Find Places To Visit In The North

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

A beautiful little waterfall located in Allensford near Consett.

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

A lovely little double waterfall near Gilsland.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ruins of a Medieval Hospitaller.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A small square reservoir just off the coast of Blyth.

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

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

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

A tiny ruined castle just inland from Seaton Sluice.

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

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

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

A ruined stable block of the once Cresswell Hall.

An atmospheric little pool surrounded by a grove of trees.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A lone Sycamore Tree that stands on Hadrian's Wall and is considered the most photographed spot in the Northumberland National Park.

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

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

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

The ever changing Ouseburn Street Art and Installations.

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

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.

Caves at Cullercoats Bay known locally as Fairies Caves.

A former courthouse, and gateway to a gaol, now a restaurant and apartments.

Two replica Mark VII 6"naval guns mounted on the Blyth beach promenade.

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

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

A Grecian style summerhouse on the banks of the River Wear named after a Polish entertainer.

The banqueting hall where Lord Armstrong would entertain his guests.

A small cave in a huge rock up a hill where it was thought St Cuthbert may have stayed.

Ushaw College is a former Catholic seminary, partially designed by Augustus Pugin.

Quite simply the biggest free standing boulder in Northumberland!

A Grade I listed building built around 1278 and situated at a shallow crossing point on the River Till, Ford, Northumberland.

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

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

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

A big water tower in Tranwell, part of RAF Morpeth.

A ruined medieval castle situated at the west end of the village of Harbottle.

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

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

Two chimneys that were part of the Allen Lead Smelt Mill flue system.

A redundant Roman Catholic chapel in Biddlestone set in a picturesque copse.

Charming working clock in the town centre of Morpeth.

18th century lime kilns in the harbour of Beadnell Bay

A spectacular waterfall at the head of a forest walk.

A delightful 12th-century church tucked away beside the magnificent Seaton Delaval Hall.

Ruined chapel on west side of Church Hill.

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

A beautiful pele tower perched on Minto Crags peaking out of the trees.

Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre