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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.

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

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.

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.

Statue to Henry Percy, also known as Harry Hotspur, Alnwick's most famous Knight and one of Shakespeare's best known characters.

An ancient Northumbrian Church, one of the oldest in the Country, dating back to the 11th Century that stands on a hill with amazing views in all directions.

A 19th Century, Grade II listed, Lifeboat Station situated on the beautiful horseshoe bay at Cullercoats.

A research and teaching laboratory which formed part of the School of Marine Science and Technology at Newcastle University. It is now part of the larger School of Natural and Environmental Sciences.

A Doric style column with a Percy Lion on the top dedicated to the 2nd Earl of Northumberland.

A Grade II listed Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain in the Venetian Gothic Style.

A statue of the comedy icon and one half of the legendary duo Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel to celebrate his time living in North Tyneside.

A restored Grade I listed, 13th Century Friary and ruins in the centre of Newcastle, now partly used as a restaurant and craft workshops.

A nature reserve set within Gosforth Park where you can see birds, otters, deer and much more.

An independent Library, the largest outside of London, in the centre of Newcastle established in 1793, opened in 1825 and home of Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society.

A sculpture comprising 22 bronze figures by Juan Muñoz near South Shields beach.

The ever changing Ouseburn Street Art and Installations.

A ruined, Grade II listed Scheduled Monument, 16th Century Tower House / Bastle House.

A 14th century stone monument to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388

Site of the battle of Newburn Ford and Ryton Willows Local Nature Reserve

A prehistoric standing stone with cup markings.

A Parish Church close to the centre of Rothbury, parts of which date back to the 1200s

The Parish Church of St James in Shilbottle

One thousand acres of historic park and woodland set against the backdrop of Lambton Castle.

A Country Park and lake on the outskirts of Newcastle Upon Tyne

A fine example of a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders

A lone Sycamore Tree that stands on Hadrian's Wall and is considered the most photographed spot in the Northumberland National Park.

A bronze sculpture of the River God Tyne found on the side of the Civic Centre building.

The Grade I listed Cathedral Church of St Mary, Newcastle's Catholic and first Cathedral.

A piece of public art found at Blyth Quayside representing a full sized steam train and tender.

A bronze sculpture depicting six monks transporting St Cuthbert's coffin in Durham City centre by Fenwick Lawson.

A sculpture park and art exhibition space set within the grounds of Cheeseburn Grange, near Ponteland.

The route of the former Wansbeck or "Wannie Line" railway line that ran from Morpeth to Reedsmouth and Rothbury.

A Grade I listed, 12th Century ruined castle on the banks of the River Tees in Barnard Castle

A restored 19th century mining museum in the centre of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where you can experience the life and work of the lead mining families of the North Pennines.

A ruined Priory on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, widely considered to be the birthplace of Christianity in England.

A Grade II* listed monument in Tynemouth, dedicated to Vice Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood. A Napoleonic-era admiral noted for being second-in-command to Admiral Lord Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar.

A 15 hectare public park, right in the centre of Newcastle, dating from the 1880s and associated with, and named after two major exhibitions, the Royal Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 and the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition.

A Victorian Public Park on South Shields seafront that is part of a 4km chain of parks.

The Vampire Rabbit is a strange and mysterious “grotesque” that can be found above the door at the rear entrance to the historic Cathedral Buildings, adjacent to Newcastle Cathedral.

A modern take on a 16th Century Physic Garden dedicated to the life of Morpeth native William Turner, also known as the "Father of British Botany"

Two replica Mark VII 6"naval guns mounted on the Blyth beach promenade.

A memorial in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Penshaw Hill owned by the National Trust.

A ruined Castle dating from the 11th Century and is Grade I listed.