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A Medieval wayside cross.

The ruin of Swinner Gill Lead Mine near Keld, Upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.

Ancient Viking Cross dated between 865 and 950 in the graveyard of St Wilfrid's Church.

Ruined priory built in the 1100s, said to be home of one of Scotland's first Cristian communities.

Explore the historic Bantling Lime Kilns near Consett – a striking remnant of County Durham’s industrial heritage, set along the scenic C2C cycle route.

Corsbie Tower is a ruined 16th-century tower house near Gordon in the Scottish Borders, built by the Cranstoun family and surrounded by earthwork defences.what

A 15th Century Gatehouse to Wetheral Priory, which is all that remains of the complex following the Dissolution of the Monastaries.

A lovely cascading waterfall in a stunning gorge near Hethpool in The Cheviots.

The tallest standing stone in the UK reaching a whopping 7.6 metres located in All Saints Church graveyard in Rudston.

An Edwardian Baroque-styled multi-purpose building feature artworks.

A statue commemorating David Stirling, the founder of the SAS.

Lifesize statue of a female welder from the World War II era by Dr Ron Lawson on the banks of the River Wear in Sunderland.

Five silvery steel girders piercing the promontory at St Peter's in Sunderland and growing into the form of a cormorant taking to the sky.

Ruined 16th century tower house near Longniddry in East Lothian, once home to the Douglas family and later used as a Catholic seminary.

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

A set of crags on the north east face of Hedgehope Hill standing at 404m above sea level.

A site specific art installation designed by sculptor William Pye for Seaham Hall.

A towering stone cross commemorating the life of The Venerable Bede, on Roker seafront.

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

Halton Castle is a picturesque, privately owned pele tower close to Hadrian's Wall and the village of Corbridge in Northumberland.

A fine example of a ruinous tower house near Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway.

A ruinous Augustinian Priory in Guisborough, North Yorkshire.

A sculpture by Anna Gillespie reflecting the maritime heritage of Heysham, Lancashire.

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

Doocot built in the 16th century, which once held over 500 birds.

14th century rectory, home for the rector of the local church

A gas-fired beacon installed for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.

A picturesque ruined Church that replaced St Andrew's Auld Kirk after it collapsed into the harbour.

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.

Part of the Great Whin Sill located in Holwick in the Pennine Hills.

A historic 14th century Tower with Doocot and Gardens in Prestonpans, East Lothian.

A set of sandstone steps used by Monks to display and sell their fish.

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

Scone Old Church is an ancient kirk thought to have been originally built in 1286 in the village of Old Scone.

A monument erected for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

A pretty little chapel containing ancient stones near Stranraer. Some of the stones date back as far as 500AD.

1,400 acre wetland site with mudflats, pools and reedbeds supporting thousands of birds.

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

A unique herd of wild white cattle, living on the Chillingham Estate for hundreds of years and rarer than pandas.

Pretty waterfalls near Keld in Swaledale.

The Blackford Hill trig point sits on a hill (164m) near Edinburgh.

A tribute to the incandescent lightbulb invented by Sir Joseph Swan on Swan House Roundabout.

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

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

A scrap metal statue of Henry Pease - Saltburn’s founding father.

The largest of the Treshnish Isles in Argyll and Bute.

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

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

Screel Hill is a rocky outcrop (344m) with beautiful coastal views over the Solway Firth in Dumfries & Galloway.

Twice life size figures by Ray Lonsdale depicting workers involved in the Wearside industries.

A 2,000 tonne precariously balanced boulder with a wooden staircase so you can climb to the top.

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.

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

An unfinished hotel left to ruin in the hills near Oban.

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

Saltcoats Castle is a ruinous courtyard castle near Gullane in East Lothian.

A beautiful church with great views near Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway.

A dementia friendly garden within Coronation Park in Cramlington.

A beautiful ruinous abbey in Glenluce near Stranraer, that was the home of Cistercian monks for over 400 years.

A concrete crocodile on the banks of the River Wear in Washington, built as part of the new housing estate.

Ruined castle built by William Rufus in 1092.

Discover Hailes Castle in East Lothian, a 13th-century riverside fortress and former Hepburn stronghold linked to Mary, Queen of Scots.

The Eildon Mid Hill trig point sits on the tallest of the Eildon hills (422m) near Melrose.

A steel sculpture made from hundreds of interwoven leaves honouring 81 residents of Prestonpans who were executed for witchcraft.

Sandstone tower built in 1904 used as a navigational aid until 1916

A huge Bronze Age cairn measuring over 4m high and 32m long, near Corriedoo, Dumfries & Galloway.

A beautiful blue bronze statue of an oversized tern by Geoffrey Dashwood, resting by the sea in North Berwick.

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

A large cairn with a henge and underground chamber near Bathgate in Scotland.

An old brick built seaman's chapel on Newcastle Quayside, built by Thomas Oliver Junior and opened in 1877.

A delightful and well preserved tower house near Newton Stewart.

A Victorian model village near Shipley in Bradford, West Yorkshire, built by Sir Titus Salt for his mill workers and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Memorial statue to commemorate the life of English radical Liberal politician, industrialist, activist and journalist standing tall at the junction of Westgate Road and Fenkle Street in Newcastle.

A statue to commemorate the 18th-century explorer and navigator who changed the western perceptions of world geography.

The pillar marks the location where Lady Anne Clifford, said farewell to her mother in 1616 near the gateway to Brougham Castle.

An RSPB Nature Reserve in Dumfries and Galloway, comprising Ancient Woodland, Rivers, Moorland, Grassland and Scrub habitats.

Award winning observatory within Northumberland Dark Sky Park

Kennedy's Cairn is a giant stone and cement cairn that sits near the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse near Stranraer.

A ruined 15th century castle that was once the seat of the Clan Campbell.

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

A steel sculpture in the shape of a giant pickaxe in Jarrow, created as a memorial to the town’s mining heritage and the communities who worked in the pits.

Metal art exhibit depicting wind and an equatorial sundial on East Shore in Seaham.

Kisdon is a hill with a large cairn (499m) near Keld, Upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.

No murder of Corvids, but a navigational aid for ships.

A cave that is now deep underground accessed by a tunnel and many steps. It is where Queen Margaret of Scotland came to pray in the 11th century.

A sculptural shelter that forms part of the Kielder Art Trail.

The Largo Law Trig Point sits on an ancient volcano (290m) near Upper Largo, Fife.

The Braid Hills trig point sits on a golf course (208m) near Edinburgh.

A great example of a 16th century tower house that sits on the eastern side of the Cairngorms near Ballater.

The Bowstones are Anglo Saxon cross shafts dating to the 9th or 10th century, located on the outskirts Lyme Park’s ridge with links to Robin Hood.

Whitby’s historic piers and lighthouses tell the story of the town’s maritime past, from Tudor stonework to 19th century beacons.

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

The Kinnoull Hill trig point sits on Kinnoull Hill (222m) above Perth.

Attractive murals back to back on a brick wall in a former cemetery now a small park in Durham.

Ruins of a Benedictine monastery first built in 1088.

The Great Shunner Fell Trig Point sits on Thwaite Common (716m) near Thwaite in the Yorkshire Dales.

A spectacular double waterfall sitting right in the heart of the Northumberland National park.

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

The Skid Hill trig point sits on the edge of a quarry (186m) near Haddington.

The Mulloch Hill trig point sits on a hill above St John's Town of Dalry (170m) near New Galloway.