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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

A Celtic cross, commemorating the lives of James and Charles Radcliffe, Earls of Derwentwater, Viscounts Langley.

The jaw bone of a Right Whale forming an arch, framing the harbour of Seahouses and beyond to the Farnes, with a fishy past!

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.

A heart filled horseshoe horse, surveying the summer sunshine and the gentle tilts and curves of the upland Buteland view near Bellingham.

A hidden away home to The Kerr clan of Lothian, Ferniehirst Castle is a rarely open gem nestled in the Borders.

A historical sliver in pinky Penrith sandstone, Kirkoswald Castle was built to impress and defend.

A country house near Christon Bank and home to a past Prime Minister, and the longest serving Foreign Secretary.

One of a handful of hearse houses left in the UK with a little 'fun for free' museum.

A proud standing Percy lion atop a grandiose gateway to the old Ladykirk House in Upsettlington.

The first pier on the North East Coast and last pier in Yorkshire.

A tumble down 16th century pele tower in the Borders, built with the biggest cyclopean stones, and only sheep for neighbours.

Saltburn is home to the oldest water-balanced funicular in the UK and the second oldest in the whole wide world! A cliff lift with the most sensational view of the sea and sand below.

A beautiful church filled with art, history and culture in the fork of the road up to the College Valley.

A piece of public art providing seating, shelter and a belta view over North Tyne Valley.

A cool rural wicker man, keeping an eye on any bad lads on the border of Northumberland and Durham.

An ancient corn mill, nestled in the bend of the River Till, sitting between Ford and Etal.

Sitting on a blowy corner of the Northumberland National Park, is Causeway House, Northumberland's only heather thatched cottage. With a history of hidden lucky roof charms and close to a Roman Milecastle.

The Ridsdale Iron Works, castle-like ruin in, was the point of manufacture of pig steel used in the construction of Newcastle's High Level Bridge.

An 18th Century engine house near Settlingstones, built to contain a 70” Cornish Condensing Engine and the discovery place of the mega mineral Witherite

A 14-century church and all-round home to saints, tall tales, bones of Border Rievers and men of battle.

A three-storied tower-house built as a hunting lodge then later extended and used as a farmhouse and students' hostel.