Find Places To Visit In The North

The filming location for Hagrid's Hut from the Harry Potter movies set up in Clachaig, Glencoe.

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

A natural cave modified into a place for swimmers to get changed in the 18th century.

A giant 15 foot spoon in between two fields near Cramlington and Seghill as part of a National Lottery funded art trail.

A beautiful little waterfall located in Allensford near Consett.

A lovely little double waterfall near Gilsland.

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 trail of 12 bird related art exhibits dotted around the town of Amble. Find their exact whereabouts with our handy map and exact locations.

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

A cave in a crater up on the moorland between Eglingham and Ros Castle.

A small and picturesque harbour which used to export salt, coal and bottles.

A red sandstone statue of William Wallace overlooking the River Tweed Valley near Melrose.

A ruined medieval castle standing on the bend of the River Till.

The scoop bucket used from the now dismantled Ace Of Spades dragline excavator.

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

Founded about AD 670–675, it is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England.

Stunning crags and landscape with standing stones and a Devil's Punchbowl.

A replica of the gibbet used to display the body of the murderer William Winter.

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

A coastal success in the Turning of the Tide Project and something for all the senses

A folly based on Stonehenge with two large stone circles, an altar, sacrificial stone and a tomb area.

Cragside is a Victorian country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, built for William Armstrong and his wife, Margaret.

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

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

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

A lovely waterfall nestled in a hidden and secluded valley.

Emily Davison was a militant suffragette who died after throwing herself in front of the king's horse at the Epsom Derby.

The grave of famed Lakeland Poet, William Wordsworth.

A ruined Castle dating from the 11th Century and is Grade I listed.

The monument for the Northumberland heroine Grace Darling who helped in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838.

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

A grade II listed, 18th century gothic folly, built for the Wallington Hall estate.

A monument commemorating the Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

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

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

At 180m it is the longest waterfall in the UK and is fed from Cow Green Reservoir.

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.

Said to be the location where St Cuthbert agreed to become Bishop of Lindisfarne when petitioned by the king.

Ros Castle is the highest of the Chillingham Hills, with a height of 315m.

A 60m waterfall cascading into the sea next to a 90m basalt cliff resembling a kilt.

An atmospheric Anglican church and mausoleum abandoned in the 1970s.

The ruins of a Medieval Hospitaller.

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

A white pyramid daymark on the north east Emmanuel Head of Holy Island.

The peninsula part of Holy Island, made up of dunes, salt marshes, Snook House and Snook Tower

54m high viaduct, built with the help of Robert Stephenson.

An 18th century folly built by Sir Walter Blackett, in Rothley,

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

A riverside walk along the River Blyth, accessed on either side by stepping stones.

A flat castle-like observatory on Ratcheugh Crag overlooking Alnwick.

The 199 stone steps lead up to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, a classic Gothic graveyard, and the Norman Church of Saint Mary.

An amazing example of an early 12th century Norman Motte and Bailey castle.

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

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

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

A small square reservoir just off the coast of Blyth.

A ruined 13 century priory sitting in the grounds of Hulne Park in Alnwick.

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

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

Three statues of Newcastle United legends outside St. James Park - Jackie Milburn, Sir Bobby Robson and Alan Shearer.

A ruined stable block of the once Cresswell Hall.

A 14th century defensive pele tower once used as a vicarage and now is a micro gin bar.

A country manor house with beautiful gardens, an observatory, old church and ruined pele tower.

A monument marking the Battle Of Fodden where the Scottish army of King James IV were heavily defated by the English in a brutal encounter.

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

A field, church and wooden cross marking the Battle Of Heavenfield. A skirmish between Northumbrians and the Welsh in 634AD.

A castle and stately home in the village of Bothal near the River Wansbeck, between Morpeth and Ashington.

The ever changing Ouseburn Street Art and Installations.

A bronze sculpture depicting six monks transporting St Cuthbert's coffin in Durham City centre by Fenwick Lawson.

A polished and lacquered aluminium shroud set in the nature reserve.

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

A sea arch and rock formation that is said to resemble a drinking dinosaur at Flamborough Head.

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

The gatehouse of the original motte and bailey castle in Morpeth.

A stunning 900 year old cathedral built on a peninsula formed by the River Wear.

The Transporter Bridge that spans the River Tees in Middlesbrough.

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

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

A lighthouse situated 100m inland in Bath Terrace, Blyth.

Two huge sculptures of 19th century surveyor's instruments standing on freaky feet!

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

Caves at Cullercoats Bay known locally as Fairies Caves.

An atmospheric little pool surrounded by a grove of trees.

The home of Blyth Spartans - The most famous Non League football club!

Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre

A 29m high tower on Byres Hill built as a monument to John Hope, the 4th Earl of Hopetoun.

A beautiful ruined abbey on the estate of Jervaulx Hall was the original home of Wensleydale cheese.

A tiny ruined castle just inland from Seaton Sluice.

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

The route of the former Wansbeck or "Wannie Line" railway line that ran from Morpeth to Reedsmouth and Rothbury.

A sculpture called Old King Coal celebrating the area's proud coal mining history.

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

A stone cross marking where Malcolm III, King Of Scotland was slain at the Battle Of Alnwick.

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

A former POW camp located behind Featherstone Castle for Italian and German prisoners of war.

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

Spectacular crags in beautiful countryside, with a castle on top!

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.

A large rock sitting in Collywell Bay at Seaton Sluice that a local once grew things on.

An 18m tall Obelisk sitting 900m south of Seaton Delaval Hall.