Find Places To Visit In The North

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.

A Grade II listed Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain in the Venetian Gothic Style.

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.

Nature Reserve with SSSI status in Blaydon.

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.

A statue of the comedy icon and one half of the legendary duo Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel to celebrate his time living in North Tyneside.

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

The largest timber structure in Europe, built in 1893.

Old flour mill converted into a contemporary art gallery in 2002.

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

A restored Grade I listed, 13th Century Friary and ruins in the centre of Newcastle, now partly used as a restaurant and craft workshops.

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.

Ancient burial mound marked by Beech trees sitting on Copt Hill, dating back to the Mesolithic period.

A nature reserve set within Gosforth Park where you can see birds, otters, deer and much more.

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

25 bronze lion sculptures by artists Gillie and Marc, temporarily on display in Exhibition Park.

An independent Library, the largest outside of London, in the centre of Newcastle established in 1793, opened in 1825 and home of Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society.

The Coalway Plantation trig point is in a hedge (140m) near Blaydon.

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 sculpture comprising 22 bronze figures by Juan Muñoz near South Shields beach.

Cathedral of Newcastle upon Tyne, originally built in 1091.

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.

Group of islands off the coast of Northumberland.

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.

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

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

Famous book shop in the old Alnwick train station.

The ever changing Ouseburn Street Art and Installations.

The Reddings Hill trig point sits in the corner of a field (147m) near Hurworth Burn Reservoir, Wingate, Hartlepool.

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.

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

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

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

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

The Burnhope Seat trig point is at the top of Yad Moss Ski Tow (746m) near Alston.

A severely ruined 15th century tower in Little Swinburne.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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 Broomfield Farm trig point is on the edge of a field (255m) near Chopwell.

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

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.

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 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 Harter Fell trig point sits on Crossthwaite Common (481m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

A ruined stable block of the once Cresswell Hall.