Find Places To Visit In The North

Large heritage mural in Horden, County Durham, by Durham Spray Paints, depicting a miner holding a safety lamp to mark 125 years of mining in the village.

A ruined Norman fortress built in the 12th century, with remains including the keep and gatehouse overlooking the River Ehen.

A collection of bronze and brass sculptures, abstract shapes, spitting out their edges over the sea at Prestonpans.

Drinking fountain constructed in 1880, positioned at the entrance to York Museum Gardens.

Majestic swan mural by Frank Styles on the wall of the Salvation Army building, Swan Lodge.

A bronze statue unveiled in 1995 in Ashington, commemorating Newcastle United legend Jackie Milburn.

Small, possibly prehistoric stone circle hidden away on Ilkley Moor.

The Twelve Apostles Stone Circle is a massive stone circle containing eleven stones, that can be found in a field north west of Dumfries.

A heavily ruined 16th century tower house, built for the Earl of Morton.

A granite obelisk that sits in Dock Park, that commemorates two local lads who sadly went down with the Titanic in 1912.

A fabulous folly that can be found in the woodlands of Blair Castle, with great views over the castle and surrounding countryside.

Possibly the oldest packhorse bridge in Scotland, which lost its third arch during the Muckle Spate of 1829.

The stunning falls of Bruar Water, that tumble down a gorge through woodland near Blair Atholl.

A fine example of an old packhorse bridge, built over the Burn of Aberlour.

A 16th century fortified tower house in beautiful Speyside near the Glenlivet Distillery.

A bronze statue unveiled in October 2022 in Hirst Park, Ashington, honouring Jack Charlton and created by sculptor Douglas Jennings.

A statue in North Shields recognising the bravery of Mary Ann Matcham, a stow away, escaping slavery who arrived in North Shields on Christmas Day 1831.

A beautiful church on the outskirts of Nethy Bridge, next to Castle Roy.

Small woodland waterfall and cascades near Stonehaugh in Northumberland, formed on the Warks Burn.

A unique postmodern architecture and a memorial to a firefighter who died in the line of duty.

Huge plant shoots created by Andrew McKeown from Corten Steel.

A white stag painted on the rocks below Bamburgh Lighthouse with lots of origin stories!

No murder of Corvids, but a navigational aid for ships.

Lifesize wire sculpture of an adventurous lady who was the first female skipper of a fishing boat up north.

A garden to look like a bombed house, as a memorial to the 1914 coastal attack.

A statue to commemorate the 18th-century explorer and navigator who changed the western perceptions of world geography.

The jaw bones of a whale as a reminder of the whaling industry of Whitby.

Whitby’s historic piers and lighthouses tell the story of the town’s maritime past, from Tudor stonework to 19th century beacons.

A 17th Century Manor House with roots dating back to the 7th Century.

An unmanned flock of aluminium sheep on the green, in the happy village of Sadberge in Darlington.

A garden in Scotland notable for its respect to Japanese culture and for having been both designed and conceived by women.

People’s Park created in the Victorian era with fine features.

Edwardian Gothic-style museum, featuring local and natural history displays and a ceramics collection.

Statue of Constantine the Great who was made Roman emperor in AD306.

Statue in a storming pose of an extremely brave WWII soldier.

Ruins of a church standing at the former headquarters of the Knights Templar in Scotland.

A ruinous country house, that was built in 1812 and has now succumbed to nature in the Mugdock Country Park.

A superb 67m tower, containing exhibitions on each of the three floors, then the crowning glory at the top.

A heavily ruined 14th century fortified castle in Braemar with a much longer history.

An impressive waterfall and salmon ladder with incredibly clear water pools in Glen Lui.

A mysterious cave hidden deep in the woodlands of The Hermitage near Dunkeld.

An early 12th century Motte & Bailey Castle in a beautiful spot near Elgin.

A castle built on an island in the middle of Loch an Eilein.

An old cemetery containing important memorials, with a great viewpoint for Stirling Castle and the surrounding hills.

A 13th century ruinous castle, that sits on a craggy tidal island in Loch Moidart.

A ruinous 13th century Priory, that is on the Lake of Menteith and is only accessible by boat.

Two well preserved iron age brochs that sit only 500m apart, in Gleann Beag near Glenelg.

The remains of an Iron Age broch, that sits on the south east shore of Loch Alsh, near Letterfearn.

A ruinous 13th century courtyard castle in Nethy Bridge, which enjoys stunning views of the surrounding mountains.

The ruins of an impressive townhouse built by John Erskine, the keeper of Stirling Castle.

A beautiful garden that brings to life parables from the Bible, in the heart of Elgin, next to the Cathedral.

Find the exact location and where to park for the Monument Hill Trig Point (355m) near Langholm.

A statue of Robert the Bruce that sits in front of Stirling Castle with views of the Wallace Monument and Ochil Hills.

The ruins of an ancient church near Kirkbank, that have been converted into a burial enclosure.

The Nutholm Hill trig point sits in a field (120m) near Kettleholm.

A large-scale mural bursting with energy, depicting Roker Lighthouse.

The Annanhead Hill trig point sits above the Devil's Beef Tub (478m) near Moffat.

An 18th Century church dedicated to St Ebba.

The Meall nan Each trig point sits on the Ardnamurchan peninsula (490m) next to Ben Laga (512m).

A cave that is now deep underground accessed by a tunnel and many steps. It is where Queen Margaret of Scotland came to pray in the 11th century.

Ruins of a Benedictine monastery first built in 1088.

A restored orangery and the brainchild of The Duchess of Buccleugh, in the grounds of Dalkeith Palace.

Replica of a Roman-era rock carving near Risingham in Northumberland, showing a standing male figure believed to represent a local god or guardian spirit.

A memorial stone celebrating John Frederick Batesman's engineering achievements in bringing clean water to the area.

A water fountain celebrating the achievements of the engineer James M Gale, who brought a supply fresh water to Glasgow.

A beautiful parish church, that sits next to the woodland that contains the mysterious Dunino Den.

The Ben Lawers trig point sits above Loch Tay (1214m) near Aberfeldy.

An early 18th Century well in Ford.

Possible parametric art outside Hartlepool College of Further Education.

A fountain and statue in the village of Falkland, dedicated to Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce, who married Margaret Bruce, heiress to the Falkland Estate.

A hidden gorge, which contains mysterious carvings and has long been associated with pagan rituals.

A tiny dwelling standing on a bridge straddling the Stock Beck in Ambleside.

England's oldest gaol, built in 1333 from the stone of the Corbridge Roman site.

A huge metal spider artwork on the side of a house in North Shields.

A BAC Jet Provost T5 (serial XW405) outside the Hartlepool College of Further Education, shown banking to starboard.

A rock formation on Ilkley Moor thought to resemble a Cow and its Calf.

A vibrant mural painted on a gable-end wall, paying tribute to the history of Chester le Street.

A monument that sits in woodland on Torr Alvie, commemorating the Duke of Gordon who died in 1836.

Prehistoric rock art with some of Ilkley Moor's speciality carvings.

A pair of controversial horned, helmeted and shield wielding Vikings in Jarrow Town Centre.

An ornate fountain on Kinross High Street, which contains a time capsule from 1885.

The Moncreiffe Hill trig point sits on a hill fort (185m) near Perth.

A large Corten Steel artwork of lovers' hands entwined, by Ray Lonsdale.

A small lighthouse that sits on the end of the west pier at Anstruther Harbour.

A memorial to the aircrew lost in a crash on 31st January 1944.

Ruins of a late 18th century chapel close to the River Tweed

A large cairn shelter overlooking the Cairngorms, hidden in the woodlands on Torr Alvie.

A human home owned by a sculptor who has carved avian abodes in stone for the sparrows sharing his home on Pier Road in Berwick.

A spectacular double waterfall sitting right in the heart of the Northumberland National park.

A sculpture in Hartlepool paying tribute to Ridley Scott and Tony Scott.

A large and well preserved Iron Age Broch near Clachtoll Beach in Assynt.

A curious cave with links back to the Mesolithic period on the shores of Loch Caolisport.

A three hundred year old beehive doocot near Aberlady Bay.

The Dodd End trig point sits on Hambleton End (399m) near Northallerton.

Stone cairn near Carr Edge in Northumberland, built in 1927 to commemorate Baden-Powell’s 1908 visit for the first official Scout camp.

Large-scale mural depicting the heritage of the area, close to the Wearmouth Bridge.

A Church in Romaldkirk known as the "Cathedral of the Dales" and dating back to Saxon times.

An octagonal Victorian folly built in 1835 for George Head Head of Rickerby Hall, possibly used as a dovecote.

12th century cross, possibly a Christianised monolith.

Fields as far as the eye can see of firework bright Dahlia and Chrysanthemums which burst into bloom every autumn, close to Hadrian's Wall.