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

Two fantastic galleries in the heart of Bishop Auckland.

Castle dating back to the 17th century and home to the bishops of Durham.

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

The Transporter Bridge that spans the River Tees in Middlesbrough.

Designed by local sculpturer Ray Lonsdale, this statue Horns could be the Angel Of Durham.

Nature Reserve set in a former Whinstone Quarry in the village of Embleton

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

Ruined 12th century abbey in the beautiful Rye Valley, North Yorkshire

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

A Roman Temple dedicated to the God Mithras near to Brocolitia Fort on Hadrian's Wall.

A stunning example of a lighthouse in Sunderland with a parabolic pier.

A metal statue by Ray Lonsdale built as a memorial for fishermen lost at sea from North Shields.

A town with a nature reserve, memorial garden, cemetry and a reconstructed miners pit cage, celebrating the times of mining in Easington Colliery.

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.

A 19th Century Windmill in Fulwell, built for Joseph Swan in 1806.

221 hectares of woodland, grassland and paths leading to the beautiful Durham coast.

Ruined motte and bailey castle, dating back to the Norman Conquest.

Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre

Artwork inspired by the Little Tern colony which return to nest in Horden every spring.

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

A Brutalist public work of art in Peterlee, designed by British Artist and Architect, Victor Pasmore.

A 2,000 foot long pier built in the 1960's to pipe sea water for the magnesia treatment works.

Nature Reserve near Houghton-le-Spring run by Durham Wildlife Trust.

Small museum showcasing the history of coal mining in the region.

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

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

A ruined colliery engine house that was part of a monumental mining disaster.

350 acre world famous open air museum set in rural County Durham.

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 life sized bronze sculpture in memory of Lord Armstrong on Barras Bridge outside the Hancock Museum.

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

Lime kilns on the coast near South Shields, built in the 1870s.

Two Parks, Castle Vale and Coronation Park, set either side of Berwick Station which include footpaths, shelters, rose gardens and a lily pond.

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

A standing stone marking the northern source of the River Tyne in Deadwater.

Excavated Roman fort, with a museum and 35m viewing tower.

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!

Rotating bridge designed by William Armstrong, which opened in 1876.

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).

A new artwork on the King Street Stairs leading from the Quayside to All Saints Church.

650 hectare site attracting thousands of birds every year.

The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers or as it is more commonly known, “The Mining Institute” is one of the finest buildings in Newcastle. It is a Victorian building built at the time when high-Gothic architecture was coming into fashion.

An ornate, Edwardian Shopping Arcade, in the centre of Newcastle built in 1906. The arcade is set within Richard Grainger's Central Exchange Building.

A free art gallery in the centre of Newcastle housing works by Henry Moore, Thomas Bewick, Norman Cornish, Richard Hamilton and Charles Napier Hemy among others.

A war memorial to the Northumberland Fusiliers sited on the grounds of St Thomas the Martyr Church at Barras Bridge, depicting the spirit and patriotic confidence that swept the nation at the outset of war in 1914.

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

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

Small photographic gallery on Newcastle's Quayside.

The last remaining hut built to accomodate the workers who constructed the Catcleugh Reservoir.

A Victorian public park in Walker, Newcastle with links to Robert Burns and its own population of Ring Necked Parakeets.

An 18th century church which was partly rebuilt in 1884. It has a window which commemorates those who died during the construction of the nearby Catcleugh Reservoir.

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

24 hectare park with lake, woodland and waymarked paths in the heart of Gateshead.

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

A defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo Dutch Wars in the 17th Century and used during various later conflicts.

A Grade I Listed Church in Mitford with a number of interesting architectural features and Grade II Listed tombstones and Lych Gate in the churchyard.

A series of 12 gardens set in 3 acres of land in rural Gateshead.

Statue to Henry Percy, also known as Harry Hotspur, Alnwick's most famous Knight and one of Shakespeare's best known characters.

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

Beautiful 360 hectare woodland, great for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.

An ancient Northumbrian Church, one of the oldest in the Country, dating back to the 11th Century that stands on a hill with amazing views in all directions.

Caves at Cullercoats Bay known locally as Fairies Caves.

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 19th Century, Grade II listed, Lifeboat Station situated on the beautiful horseshoe bay at Cullercoats.

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).

Monument dedicated to Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey built in 1838.

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.

A research and teaching laboratory which formed part of the School of Marine Science and Technology at Newcastle University. It is now part of the larger School of Natural and Environmental Sciences.

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 19th century Victorian pumping station used to provide drinking water to the Darlington area.

A 17th-century Jacobean mansion disguided as a castle just north of Hexham.

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

Water Mill on the edge of Blaydon, originally built in 1730.

A Doric style column with a Percy Lion on the top dedicated to the 2nd Earl of Northumberland.

Small Camera Obscura on the edge of Kielder Reservoir.

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