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An artwork by Colin Wilbourn that forms part of the Art and Architecture Trail at Kielder Water.

A beautifully positioned ruinous sandstone castle, overlooking the Firth of Fourth in East Wemyss, near Kirkaldy in Scotland.

Ancient Viking Cross dated between 865 and 950 in the graveyard of St Wilfrid's Church.

A bijoux phone box visitor centre in Branxton, dedicated to the history of the battle of Flodden Field.

A grand library ornamented in wood dating to the 17th century with the scent of bibliosmia and a museum with skulls, weapons, and finds from local excavations.

Neidpath Tunnel is a disused 550-metre railway tunnel near Peebles, built in 1864 on the Caledonian Railway’s Symington to Peebles branch line.

A shelter by Softroom Architects on the shore of Kielder Water.

A lighthouse and visitors centre which sits at the end of the Mull of Galloway peninsula with incredible views and wildlife.

Artwork by James Turrell on a rocky outcrop on the edge of Kielder Forest.

A historic 14th century Tower with Doocot and Gardens in Prestonpans, East Lothian.

Bellshiel Law Long Cairn is a Neolithic burial monument near Rochester, Northumberland, measuring 109m in length and dating to around 3400–2400 BC.

A tribute to the incandescent lightbulb invented by Sir Joseph Swan on Swan House Roundabout.

A ruinous castle built on a mound that was occupied from the Middle Ages, near New Galloway. Parts of the 17th century castle still remain in the existing structure.

RSPB Reserve that is home to the largest reed bed in the north west of England.

A concrete crocodile on the banks of the River Wear in Washington, built as part of the new housing estate.

Giant wooden head looking out over Kielder Reservoir.

Corsbie Tower is a ruined 16th-century tower house near Gordon in the Scottish Borders, built by the Cranstoun family and surrounded by earthwork defences.what

An Edwardian Baroque-styled multi-purpose building feature artworks.

A sculpture by Anna Gillespie reflecting the maritime heritage of Heysham, Lancashire.

Commemorative viewing tower in the Forest of Bowland, built in 1887.

A sculpture of the ingenious life saving lamp originally designed by George Stephenson, favoured by North East miners, sitting pretty opposite Lidl in Westmoor.

An 18th-century circular stone enclosure on the village green in Elsdon, Northumberland, historically used to hold stray livestock until reclaimed by their owners.

17 street murals around Spennymoor and a case of ‘there is more to these than meets the eye’.

A Motte and Bailey Castle thought to date from the 11th century.

Ruins of a 9th century chapel, with graves cut directly into the nearby rocks.

One of the best examples of an unaltered Quaker Meeting House in the North East, nestled in a sparsely populated pocket of land south of Hadrian's Wall.

A wishing well in a water meadow near Wooler where bent pins were dropped for wishes.

A unique herd of wild white cattle, living on the Chillingham Estate for hundreds of years and rarer than pandas.

An 18th century folly built by Sir Walter Blackett, in Rothley,

A monument erected for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

A new social history museum adjacent to a grand Georgian manor house telling the history of the area.

A castellated folly on the edge of Kinnoull Hill above Perth.

A standing stone sitting on the remote Deel's Hill in the Cheviots, however it's most likely a gatepost or a cattle rubbing post.

The pillar marks the location where Lady Anne Clifford, said farewell to her mother in 1616 near the gateway to Brougham Castle.

14th century rectory, home for the rector of the local church

A set of sandstone steps used by Monks to display and sell their fish.

A Corten Steel sculpture by Ray Lonsdale to honour the Herring Girls.

A castle on the banks of Loch Doon in East Ayrshire thought to have been built by Robert the Bruce.

The Cnoc Ceislein trig point sits on a hill to the north west of the Fyrish Monument (523m) near Dingwall.

A great set of waterfalls on the Black Water River next to Silverbridge just north of Garve near Dingwall in Scotland.

The Ben Wyvis trig point is the highest point in Easter Ross (1046m) near Dingwall in Scotland.

A ruinous Augustinian Priory in Guisborough, North Yorkshire.

A large cairn with a henge and underground chamber near Bathgate in Scotland.

The coke ovens are rare remnants of Durham's coal industry, showcasing early coke production methods before their decline by 1880.​

A pre-Norman boundary stone from 950AD marking the border between English Northumbria and the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde.

A 12th-century Premonstratensian monastery located in the village of Blanchland, Northumberland.

A spectacular stone circle on the Moor Divock area of Askham Fell near Ullswater.

A statue depicting legendary comedian, Eric Morecambe.

A Church without parish dedicated to the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket

A beautiful church with great views near Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway.

The Mulloch Hill trig point sits on a hill above St John's Town of Dalry (170m) near New Galloway.

Screel Hill is a rocky outcrop (344m) with beautiful coastal views over the Solway Firth in Dumfries & Galloway.

The Bengairn Trig Point sits on a hill (391m) near Dalbeattie with impressive coastal views.

A huge Bronze Age cairn measuring over 4m high and 32m long, near Corriedoo, Dumfries & Galloway.

A beautiful ruinous abbey in Glenluce near Stranraer, that was the home of Cistercian monks for over 400 years.

An impressive castle perched on the edge of steep cliffs overlooking the Firth of Fourth near North Berwick.

Beautiful mosaic of limestone pavement, grassland and ancient woodland.

A stone monumnet standing on the Eston Hills that replaced a Napoleonic beacon.

Artwork by Andy Goldsworthy in the heart of the Forest of Bowland.

A beautiful blue bronze statue of an oversized tern by Geoffrey Dashwood, resting by the sea in North Berwick.

Eight wooden sculptures inspired by Easter Island’s Moai heads in Scarborough.

The remains of a tower that was part of a 15th century manor house.

An art gallery located in the former Christ Church in Hartlepool.

A former showroom for horses, carriages and bicycles, later a car showroom and now an office space which retains many original features including the old wooden horse ramp.

A pint sized place of worship overlooking the Tyne Valley and the baptismal church of British landscape artist John Martin.

A super viaduct in Bishop Auckland where rail, road and river converge.

An Iron Age hillfort sitting on top of Great Hetha in the College Valley.

Medieval fortress dating back to the 13th century.

The remains of a coal staithes for the Wearmouth Pit.

An imposing church that can be seen for miles at Hartlepool Headland.

The base and part of the shaft of an old wayside marker on the old Roman Stanegate Road.

Country park with fantastic views over to Penshaw Monument

A towering Obelisk on Murrayshall Hill near Scone dedicated to Thomas Graham of Balgowan.

A memorial obelisk on Lanton Hill erected by Alexander Davison in memory of his brother, John Davison.

A picturesque ruined Church that replaced St Andrew's Auld Kirk after it collapsed into the harbour.

A grade II drainage portal with a rustic tally house which was used to explore and drain ground in Allendale for mining.

Discover Shildon, the cradle of the railways, with highlights including Hackworth’s House, the Coal Drops, and SoHo Shed – celebrating 200 years of railway history in 2025.

The UK's first local nature reserve, established in 1952.

Explore the historic Bantling Lime Kilns near Consett – a striking remnant of County Durham’s industrial heritage, set along the scenic C2C cycle route.

A tiny place of worship, hidden away, with a hefty nine hundred year history and notable Norman architectural features.

Not one, but two stone circles a short walk from each other next to the River Esk.

The remains of St Andrew's Kirk, dating from around the 1100s and with links to the North Berwick Witch Trials.

The only museum dedicated to the history of science fiction in the UK with lots of amazing memorabilia on show.

A towering stone cross commemorating the life of The Venerable Bede, on Roker seafront.

Doocot built in the 16th century, which once held over 500 birds.

A ruined house in the Scots Baronial style that is part of the Seacliff Estate.

This former prestigious rectory is one of the oldest domestic houses in England and is haunted!

A spectacular medieval ruin, in Muggleswick near Consett, built during the mid 1200s which was home to a farm, a chapel, a grange and a dairy, which belonged to the Prior of Durham.

Quirky water mill maintained by National Trust for Scotland.

The Craiglee trig point sits above Loch Doon (523m) near Craigmalloch.

A memorial to the mining past depicting a miner with a pickaxe, working in a narrow seam.

A private beach to the east of North Berwick with views to Bass Rock.

Discover Hailes Castle in East Lothian, a 13th-century riverside fortress and former Hepburn stronghold linked to Mary, Queen of Scots.

Saltcoats Castle is a ruinous courtyard castle near Gullane in East Lothian.

St Andrew’s Old Church in Upleatham is a small historic church in North Yorkshire, known for its Norman architecture and quiet, rural setting.

The tallest standing stone in the UK reaching a whopping 7.6 metres located in All Saints Church graveyard in Rudston.

An old measuring device in the heart of the village of Stenton.

A beautiful little waterfall located at the bottom of Green Law hill in the Cheviots.

Five silvery steel girders piercing the promontory at St Peter's in Sunderland and growing into the form of a cormorant taking to the sky.

A beautiful beach with strange geology and fossils.