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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.

Famous book shop in the old Alnwick train station.

The ever changing Ouseburn Street Art and Installations.

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).

A ruined, Grade II listed Scheduled Monument, 16th Century Tower House / Bastle House.

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

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

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 14th century stone monument to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388

A severely ruined 15th century tower in Little Swinburne.

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

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

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

Site of the battle of Newburn Ford and Ryton Willows Local Nature Reserve

Birthplace of mechanical engineer George Stephenson, built around 1760.

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

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

A prehistoric standing stone with cup markings.

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

A Parish Church close to the centre of Rothbury, parts of which date back to the 1200s

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.

The Parish Church of St James in Shilbottle

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).

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

One thousand acres of historic park and woodland set against the backdrop of Lambton Castle.

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

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

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.

A Country Park and lake on the outskirts of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Decommissioned leading lights in North Shields.

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

A fine example of a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders

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

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

A museum dedicated to the Volunteer Life Brigade at Tynemouth.

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

A ruined stable block of the once Creswell Hall.

A lone Sycamore Tree that stands on Hadrian's Wall and is considered the most photographed spot in the Northumberland National Park.

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.

A bronze sculpture of the River God Tyne found on the side of the Civic Centre building.

Stepping stones over Ladyburn Lake in Druridge Bay Country Park.

The Grade I listed Cathedral Church of St Mary, Newcastle's Catholic and first Cathedral.

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.

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

A large rock sitting in Collywell Bay at Seaton Sluice that a local once grew things on.

A piece of public art found at Blyth Quayside representing a full sized steam train and tender.

18th century lime kilns in the harbour of Beadnell Bay

A bronze sculpture depicting six monks transporting St Cuthbert's coffin in Durham City centre by Fenwick Lawson.

An old water tower from Broomhill Colliery that was sold at auction to be a house.

A sculpture of three drill heads in Weetslade Country Park.

A slightly ruined lime kiln in Hepple in between Rothbury and Elsdon.

A ruined 15th century tower house near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.

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

A three draw arch lime kiln in Otterburn.

A small square reservoir just off the coast of Blyth.

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

Probably the largest lime kiln in Northumberland sitting next to Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.

A sculpture park and art exhibition space set within the grounds of Cheeseburn Grange, near Ponteland.

The building used to house the rocket apparatus for saving crews from stranded ships near Blyth harbour.

A lime kiln situated on Alnwick Moor, one of 400 that would have been used in Northumberland.

A cave in Hulne Park guarded by a statue of a hermit.

The route of the former Wansbeck or "Wannie Line" railway line that ran from Morpeth to Reedsmouth and Rothbury.

A ruined abbey sitting in a secluded woodland on the banks of the River Tweed.

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

A 12th century church standing on the site of the original wooden church built by St Aidan in the 7th century.

A ruined fort tower on the opposite side of the harbour to Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.

A memorial to the Bradford brothers and other soldiers from Witton Park who fought in World War 1 and both received the Victoria Cross.

A statue of a British infantryman commemorating the end of World War 1.

A castellated farmhouse sitting on the foundations of a 15th century motte and baily castle.

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

A monument commemorating the Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

A ruined manor home complex with a tower in Seaham.

A Grade I listed, 12th Century ruined castle on the banks of the River Tees in Barnard Castle

A restored 19th century mining museum in the centre of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where you can experience the life and work of the lead mining families of the North Pennines.

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.

A white pyramid daymark on the north east Emmanuel Head of Holy Island.

A small stone building used to store the explosives during the construction of the seahouses pier and harbour.

A ruined Priory on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, widely considered to be the birthplace of Christianity in England.

A beautiful pele tower perched on Minto Crags peaking out of the trees.

Two huge sculptures of 19th century surveyor's instruments standing on freaky feet!

A sculpture called Old King Coal celebrating the area's proud coal mining history.

Statues of the Ironmaster and Coal Miner made from obselete components representing the legacy of the local steelworks.

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

A small saxon church built on the site of an old 8th century church near Edlingham Castle.

A spectacular woodland planted on crags to the north and south.

A Grade II* listed monument in Tynemouth, dedicated to Vice Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood. A Napoleonic-era admiral noted for being second-in-command to Admiral Lord Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar.

A stone cross marking where Malcolm III, King Of Scotland was slain at the Battle Of Alnwick.

The ruined chapel of an old hospital located in Denwick near to Alnwick Castle.