Find Places To Visit In The North

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

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

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

650 hectare site attracting thousands of birds every year.

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

Small photographic gallery on Newcastle's Quayside.

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

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

Beautiful 360 hectare woodland, great for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.

Caves at Cullercoats Bay known locally as Fairies Caves.

Monument dedicated to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838.

Water Mill on the edge of Blaydon, originally built in 1730.

Small Camera Obscura on the edge of Kielder Reservoir.

Nature Reserve with SSSI status in Blaydon.

The largest timber structure in Europe, built in 1893.

Old flour mill converted into a contemporary art gallery in 2002.

Ancient burial mound marked by Beech trees sitting on Copt Hill, dating back to the Mesolithic period.

25 bronze lion sculptures by artists Gillie and Marc, temporarily on display in Exhibition Park.

Cathedral of Newcastle upon Tyne, originally built in 1091.

Group of islands off the coast of Northumberland.

Famous book shop in the old Alnwick train station.

Remains of the 14th century walls that were built around Newcastle Upon Tyne.

A 14th century Hermitage carved out of the bedrock on the River Coquet.

Birthplace of mechanical engineer George Stephenson, built around 1760.

A grade II listed rib-arch bridge over the River Tyne.

Disused steel furnace and woodland walk, managed by English Heritage.

18th century gateway to Craster Tower, now an iconic entrance to the village of Craster.

A 12th century keep in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Decommissioned leading lights in North Shields.

An octagonal folly, once part of the Stella Hall estate in Blaydon.

A museum dedicated to the Volunteer Life Brigade at Tynemouth.

Anglo-Saxon Monastery where St Bede spent his life from the age of seven.

18th century lime kilns in the harbour of Beadnell Bay

A grade I listed castle built in 1392, now a stunning hotel.

A purpose built library, which opened in 1926 with funding from the Carnegie Trust.

The birthplace of Thomas Bewick, the famous wood engraver and ornithologist.

A medieval first-floor style Manor House set in the beautiful Derwent Walk Country Park.

A Greek Doric style house, 14th century castle and 30 acres of beautiful gardens.

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington, first president of the USA.

An 18th century, 40 acre park designed by London architect, James Paine.

A riverside walk along the River Blyth, accessed on either side by stepping stones.

A stunning 900 year old cathedral built on a peninsula formed by the River Wear.

Cragside is a Victorian country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, built for William Armstrong and his wife, Margaret.

A 13th century church located in the grounds of Ford Castle, later restored by John Dobson.

The remains of a 19th century engine house, later transformed into flats and known as 'Shildon Castle'.

Causey Arch is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world.

An atmospheric Anglican church and mausoleum abandoned in the 1970s.

Ushaw College is a former Catholic seminary, partially designed by Augustus Pugin.

Northumberlandia is a unique landform sculpture near Cramlington, opened by Princess Anne in 2012.

A 13th century fortified manor house set in beautiful woodland setting near Corbridge.

A 12th century medieval monastery built on a bend of the River Coquet, near Rothbury.

The ancestral home of the Earls Grey since 1319. (As in the tea!)

A 16th Century, grade I listed castle on Holy Island only accessible from the Northumberland coast at low tide.

Statue dedicated to EM Perkins whose company supplied materials for the High Level Bridge in Newcastle.

Gibside is a 720 acre estate acquired by the Bowes family in 1713.

The deer house is a rare and well preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture built in 1760.

Finchale Priory was a benedictine priory founded in 1196 on the site of the hermitage of Saint Godric.

Built in the 1870s, it was the first lighthouse in the world to be designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current.

A Victorian lighthouse built in 1882, still used for navigational purposes today.

A 14th century ruined castle managed by the English Heritage.

Sharp's Folly is an 18th century tower in Rothbury, and is the oldest folly in Northumberland.

A drinking water reservoir with beautiful surrounding scenery.

Ros Castle is the highest of the Chillingham Hills, with a height of 315m.

An 18 metre waterfall in the beautiful Ingram Valley.

A grade II listed, 18th century gothic folly, built for the Wallington Hall estate.

An 18th century shooting box built for Captain Wilson on the slopes of Roseberry Topping.

A ruined medieval castle in Warkworth standing over a loop of the River Coquet.

Stublick Chimney is a grade II listed building from the former Langley lead smelting mill.