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

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

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

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

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

Giant wooden head looking out over Kielder Reservoir.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A beautiful beach with strange geology and fossils.

Observation towers used during WW2 for ground attack training.

Impressive lime kilns hidden away in woodland near Christon Bank.

Ruined lime kilns on the coastal path near Budle Bay.

A well connected to a freshwater spring, developed by Allen Valley philanthropist Issac Holden to improve the quality of drinking water for the people of his community in Allendale.

A hidden away old marker stone in the wilds of Coquetdale delineating the boundary between Harbottle and Hepple.

The remains of an Iron Age Hillfort sitting on a little spur of Clennell Hill near Alwinton.

A precariously placed lime kiln pit near Cocklawburn beach.

A driftwood sculpture of a boat situated on the banks of the River Tweed in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Historic 18th Century Grade II Listed Building and Grounds now used as a Registry Office with space for ceremonies and on-site accommodation, whilst the basement includes the remains of a Cold War Nuclear Bunker.

The remains of a chapel founded by St Ebba.

The base of a medieval cross, sitting in an elevated position on the western edge of Dere Street on the Otterburn Ranges.

A sentry box that once housed AA patrolmen and then a telephone to aid you should your car breakdown.

12th century abbey dedicated to St Andrew, in the heart of Hexham.

A hearse house hidden in the beautiful Allen Valley which was funded through the philanthropy of local travelling tea seller, Isaac Holden.

The remains of a gatehouse that lead to an Augustinian Priory Church.

An un-chiselable bit of Hadrian's Wall, near Walwick, where the Romans may have run out of might.

A medieval dovecote in the middle of a bunch of houses with a dove's eye view of the sea.

A memorial drinking fountain, dedicated to the memory of the 3rd Earl Ravensworth in Whittingham.

A collection of twelve almshouses designed by Norman Shaw for Lord Armstrong to house his retired workers in Rothbury.

A fascinating jigsaw of a church built in the 12th & 13th centuries, restored in the 15th century and again in the 19th century.

Two weathered rock formations representing a priest and his clerk on the banks of Cartington Hill in Rothbury.

Spire which once linked two chapels in Amble East Cemetery.

Guided tours of a rewilding project on the Hepple Estate with links to Hepple Gin.

Over six hundred years of stones crossing the Coquet, connecting the route of the old corn road from Hexham to Alnmouth.

The smallest place of sanctuary, rolling out of West Woodburn, between the road and the river, lies the church of St Cuthbert's, Corsenside.

Explore stunning water features, magical gardens a treehouse restaurant and the mysterious Poison Garden in Alnwick Garden.

A bread oven introduced in 1310 to the people of Corbridge by King John and used for over 500 years.

A well head commissioned by Lady Waterford that was once fed by a natural spring and linked to the Battle Of Flodden.

A sculpture at the source of the River Rede of a feral Northumberland goat, living its leaping life just above the peeping eye of Catcleugh Reservoir.

A Grade II, early 19th century dovecote with the square tower loosely modelled on the tower of The Church of St Andrew in Hartburn.

An erratic rock, rolled into Newbiggin Bay during the last ice age, transported on ice rafts through glacial waters to sit on the sand by the sea.

A square towered dovecote, built in the 18th century of brick, with stepped cogged cornicing at the eaves and a pyramidal pan tiled roof.

Two boundary stones where the kings and queens of the Yetholm gypsies were crowned.

A rare and significant medieval ruin, which served as the first school in Alnwick.

A space age rocket looking communication mast, bound for Mars from the pines of Henshaw Common!

A Celtic cross, commemorating the lives of James and Charles Radcliffe, Earls of Derwentwater, Viscounts Langley.

The jaw bone of a Right Whale forming an arch, framing the harbour of Seahouses and beyond to the Farnes, with a fishy past!

Located on the site of an ancient village cross at Longhoughton, it was on the route of the pilgrimage from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Durham.

A heart filled horseshoe horse, surveying the summer sunshine and the gentle tilts and curves of the upland Buteland view near Bellingham.

A spectacular sandstone rockface in Ridsdale used for bouldering and climbing, with breathtaking views across Northumberland from the top.

Gun tower built in 1542 which attracted the interest of Henry VIII for it's state of the art design.

Smuggler's Bothy built by the famous smuggler John Robertson in 1760.

Four totem poles which are part of a flood defence scheme.

Garden inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, opened in 2004.

A five tonne Limestone boulder marking the location of the former East Chevington Drift Mine.

An iron age hillfort on top of Sinkside Hill in the north west of the Cheviots.

An old 18th century windmill part of Birney Hill farm.

A little hidden den in the dunes near Amble made of driftwood and containing shells and fun messages.

An old hillfort sitting on top of Green Humbleton in the borders.

A country house near Christon Bank and home to a past Prime Minister, and the longest serving Foreign Secretary.

A stone artwork by John Maine that forms part of the Kielder Forest Art and Architecture Trail.

One of a handful of hearse houses left in the UK with a little 'fun for free' museum.

A proud standing Percy lion atop a grandiose gateway to the old Ladykirk House in Upsettlington.

A giant trowel next to the North Seaton Community Centre in Ashington.

A little stone circle sitting at the bottom of Dunmoor next to Cunyan Crags.

Training trenches dug by members of the 18th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in preparation for World War I.

Lighthouse built in 1826, where Grace Darling spotted the wreck of the SS Forfarshire.

A secluded waterfall and plunge pool in the Harthope Valley next to The Cheviot.

A beautiful church filled with art, history and culture in the fork of the road up to the College Valley.

A castle and country house in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is the seat of The 12th Duke of Northumberland.

A piece of public art providing seating, shelter and a belta view over North Tyne Valley.

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

A cool rural wicker man, keeping an eye on any bad lads on the border of Northumberland and Durham.

A remote memorial cairn to Lord Robinson who was instrumental in forming the British Forestry Commission and Kielder Forest.

A ruined farm house on top of Yearning Law near the border ridge.

An octagonal bell tower in Berwick which was built in 1577 as a medieval lookout post and alarm system.

An ancient corn mill, nestled in the bend of the River Till, sitting between Ford and Etal.

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

A set of three cairns north of Carlcroft Hill called the Gimmermoor Cairns, although I could only find two.

Turret 29A on Hadrian's Wall.

War Memorial from 1921 by the A68 in Rochester, Northumberland

The Burn Divot trig point sits on Thirlwall Common (258m) near Haltwhistle.

A Roman Fort, surrounding settlement and museum that has been gradually excavated over the past 50 years and the location of some of the most important Roman finds in history.

A cairn up near Yeavering Bell at the northern end of the Cheviots which has roots in local folklore.

A weir in the River Coquet which powered a nearby water mill, but was also the scene of a wartime tragedy.

A Roman Fort that forms part of Hadrian's Wall at the frontier of the Roman Empire.

Explore 13th century Dally Castle ruins, one of Northumberland's earliest hall houses showcasing medieval architecture.

Sitting on a blowy corner of the Northumberland National Park, is Causeway House, Northumberland's only heather thatched cottage. With a history of hidden lucky roof charms and close to a Roman Milecastle.