Find Places To Visit In The North

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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).

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

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

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

The most spectacular gorge with cascades and waterfalls in the whole of Northumberland if not the UK!

A 13th century priory twixt manor house that was a retirement home and also a retreat for the Durham Monks.

A modern day folly set in the Lilburn Tower estate next to the Hurl Stone.

A 4m standing stone, most likely a headless cross, maybe thrown there by giants or the devil.

A country manor house with beautiful gardens, an observatory, old church and ruined pele tower.

The remaining gatehouse from Alnwick Abbey, built in the 12th century.

A 15th century gatehouse that was part of the Alnwick old town walls.

Originally part of the town's medieval defences, this tower is now a luxury holiday cottage.

A 19th century fountain dedicated to Bryan Adamson, a lieutenant of the HMS Wasp that was lost at sea.

An obelisk commerating playwright and poet James Thomson, who also penned the words to Rule, Britannia.

Two chimneys remaining from the Sikehead mine set on Ramshaw Moors

A ruined lime kiln sitting between Cateran Hole and Ros Castle in the Alnwick area.

The smallest museum in Northumberland (if not the world!!) with pictures, memorabilia and trinkets about boating life in Alnmouth.

A castelled octagonal building in Seaton Sluice that was once a tax office, harbour master house and now a gallery.

The trig point sitting on top of Bavington Crags In Great Bavington (248m).

The trig point sitting on top of Blackchester Hill Plantation (214m) in Alnham.

The trig point sitting on top of Helvellyn (950m).

A column in memory of James Evelyn's parents, moved from Felbridge up to Lemmington, Northumberland.

Beautiful ruins of small monastery founded by White Canons set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

The ruins of an old lead and fluorspar mine in the Pennines with the headframe and some buildings still visible.

A tunnel running from the Town Moor to the Ouseburn that was used to transport coal and then became an air raid shelter.

A concrete water tower located next to Northgate Hospital in Morpeth.

An obelisk marking the centenary of the Glorious Revolution by William the Orange.

A cave in a crater up on the moorland between Eglingham and Ros Castle.

Three statues sowing the different aspects of a working man of Newcastle.

A ruin of a folly shaped like a shepherd's hut on the Alnwick moors.

An ingeniously preserved lime kiln sitting on the wonderfully named Slag Hill.

Ruins of the Church of the Holy Cross that is nearly 900 years old.

The trig point sitting on top of Reaveley Hill (301m).

A beautiful house and gardens for the friars of The Society of St Francis in the North East.

A six storey lookout tower used to assist gun turrets in both World War 1 and 2.

A radome housing an RAF radar at Brizlee Wood sitting on top of Alnwick Moor.

The trig point sitting on top of Newton Tors in The Cheviots (537m).

A traditional Victorian Park packed with features sitting between Tynemouth and North Shields.

The trig point sitting in Night Fold Field in Alnmouth (48m).

A natural tidal pool in Whitley Bay that was expanded for swimmers in the 19th century.

The trig point sitting on top of Windy Gyle (619m).

A statue of Queen Victoria in St Nicholas' Square to commemorate 500 years of Shrievalty.

A puppet of the Iron Man that was used in the musical of the same name by The Who guitarist Pete Townshend.

A pele tower that used to be part of the vicarage for the adjoining St James Church.

A ruined bastle which may not have been a bastle after all.

One of the remaining arches carrying a two mile horizontal chimney as part of a flue system.

A natural limestone bridge on the Pennine Way.

A mini version of the Angel Of The North standing in a field near Hexham.

At 180m it is the longest waterfall in the UK and is fed from Cow Green Reservoir.

The trig point sitting on top of Ros Castle (316m).

The trig point sitting on top of Freemanshill Moor in Edlingham (251m).

A hillfort in Colwell near Swinburne with a large outcrop of whinstone on the north face.

A preacher's cross erected by monks from Lindisfarne.

A severely ruined 15th century tower in Little Swinburne.

The trig point sitting next to Darden Lough (375m) near Elsdon.

The trig point sitting on top of Shillhope Law (501m).

A beautiful little barn used to collect tithes in the middle ages.

This is the trig point sitting on Hart Law (341m) near Alnham.

A beautiful tower sitting atop the crag of Lady Hill near Kelso.

A spacecraft-like old concrete water tower, standing in the fields near Amble.

The trig point sitting on King's Seat on the border ridge (531m).

This is the trig point for Long Crag Gunnerton (222m) near Swinburne.

The trig point sitting on top of Bloodybush Edge (610m).

A ruined 18th century church currently being transformed by the local residents into another place for calm and reflection.

A 19th century lime kiln near the Wannie Line.

The trig point sitting on top of Hedgehope Hill (714m).

A fortified farmhouse (Bastle) near Harbottle.

This is the trig point for Sewingshields Crags (326m) near Haydon Bridge.

A ruined shepherd's hut in the moors near Old Bewick set amongst crags and cairns.

A plaque marking the site of a gibbet where Michael Curry was chained for murder.

The trig point sitting on top of Curleheugh on Bewick Moor (215m).

A ruined stable block of the once Cresswell Hall.

A very well hidden stone viaduct spanning the River Blyth at Plessey Woods for the East Coast Main Line.

A lime kiln set in a lovely rolling Hobbiton area.

Stepping stones over Ladyburn Lake in Druridge Bay Country Park.

Twenty beautifully decorated Morph figures to find in North Tyneside.

Two obelisk navigation beacons that when lined up would direct you into Holy Island harbour.