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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

The grave of famed Lakeland Poet, William Wordsworth.

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

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

A lovely waterfall nestled in a hidden and secluded valley.

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

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

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

Ruins of a 12th century Benedictine priory, close to the banks of the River Swale.

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

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

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

Priory founded in 1113, nestled in the heart of Bridlington old town.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ruins of a Medieval Hospitaller.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A small square reservoir just off the coast of Blyth.

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

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

A ruined stable block of the once Cresswell Hall.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The ever changing Ouseburn Street Art and Installations.

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

The Transporter Bridge that spans the River Tees in Middlesbrough.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Caves at Cullercoats Bay known locally as Fairies Caves.

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

Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre

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

An atmospheric little pool surrounded by a grove of trees.

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

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 tiny ruined castle just inland from Seaton Sluice.

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

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

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

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