Find Places To Visit In The North

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

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

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

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 an ancient hillfort near Chillingham, offering huge views across Northumberland, the Cheviots and the surrounding countryside.

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.