Find Places To Visit In The North

A modernist building, especially built for the study, teaching, demonstrating and display of all things glass.

A trail of 12 bird related art exhibits dotted around the town of Amble. Find their exact whereabouts with our handy map and exact locations.

Small park in the heart of Whickham, home to Whickham Windmill.

Modernist footbridge completed without using scaffolding in 1963

A nature reserve at the northern end of Druridge Bay and one of the best wildlife spots in the north east.

A trio of curious follies located behind Sorrelsykes House near Aysgarth.

The Black Hill trig point sits north of Westernhope Moor (559m) near Stanhope.

The trig point sitting on Hungry Law (501m).

A castle dating back to the Normans in Durham city centre.

A stone pant in Holystone Village named after St Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow.

A series of linked public parks in Wallsend comprising Richardson Dees Park, the Hall Grounds and Arboretum.

A huge conical hill in North Berwick jutting out of the ground with spectacular views over East Lothian.

The trig point sitting on top of Berwick Law (187m).

The trig point called Brunton Bridge Farm Trig Point on Brunton Lane (62m).

Home to three of the most famous families in the North East, set in 13,500 acres of land.

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

The first five sailed smock style windmill in Britain and the only remaining one in the North East.

The East Grange trig point sits in a hedge (103m) near Durham.

A beautiful ruined abbey on the estate of Jervaulx Hall was the original home of Wensleydale cheese.

Once a former chapel, but is now a museum, packed full of local heritage.

The trig point sitting on top of The Cheviot Summit (815m).

A 15th century country house, situated near the village of Alwinton in an area of natural outstanding beauty.

Six foot pair of boxing gloves commemorating the achievements of Maurice Cullen.

A life size sculpture of grandmother and granddaughter by Ray Lonsdale.

54m high viaduct, built with the help of Robert Stephenson.

A 2,000 foot long pier built in the 1960's to pipe sea water for the magnesia treatment works.

A 47 hectare nature reserve near Witton le Wear created on an area of former sand and gravel quarry and sewerage treatment works.

Striking mural and sculpture, depicting South Hetton's mining heritage.

An airfield mainly for pleasure flights where you can sit with a cup of tea in the observation deck and watch the planes take off and land.

A skeleton of a castle built by the Lowther family who have owned this estate since before the 11th century.

A distinguished weather radar station that can be seen for miles.

A ruined colliery engine house that was part of a monumental mining disaster.

A late 18th or early 19th Century Lime Kiln just outside Shilbottle.

The Maryside Hill trig point sits in a field next to a golf course (51m) near Ryton.

An amazing example of a Victorian designed viaduct spanning 260m over the South River Tyne.

Two fantastic galleries in the heart of Bishop Auckland.

Castle dating back to the 17th century and home to the bishops of Durham.

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

Designed by local sculpturer Ray Lonsdale, this statue Horns could be the Angel Of Durham.

Nature Reserve set in a former Whinstone Quarry in the village of Embleton

A museum with a truckload of old bikes beautifully restored by past racer Mike Barry.

The Beaumont Hill trig point sits on Tutin Hill (93m) near Darlington.

Ruined 12th century abbey in the beautiful Rye Valley, North Yorkshire

The trig point called Harbottle sitting on top of Cold Law (361m).

A Roman Temple dedicated to the God Mithras near to Brocolitia Fort on Hadrian's Wall.

A stunning example of a lighthouse in Sunderland with a parabolic pier.

A metal statue by Ray Lonsdale built as a memorial for fishermen lost at sea from North Shields.

A town with a nature reserve, memorial garden, cemetry and a reconstructed miners pit cage, celebrating the times of mining in Easington Colliery.

Statues of three heads representing different eras of human and industrial production.

The ruins of a castle fought over by the Scots and English on a small outcrop near St Abbs.

A 19th Century Windmill in Fulwell, built for Joseph Swan in 1806.

221 hectares of woodland, grassland and paths leading to the beautiful Durham coast.

Ruined motte and bailey castle, dating back to the Norman Conquest.

Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre

Artwork inspired by the Little Tern colony which return to nest in Horden every spring.

The private estate of the White Ridley family where the grounds are filled with wonderful statues, follies and temples.

A Brutalist public work of art in Peterlee, designed by British Artist and Architect, Victor Pasmore.

Nature Reserve near Houghton-le-Spring run by Durham Wildlife Trust.

Small museum showcasing the history of coal mining in the region.

The meeting place of the north and south River Tyne sources.

A water tower sitting next to the kitchen garden of Alnwick Gardens.

350 acre world famous open air museum set in rural County Durham.

A 900m long pier protecting ships when entering the River Tyne at Tynemouth.

A small rock arch off the coast in South Shields near Souter Lighthouse.

A stand alone bell tower for the Church of St Oswald in Kirkoswald, Cumbria.

A metal sculpted bench portraying three notable people from the Bedlington area.

A life sized bronze sculpture in memory of Lord Armstrong on Barras Bridge outside the Hancock Museum.

A sculpture of four metal cows constructed from old JCB parts, grazing on the C2C route near Beamish.

Lime kilns on the coast near South Shields, built in the 1870s.

Two Parks, Castle Vale and Coronation Park, set either side of Berwick Station which include footpaths, shelters, rose gardens and a lily pond.

This is the trig point for Old Cassop (194m) near Durham.

A mausoleum for William the second Earl, who died in 1844.

Excavated Roman fort, with a museum and 35m viewing tower.

A standing stone marking the northern source of the River Tyne in Deadwater.

A maginificent viaduct spanning the River Eden in Wetheral.

A 3 chambered cave used by the monks as storage and safegaurd and as a dwelling for St Constantine.

A small marker stone where Robert Lumsden murdered Isabella Sudden in 1610.

A beacon that when lit would warn the neighbouring villages of an impending attack!

Rotating bridge designed by William Armstrong, which opened in 1876.

Originally envisaged as a motte and bailey, Simonburn Castle was eventually a tower house before falling into ruin.

The trig point sitting on top of Shaftoe Crags (213m).

A new artwork on the King Street Stairs leading from the Quayside to All Saints Church.

650 hectare site attracting thousands of birds every year.

The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers or as it is more commonly known, “The Mining Institute” is one of the finest buildings in Newcastle. It is a Victorian building built at the time when high-Gothic architecture was coming into fashion.

An ornate, Edwardian Shopping Arcade, in the centre of Newcastle built in 1906. The arcade is set within Richard Grainger's Central Exchange Building.

A free art gallery in the centre of Newcastle housing works by Henry Moore, Thomas Bewick, Norman Cornish, Richard Hamilton and Charles Napier Hemy among others.

A war memorial to the Northumberland Fusiliers sited on the grounds of St Thomas the Martyr Church at Barras Bridge, depicting the spirit and patriotic confidence that swept the nation at the outset of war in 1914.

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

The trig point sitting on top of Tosson Hill (440m) #147.

Small photographic gallery on Newcastle's Quayside.

The last remaining hut built to accomodate the workers who constructed the Catcleugh Reservoir.

A Victorian public park in Walker, Newcastle with links to Robert Burns and its own population of Ring Necked Parakeets.

An 18th century church which was partly rebuilt in 1884. It has a window which commemorates those who died during the construction of the nearby Catcleugh Reservoir.

Fountains and water troughs throughout Alnwick that were once used to provide clean water.

24 hectare park with lake, woodland and waymarked paths in the heart of Gateshead.

A heavily modified ruin of an early 13th century castle held by the powerful Hume family.

A defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo Dutch Wars in the 17th Century and used during various later conflicts.

The Fendrith Hill trig point sits south of Chapel Fell (696m) near Stanhope.

A Grade I Listed Church in Mitford with a number of interesting architectural features and Grade II Listed tombstones and Lych Gate in the churchyard.

A series of 12 gardens set in 3 acres of land in rural Gateshead.