around Spennymoor and a case of ‘there is more to these than meets the eye’.

Halton Motte and Bailey Castle
Halton Motte and Bailey Castle
Castle Lancaster Lancashire

A Motte and Bailey Castle thought to date from the 11th century.

St Patrick's Chapel
St Patrick's Chapel
Religious Place Heysham Lancashire

Ruins of a 9th century chapel, with graves cut directly into the nearby rocks.

Coanwood Quaker Meeting House
Coanwood Quaker Meeting House
Religious Place Haltwhistle Northumberland

One of the best examples of an unaltered Quaker Meeting House in the North East, nestled in a sparsely populated pocket of land south of Hadrian's Wall.

Pin Well
Pin Well
Water Wooler Northumberland

A wishing well in a water meadow near Wooler where bent pins were dropped for wishes.

Chillingham Wild Cattle
Chillingham Wild Cattle
Estate Chillingham Northumberland

A unique herd of wild white cattle, living on the Chillingham Estate for hundreds of years and rarer than pandas.

Codger Fort
Codger Fort
Castle Morpeth Northumberland

An 18th century folly built by Sir Walter Blackett, in Rothley,

The Pepper Pot
The Pepper Pot
Landmark Arnside Cumbria

A monument erected for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

The Story At Mount Oswald
The Story At Mount Oswald
Museum Durham County Durham

A new social history museum adjacent to a grand Georgian manor house telling the history of the area.

Launch Day
Launch Day
Art Sunderland Tyne And Wear

Twice life size Corten Steel figures by Ray Lonsdale along the River Wear.

Deel's Hill Standing Stone
Deel's Hill Standing Stone
Standing Stone The Cheviots Northumberland

A standing stone sitting on the remote Deel's Hill in the Cheviots, however it's most likely a gatepost or a cattle rubbing post.

Countess Pillar
Countess Pillar
Tower Penrith Cumbria

The pillar marks the location where Lady Anne Clifford, said farewell to her mother in 1616 near the gateway to Brougham Castle.

Warton Old Rectory
Warton Old Rectory
Religious Place Lancaster Lancashire

14th century rectory, home for the rector of the local church

The Fish Stones
The Fish Stones
Landmark Lancaster Lancashire

A set of sandstone steps used by Monks to display and sell their fish.

Herring Girl
Herring Girl
Statue North Shields Tyne And Wear

A Corten Steel sculpture by Ray Lonsdale to honour the Herring Girls.

Cnoc Ceislein Trig Point
Cnoc Ceislein Trig Point
Trig Point Dingwall Scotland

The Cnoc Ceislein trig point sits on a hill to the north west of the Fyrish Monument (523m) near Dingwall.

Fyrish Monument
Fyrish Monument
Folly Dingwall Scotland

A fantastic large folly on a hill overlooking the Moray Firth near Dingwall in Scotland.

Black Water Falls
Black Water Falls
Waterfall Dingwall Scotland

A great set of waterfalls on the Black Water River next to Silverbridge just north of Garve near Dingwall in Scotland.

Ben Wyvis Trig Point
Ben Wyvis Trig Point
Trig Point Dingwall Scotland

The Ben Wyvis trig point is the highest point in Easter Ross (1046m) near Dingwall in Scotland.

Gisborough Priory
Gisborough Priory
Religious Place Middlesbrough North Yorkshire

A ruinous Augustinian Priory in Guisborough, North Yorkshire.

Carsluith Castle
Carsluith Castle
Castle Newton Stewart Scotland

A delightful and well preserved tower house near Newton Stewart.

Cairnpapple Hill
Cairnpapple Hill
Crag, Rock And Cairn Falkirk Scotland

A large cairn with a henge and underground chamber near Bathgate in Scotland.

Inkerman Beehive Coke Ovens
Inkerman Beehive Coke Ovens
Landmark Consett County Durham

The coke ovens are rare remnants of Durham's coal industry, showcasing early coke production methods before their decline by 1880.​

Rey Cross
Rey Cross
Standing Stone Barnard Castle County Durham

A pre-Norman boundary stone from 950AD marking the border between English Northumbria and the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde.

Blanchland Abbey
Blanchland Abbey
Religious Place Blanchland Northumberland

A 12th-century Premonstratensian monastery located in the village of Blanchland, Northumberland.

Cockpit Stone Circle
Cockpit Stone Circle
Stone Circle Pooley Bridge Cumbria

A spectacular stone circle on the Moor Divock area of Askham Fell near Ullswater.

Swinners Gill Lead Mine
Swinners Gill Lead Mine
Building Richmond North Yorkshire

The ruin of Swinners Gill Lead Mine near Keld, Upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.

Crackpot Hall
Crackpot Hall
Building Richmond North Yorkshire

Crackpot hall is an abandoned farm close to the Beldi Hill Lead Mine near Keld in the Yorkshire Dales.

Eric Morecambe Statue
Eric Morecambe Statue
Statue Lancaster Lancashire

A statue depicting legendary comedian, Eric Morecambe.

Church of St Thomas The Martyr
Church of St Thomas The Martyr
Religious Place Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

A Church without parish dedicated to the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket

Kennedy's Cairn
Kennedy's Cairn
Crag, Rock And Cairn Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

Kennedy's Cairn is a giant stone and cement cairn that sits near the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse near Stranraer.

All Saints Church Challoch
All Saints Church Challoch
Religious Place Newton Stewart Scotland

A beautiful church with great views near Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway.

Mull Of Galloway Lighthouse
Mull Of Galloway Lighthouse
Lighthouse Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A lighthouse and visitors centre which sits at the end of the Mull of Galloway peninsula with incredible views and wildlife.

Mulloch Hill Trig Point
Mulloch Hill Trig Point
Trig Point Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

The Mulloch Hill trig point sits on a hill above St John's Town of Dalry (170m) near New Galloway.

Burning Bush Memorial Scultpture
Burning Bush Memorial Scultpture
Art Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A sculpture dedicated to the Dalry Covenanter's in St John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries & Galloway.

Orchardton Tower
Orchardton Tower
Tower Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A fine example of a ruinous tower house near Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway.

Screel Hill
Screel Hill
Hill Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

Screel Hill is a rocky outcrop (344m) with beautiful coastal views over the Solway Firth in Dumfries & Galloway.

Bengairn Trig Point
Bengairn Trig Point
Trig Point Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

The Bengairn Trig Point sits on a hill (391m) near Dalbeattie with impressive coastal views.

White Cairn Corriedoo
White Cairn Corriedoo
Crag, Rock And Cairn Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A huge Bronze Age cairn measuring over 4m high and 32m long, near Corriedoo, Dumfries & Galloway.

Kirkmadrine Chapel And Stones
Kirkmadrine Chapel And Stones
Religious Place Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A pretty little chapel containing ancient stones near Stranraer. Some of the stones date back as far as 500AD.

Glenluce Abbey
Glenluce Abbey
Religious Place Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A beautiful ruinous abbey in Glenluce near Stranraer, that was the home of Cistercian monks for over 400 years.

Kenmure Castle
Kenmure Castle
Castle Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A ruinous castle built on a mound that was occupied from the Middle Ages, near New Galloway. Parts of the 17th century castle still remain in the existing structure.

Bruce's Stone Clatteringshaws
Bruce's Stone Clatteringshaws
Standing Stone Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A six foot high stone marking the site of the battle of Moss Raploch, where Robert the Bruce is rumoured to have rested.

Warton Crag Nature Reserve
Warton Crag Nature Reserve
Landscape Lancaster Lancashire

Beautiful mosaic of limestone pavement, grassland and ancient woodland.

Eston Beacon
Eston Beacon
Tower Middlesbrough North Yorkshire

A stone monumnet standing on the Eston Hills that replaced a Napoleonic beacon.

Clougha Pike Chambers
Clougha Pike Chambers
Art Lancaster Lancashire

Artwork by Andy Goldsworthy in the heart of the Forest of Bowland.

Tern At The Scottish Seabird Centre
Tern At The Scottish Seabird Centre
Art East Lothian Borders

A beautiful blue bronze statue of an oversized tern by Geoffrey Dashwood, resting by the sea in North Berwick.

Easter Island Heads In Jonno’s Field
Easter Island Heads In Jonno’s Field
Art Scarborough North Yorkshire

Eight wooden sculptures inspired by Easter Island’s Moai heads in Scarborough.

Clifton Hall
Clifton Hall
Building Penrith Cumbria

The remains of a tower that was part of a 15th century manor house.

Hartlepool Art Gallery
Hartlepool Art Gallery
Art Hartlepool County Durham

An art gallery located in the former Christ Church in Hartlepool.

Cooper's Motor Mart (Cooper's Studios)
Cooper's Motor Mart (Cooper's Studios)
Building Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

A former showroom for horses, carriages and bicycles, later a car showroom and now an office space which retains many original features including the old wooden horse ramp.

Haydon Old Church
Haydon Old Church
Religious Place Haydon Bridge Northumberland

A pint sized place of worship overlooking the Tyne Valley and the baptismal church of British landscape artist John Martin.

Witton Park Viaduct
Witton Park Viaduct
Bridge Bishop Auckland County Durham

A super viaduct in Bishop Auckland where rail, road and river converge.

Great Hetha Hillfort
Great Hetha Hillfort
Hillfort The Cheviots Northumberland

An Iron Age hillfort sitting on top of Great Hetha in the College Valley.

Dirleton Castle
Dirleton Castle
Castle East Lothian Borders

Medieval fortress dating back to the 13th century.

Wearmouth Colliery Staithes
Wearmouth Colliery Staithes
Landmark Sunderland Tyne And Wear

The remains of a coal staithes for the Wearmouth Pit.

Parish Church of St Hilda Hartlepool
Parish Church of St Hilda Hartlepool
Religious Place Hartlepool County Durham

An imposing church that can be seen for miles at Hartlepool Headland.

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