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The Woodland trig point sits on Hindon Hill (370m) near Witton le Wear.

The Hart trig point sits in a hedge (127m) near Hartlepool.

Victorian Park alongside the River Eden with contemporary and traditional artwork, statues, and musical instruments.

A little stone circle sitting at the bottom of Dunmoor next to Cunyan Crags.

A five tonne Limestone boulder marking the location of the former East Chevington Drift Mine.

War Memorial from 1921 by the A68 in Rochester, Northumberland

Two chambered cairns dating back to the Neolithic period.

A magnificent stone structure resembling a royal crown to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Carved statues in distress near the Bill Bryson Library in Durham University.

Gun tower built in 1542 which attracted the interest of Henry VIII for it's state of the art design.

The Lintzgarth Common trig point sits on Windy Hill (554m) near Rookhope.

An RSPB reserve comprising chalk cliffs and grassland, home to one of the UK's largest seabird colonies.

An art/science installation involving audience participation and sunshine.

The jaw bone of a Right Whale forming an arch, framing the harbour of Seahouses and beyond to the Farnes, with a fishy past!

A tower constructed in 1897 to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria in Dallowgill, North Yorkshire.

A monument in Glenfinnan to remember the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

A narrow limestone staircase on a former corpse route in Southern Cumbria with legends of faeries, wishes and even a demonic dog.

A cairn up near Yeavering Bell at the northern end of the Cheviots which has roots in local folklore.

When art meets mathematics you get a geometric granite sculpture.

A heart filled horseshoe horse, surveying the summer sunshine and the gentle tilts and curves of the upland Buteland view near Bellingham.

A proud standing Percy lion atop a grandiose gateway to the old Ladykirk House in Upsettlington.

An old 18th century windmill part of Birney Hill farm.

An old hillfort sitting on top of Green Humbleton in the borders.

Mural of the Fair Slayer By Smug.

A cairn memorial to John Cobb who died attempting to set a world speed record on Loch Ness.

A chunky crag sitting on West Hill on the Cheviot summit in the Northumberland National Park.

A beacon on a hill just outside Richmond that was supposidly erected for Millennium celebrations.

Two boundary stones where the kings and queens of the Yetholm gypsies were crowned.

A unintentionally concealed 90 foot tall way marker marking north for astronomers at Durham University one mile south.

A noticeable Norman Church on commanding a hill in Easington Village .

An ancient corn mill, nestled in the bend of the River Till, sitting between Ford and Etal.

One of a handful of hearse houses left in the UK with a little 'fun for free' museum.

Stone monument dedicated to two women martyred at Wigtown in 1685.

Garden inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, opened in 2004.

A tumble down 16th century pele tower in the Borders, built with the biggest cyclopean stones, and only sheep for neighbours.

Impressive 10m high sculpture on the bank of Black Loch.

Guided tours of a rewilding project on the Hepple Estate with links to Hepple Gin.

Ruins of a medieval chapel dedicated to St Ninian.

Scotland's National Book Town in Dumfries and Galloway.

Stone commemorating Robert the Bruce's first victory over an English army in 1307.

An erratic rock, rolled into Newbiggin Bay during the last ice age, transported on ice rafts through glacial waters to sit on the sand by the sea.

A stunning double headed crag on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill.

A stunning church providing a backdrop for Durham Market Place and a lively place in which to worship.

An arresting piece of steel art by Stanson Art (Ron Lawson) and Mark Burns Cassell commemorating the coal industry in the area.

The Broomfield Farm trig point is on the edge of a field (255m) near Chopwell.

An iron age hillfort on top of Sinkside Hill in the north west of the Cheviots.

A huge chunk of rock sitting on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill overlooking the Harthope Valley.

Nineteen russet arches span the Tweed at Melrose. The Leaderfoot is a striking landmark of Victorian engineering in the Borders.

An abundance of art in a striking eco friendly/ green building.

The highest crag in Northumberland sitting on Mid Hill on the Cheviot Summit.

A historical sliver in pinky Penrith sandstone, Kirkoswald Castle was built to impress and defend.

The Burnhope Seat trig point is at the top of Yad Moss Ski Tow (746m) near Alston.

An obelisk and monument dedicated the all of the Wigtown Martyrs.

A spectacular sandstone rockface in Ridsdale used for bouldering and climbing, with breathtaking views across Northumberland from the top.

A smart 1700s bridge, ahead of its time, sat tight on the banks of the Tweed.

A ruined castle in the centre of Pickering that dates from the Norman period.

A former gentleman’s Georgian residence and now a museum in a park nestled along the river Tees.

A nature reserve which was an old mining area with remains of a monolithic winding engine house.

A replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse giving a glimpse into life 2000 years ago.

A large-scale Miners Lamp to honour the Bowburn Colliery and the wider Durham coalfields.

An urban gallery displaying the work of 6 artists based on the history of the area.

The smallest place of sanctuary, rolling out of West Woodburn, between the road and the river, lies the church of St Cuthbert's, Corsenside.

Impressive Bronze Age stone circle, close to Wigtown.

An RSPB reserve set on the River Cree Estuary forming a mosaic of salt marsh, mud flat, lake and reed beds.

The Glassonby Stone Circle, was the site of a 1900s excavation of remains of burnt bones, a Bronze Age collared urn and a mysterious blue faience bead.

A well-kept park with Victorian and Edwardian Features, modern works such as spiders and mosaics, plus the poignant ‘Heroism of the Silent Gun’ Boer War memorial.

The Kelpie maquettes in Ardrishaig, at three meters tall are the 1/10 scale prototypes for the real McCoy Kelpies by Andy Scott stabled in Falkirk.

Monument to Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway, built in 1875.

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

A waterfall set within the stunning Galloway Forest Park.

A Grade II Listed Ancient waymarker on an old trading route along the County Durham and North Yorkshire border.

A sculpture at the source of the River Rede of a feral Northumberland goat, living its leaping life just above the peeping eye of Catcleugh Reservoir.

A museum of the culture and artifacts of the town and surrounds.

Figure of newspaper cartoon character Andy Capp cast in bronze.

A memorial to the mining past depicting a miner with a pickaxe, working in a narrow seam.

A World War I memorial of a six foot soldier, with his rifle lowered, taking a drink from his canteen by Ray Lonsdale.

The Parish Church of Wigtown.

A Grade II, early 19th century dovecote with the square tower loosely modelled on the tower of The Church of St Andrew in Hartburn.

A bread oven introduced in 1310 to the people of Corbridge by King John and used for over 500 years.

A Celtic cross, commemorating the lives of James and Charles Radcliffe, Earls of Derwentwater, Viscounts Langley.

A Grade II listed Water Tower in Teesside built by Sir Hugh Bell in 1915 to supply water to Ingleby Arncliffe and Rounton villages which houses some unexpected things within.

Square lighthouse overlooking the Solway Firth.

19th century church built by the Salvin family.

A series of murals mounted on the walls of an old air raid shelter just underneath the Black Gate depicting familiar scenes from the city’s history.

A memorial fountain dedicated to JJ Roddam, built by the people of Stanhope to commemorate his contribution to the community.

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

A small Islet in Loch Lomond that is a nature reserve and part of the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve.

Public gardens with sunken trees, an Italian rock in the fountain, and the stunning backdrop of a former 18th-century rectory.

A rare and significant medieval ruin, which served as the first school in Alnwick.

Disused haybarn on the Croxdale Hall estate.

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

Individual artwork creations, on opposite sides of the main road in Ushaw Moor.

Over six hundred years of stones crossing the Coquet, connecting the route of the old corn road from Hexham to Alnmouth.

Located on the site of an ancient village cross at Longhoughton, it was on the route of the pilgrimage from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Durham.

An un-chiselable bit of Hadrian's Wall, near Walwick, where the Romans may have run out of might.

Long Meg and Her Daughters are a series of curious Neolithic standing stones forming a circle on a hillside in the western foothills of the Pennines.

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

The remains of an Iron Age Hillfort sitting on a little spur of Clennell Hill near Alwinton.

A square towered dovecote, built in the 18th century of brick, with stepped cogged cornicing at the eaves and a pyramidal pan tiled roof.

An obelisk on Whita Hill for John Malcolm, one of Langholm's most accomplished naval officers.