Find Places In Tyne And Wear

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

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

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.

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

Nature Reserve with SSSI status in Blaydon.

Three statues sowing the different aspects of a working man of Newcastle.

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.

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 six storey lookout tower used to assist gun turrets in both World War 1 and 2.

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.

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.

A traditional Victorian Park packed with features sitting between Tynemouth and North Shields.

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.

A statue of Queen Victoria in St Nicholas' Square to commemorate 500 years of Shrievalty.

A puppet of the Iron Man that was used in the musical of the same name by The Who guitarist Pete Townshend.

The ever changing Ouseburn Street Art and Installations.

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

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

Disused steel furnace and woodland walk, managed by English Heritage.

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

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

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

Decommissioned leading lights in North Shields.

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.

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

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.

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

A sculpture of three drill heads in Weetslade Country Park.

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

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

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington, first president of the USA.

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 reconstruction of a gatehouse and buildings on the original foundations of the Roman buildings.

A statue to local heroine Dolly Peel, a smuggler, fighter against the pressgang and eventually nurse.

A huge rock standing on the beach at Marsden, South Shields that has collapsed into an arch an then to a single rock.

The water tower from the original Sunderland and South Shields Water Company plant.

A ruined windmill sitting on the highest part of the Cleadon Hills.

A blue stone that has links to the Saxons, the black death, vaccinations and strongman feats!

A combined moated castle and gatehouse with the ruins of a Benedictine priory where early kings of Northumbria were buried.

A unique gun that would disappear into its turret to reload, devised during the Crimean War.

A statue of Queen Victoria by sculptor Alfred Turner in Tynemouth.

A beautiful folly set in the grounds of the Gibside estate which is now a holiday home.

A pair of tunnels under the River Tyne for use by pedestrians and cyclists.

A 15 hectare public park, right in the centre of Newcastle, dating from the 1880s and associated with, and named after two major exhibitions, the Royal Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 and the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition.

A Victorian Public Park on South Shields seafront that is part of a 4km chain of parks.

The Vampire Rabbit is a strange and mysterious “grotesque” that can be found above the door at the rear entrance to the historic Cathedral Buildings, adjacent to Newcastle Cathedral.

A pretty artificial waterfall in Jesmond Dene created by Lord Armstrong.

A ruined watermill dating from back to 1739 in Jesmond Dene.

An old ruined windmill sitting in Armstrong Park.

A small well linked to the nearby St. Mary's Chapel.

A ruined chapel that was once a popular place for pilgrimages.

The banqueting hall where Lord Armstrong would entertain his guests.

A fortified house built by Adam of Jesmond.

Gibside is a 720 acre estate acquired by the Bowes family in 1713.

Built in the 1870s, it was the first lighthouse in the world to be designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current.

A Victorian lighthouse built in 1882, still used for navigational purposes today.

A memorial in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Penshaw Hill owned by the National Trust.

A contemporary sculpture of a metal angel designed by Antony Gormley.

A ruined three storey tower house now mostly covered by trees.

A lighthouse on a small tidal island just north of Whitley Bay. It is linked to the mainland by a short concrete causeway which is submerged at high tide.

This is the trig point for Tunstall Hills (112m) near Sunderland.

This is the trig point for Penshaw Hill (136m) near Sunderland.

This is the trig point for Maryside Hill (51m) near Blaydon.

This is the trig point for Hill Head (186m) near Blaydon.

The High Moorsley trig point is sitting in a field (163m) in Houghton-le-Spring.

This is the trig point for Hasting Hill (124m) near Sunderland.

This is the trig point for Coalway Plantation (140m) near Blaydon.

The Killingworth trig point (0m) within Killingworth Village.