Find Places To Visit In The North

A dovecote or doocot located in East Linton near Markle.

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

A super viaduct in Bishop Auckland where rail, road and river converge.

Turret 29A on Hadrian's Wall.

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

A remote memorial cairn to Lord Robinson who was instrumental in forming the British Forestry Commission and Kielder Forest.

The Knarsdale Forest trig point sits on Black Hill (484m) near Alston.

Disused haybarn on the Croxdale Hall estate.

This is the trig point for Pike Rigg (525m) near Alston.

A 12th-century Premonstratensian monastery located in the village of Blanchland, Northumberland.

The West House Field trig point sits in a hedge (82m) near Sedgefield.

The Shoreswood trig point sits in a hedge on Shoreswood Ewe Hill (92m) near Berwick Upon Tweed.

The Tinely Moor trig point sits in gorse bushes on Brownieside Hill (151m) near Preston.

A series of railway related art works in Shildon.

Lime kilns located at Seaham harbour, restored in 2005.

The Maryside Hill trig point sits in a field next to a golf course (51m) near Ryton.

Park alongside the River Wear with views of Lumley Castle.

A cairn on the cusp of the Cheviot and right on the border of England And Scotland.

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

The Moss Mire trig point sits in a field opposite a disused quarry (308m) near Barnard Castle.

The High Copelaw Farm trig point sits in a Hedge (95m) near Newton Aycliffe.

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

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

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

A model of the Grey Heron that frequents the area.

A standstone semi-circular escarpment located above Catcleugh Reservoir near Byrness.

50 acre estate, formerly owned by the Greame family and built in 1714.

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

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

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

Yes, a 20 foot high desk lamp in green that was part of the Lumiere festival.

An urban gallery displaying the work of 12 artists based on the history of the area.

The remains of a medieval cross with only a socket stone and stone shaft still standing.

A ladle train that would transfer hot metal within the Consett Steelworks.

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

An imposing church that can be seen for miles at Hartlepool Headland.

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

The Currack Rigg trig point sits on moorland (304m) near Barnard Castle.

The only museum dedicated to the history of science fiction in the UK with lots of amazing memorabilia on show.

The remains of a chapel founded by St Ebba.

Garden inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, opened in 2004.

Artwork by Andy Goldsworthy in the heart of the Forest of Bowland.

Giant wooden head looking out over Kielder Reservoir.

Discover Shildon, the cradle of the railways, with highlights including Hackworth’s House, the Coal Drops, and SoHo Shed – celebrating 200 years of railway history in 2025.

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

A cave where Robert the Bruce is said to have hidden and may have met a spider.

A well head commissioned by Lady Waterford that was once fed by a natural spring and linked to the Battle Of Flodden.

Lifesize Durham Light Infantry soldier atop a plinth with his rifle.

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

A stunning mural depicting the release of a yellow canary which references the area's mining days and has significance for the future.

A tiny place of worship, hidden away, with a hefty nine hundred year history and notable Norman architectural features.

Two weathered rock formations representing a priest and his clerk on the banks of Cartington Hill in Rothbury.

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

The Etherley Lane trig point sits in a hedge (167m) near Witton Le Wear.

Magical stone bridge tucked away in the west highlands.

A ruined house in the Scots Baronial style that is part of the Seacliff Estate.

An 18th-century commemorative tower built by the MacDuff family, former landowners of the nearby Bonhard House.

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

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

A sculpture of the ingenious life saving lamp originally designed by George Stephenson, favoured by North East miners, sitting pretty opposite Lidl in Westmoor.

Ruins of a medieval chapel dedicated to St Ninian.

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

A ruined farm house on top of Yearning Law near the border ridge.

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

A pre-Norman boundary stone from 950AD marking the border between English Northumbria and the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde.

The UK's first local nature reserve, established in 1952.

Spectacular cave on the Isle of Staffa formed by basalt pillars

Crackpot hall is an abandoned farm close to the Beldi Hill Lead Mine near Keld in the Yorkshire Dales.

Georgian era sundials on two facades of one house at The Green in Richmond.

Four mural sites depicting the cultural history of Houghton le Spring, created by local artists.

Square lighthouse overlooking the Solway Firth.

Two rocky outcrops on the banks of Hedgehope Hill.

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

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 dovecote or doocot as the Scots call it, next to Northfield house in East Lothian.

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

Dating from the late 12th century, St Michael and All Angels' Church is the parish church of Houghton-le-Spring and contains the tomb of Bernard Gilpin.

A collection of twelve almshouses designed by Norman Shaw for Lord Armstrong to house his retired workers in Rothbury.

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

The remains of a coal staithes for the Wearmouth Pit.

16th century tower built for Alexander Hannay, and still owned by the family today.

19th century church built by the Salvin family.

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

Impressive Bronze Age stone circle, close to Wigtown.

A sentry box that once housed AA patrolmen and then a telephone to aid you should your car breakdown.

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

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

Medieval fortress dating back to the 13th century.

A small castellated house in Bedale that was used to house leeches which were sold to local doctors for bloodletting.

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

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.

When art meets mathematics you get a geometric granite sculpture.

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

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 stone artwork by John Maine that forms part of the Kielder Forest Art and Architecture Trail.

A huge miner’s helmet and cap lamp hung on a peg rack created by Father and son Ray and Sam Lonsdale in homage to the area's mining heritage.

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.

A ruinous castle built on a mound that was occupied from the Middle Ages, near New Galloway. Parts of the 17th century castle still remain in the existing structure.

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