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An airfield mainly for pleasure flights where you can sit with a cup of tea in the observation deck and watch the planes take off and land.

A late 18th or early 19th Century Lime Kiln just outside Shilbottle.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A metal sculpted bench portraying three notable people from the Bedlington area.

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

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

A small marker stone where Robert Lumsden murdered Isabella Sudden in 1610.

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Two chimneys remaining from the Sikehead mine set on Ramshaw Moors

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).

The trig point sitting on top of Blackchester Hill Plantation (214m) in Alnham.

A column in memory of James Evelyn's parents, moved from Felbridge up to Lemmington, Northumberland.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

A beautiful house and gardens for the friars of The Society of St Francis in the North East.

A radome housing an RAF radar at Brizlee Wood sitting on top of Alnwick Moor.

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

The trig point sitting in Night Fold Field in Alnmouth (48m).

The trig point sitting on top of Windy Gyle (619m).

Group of islands off the coast of Northumberland.

A pele tower that used to be part of the vicarage for the adjoining St James Church.

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

Famous book shop in the old Alnwick train station.

A mini version of the Angel Of The North standing in a field near Hexham.

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

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

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

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.

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

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).

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

A ruined stable block of the once Cresswell Hall.

A lone Sycamore Tree that stood on Hadrian's Wall which was 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.

Stepping stones over Ladyburn Lake in Druridge Bay Country Park.

Two obelisk navigation beacons that when lined up would direct you into Holy Island harbour.

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.

This is the trig point for Shepherdskirk Hill (202m) in the Kyloe Hills near Belford.

18th century lime kilns in the harbour of Beadnell Bay

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

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

A three draw arch lime kiln in Otterburn.

A small square reservoir just off the coast of Blyth.

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.