Find Places To Visit In The North

An ancient Northumbrian Church, one of the oldest in the Country, dating back to the 11th Century that stands on a hill with amazing views in all directions.

Dramatic landscape and panoramic views of the coast. Stone art with science, history and mythology.

Maybe a windmill, maybe used for sea-navigation, maybe just a pretty building. Now a holiday home.

The smallest museum in Northumberland (if not the world!!) with pictures, memorabilia and trinkets about boating life in Alnmouth.

A Nature Reserve alongside the River Breamish in the Northumberland National Park

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

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

An island off the coast of East Lothian famous for its seabird colony.

An old sail-less windmill situated within a farmers field.

Totem poles have stood in the village of Stonehaugh since 1971 and these three are the latest carvings.

A stone circle marking the grave of three kings of Denmark.

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

A ruined 18th century church currently being transformed by the local residents into another place for calm and reflection.

A Tudor arch bridge built in 1511 which was the largest single span bridge anywhere in Britain at its time.

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

The original 1910 building with the new lantern on its roof.

A ruined tower sitting on a crag just around the corner from the Duddo Stones.

A cave in Hulne Park guarded by a statue of a hermit.

A 19th century viaduct that spans the valley of Batty Moss in the Yorkshire Dales.

An elaborate Gothic style tower based in Hulne Park.

An octagonal folly, once part of the Stella Hall estate in Blaydon.

Sharp's Folly is an 18th century tower in Rothbury, and is the oldest folly in Northumberland.

A life sized bronze sculpture in memory of Lord Armstrong on Barras Bridge outside the Hancock Museum.

A 17th-century Jacobean mansion disguided as a castle just north of Hexham.

Beautiful 360 hectare woodland, great for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.

Modernist footbridge completed without using scaffolding in 1963

A sail-less 19th century windmill in Lynemouth.

The trig point sitting on top of The Cheviot Summit (815m).

A small marker stone where Robert Lumsden murdered Isabella Sudden in 1610.

Home to three of the most famous families in the North East, set in 13,500 acres of land.

The trig point sitting on top of Tosson Hill (440m) #147.

A ruined Priory on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, widely considered to be the birthplace of Christianity in England.

The largest timber structure in Europe, built in 1893.

Causey Arch is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world.

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

A nature reserve set within Gosforth Park where you can see birds, otters, deer and much more.

A hospital built on the site of a 13th century Augustinian Friary to house the "poor freemen" of Newcastle.

A beautiful Saxon church nestling in the rolling countryside that was once bombed by the Germans.

A recently renovated pele tower situated in Creswell on the coast.

A circular labyrinth made out of a selection of stones in memory of a dog.

A church with 13th century and earlier origins set on the spectacular Church Point Headland in Newbiggin by the Sea

A 13th century church located in the grounds of Ford Castle, later restored by John Dobson.

A grade I listed castle built in 1392, now a stunning hotel.

A 13th century fortified manor house set in beautiful woodland setting near Corbridge.

The private estate of the White Ridley family where the grounds are filled with wonderful statues, follies and temples.

A beacon that when lit would warn the neighbouring villages of an impending attack!

Famous book shop in the old Alnwick train station.

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

A defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo Dutch Wars in the 17th Century and used during various later conflicts.

350 acre world famous open air museum set in rural County Durham.

A series of 12 gardens set in 3 acres of land in rural Gateshead.

The remains of a 19th century engine house, later transformed into flats and known as 'Shildon Castle'.

An ancient burial ground for a Bronze Age chieftain called Prince Caryn.

A none conformist burial ground that is now a recreation area.

18th century gateway to Craster Tower, now an iconic entrance to the village of Craster.

A small saxon church built on the site of an old 8th century church near Edlingham Castle.

Also known as All Saints Chantry, it’s a Grade I listed building now housing a bagpipe museum.

A castle dating back to the Normans in Durham city centre.

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

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

A quaint little fishing village set around old fishermen's cottages and spectacular jagged cliffs - Also twinned with New Asgard!

A 3 chambered cave used by the monks as storage and safegaurd and as a dwelling for St Constantine.

Originally St Wilfrid's Premonstratensian nunnery, this ruined priority sits by a tight bend in the River Coquet.

The deer house is a rare and well preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture built in 1760.

A spectacular natural landform of Limestone Pavement in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

A Grade I listed railway viaduct spanning the River Tweed at Berwick and built by Robert Stephenson.

A stone chair of carved gargoyles situated in Durham on the banks of the river Wear.

A concrete water tower located next to Northgate Hospital in Morpeth.

A Norman Church with a quirky interior, sitting high and proud above Whitby with a paradigmatic gothic graveyard.

A spectacular woodland planted on crags to the north and south.

A ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne.

Ruined motte and bailey castle, dating back to the Norman Conquest.

A ruined medieval castle in Warkworth standing over a loop of the River Coquet.

The trig point sitting on top of Garleigh Moor (268m).

Stunning art around the Headland at Hartlepool. Each one has a story.

A beautiful set of beach huts situated on the Blyth Promenade.

A grade two listed iconic building in Cullercoats constructed as a lookout for fishermen.

A plaque marking the site of a gibbet where Michael Curry was chained for murder.

A mural of the Blyth Spartans legend - Robbie Dale

Designed by local sculpturer Ray Lonsdale, this statue 'Horns' could be the Angel Of Durham.

A 16-hectare lake set in a country park that was once one of the biggest colliery spoil heaps in Europe.

A folly named after a princess overlooking bodies in a natural woodland burial site!

Small Camera Obscura on the edge of Kielder Reservoir.

A pretty church sitting in amazing countryside with breathtaking views in Low Alwinton.

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

A spectacular mausoleum for the British soldier Thomas Monteath Douglas.

A gem of a market place with interesting sculptures, some secret creatures, and a timeline.

Finchale Priory was a benedictine priory founded in 1196 on the site of the hermitage of Saint Godric.

A 4m standing stone, most likely a headless cross, maybe thrown there by giants or the devil.

A 15th century gatehouse that was part of the Alnwick old town walls.

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

A castelled octagonal building in Seaton Sluice that was once a tax office, harbour master house and now a gallery.

Group of islands off the coast of Northumberland.

The Market Cross was erected to the memory of Lord And Lady Armstrong.

A 12th century church standing on the site of the original wooden church built by St Aidan in the 7th century.

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

A beautiful tower sitting atop the crag of Lady Hill near Kelso.

An 18th century, 40 acre park designed by London architect, James Paine.

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

Water Mill on the edge of Blaydon, originally built in 1730.