Find Places To Visit In The North

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

Garden inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, opened in 2004.

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

Statue of Constantine the Great who was made Roman emperor in AD306.

Observation towers used during WW2 for ground attack training.

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

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

Square lighthouse overlooking the Solway Firth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Calton Hill trig point sits on a hill (103m) in the heart of Edinburgh City Centre.

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

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

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

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

The remains of one of the first artillery defence castles, overlooking the Firth of Fourth near Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.

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

A bronze cast blackfaced ram atop the pink corncockle stone blocks of a Victorian drinking fountain in Moffat.

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

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.

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

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

A fascinating jigsaw of a church built in the 12th & 13th centuries, restored in the 15th century and again in the 19th century.

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

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

19th century church built by the Salvin family.

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

A memorial dedicated to six covenanters killed for their beliefs.

Two rocky outcrops on the banks of Hedgehope Hill.

A former Royal Air Force site with lots of planes and ghosts.

A six foot high stone marking the site of the battle of Moss Raploch, where Robert the Bruce is rumoured to have rested.

Beautiful mosaic of limestone pavement, grassland and ancient woodland.

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

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

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

Mural of the Fair Slayer By Smug.

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

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

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

A unique fortress style house in Newcastle's West End that was won as a prize in a 1920's raffle.

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

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 precariously placed lime kiln pit near Cocklawburn beach.

Quirky water mill maintained by National Trust for Scotland.

A lighthouse and visitors centre which sits at the end of the Mull of Galloway peninsula with incredible views and wildlife.

A driftwood sculpture of a boat situated on the banks of the River Tweed in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

When art meets mathematics you get a geometric granite sculpture.

The Arthur's Seat trig point sits on a hill (251m) in Edinburgh.

Fields as far as the eye can see of firework bright Dahlia and Chrysanthemums which burst into bloom every autumn, close to Hadrian's Wall.

Tower set in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside, part of an old parish church.

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

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

Impressive lime kilns hidden away in woodland near Christon Bank.

A 16th Century Church with links to the now demolished Wetheral Priory.

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 17th-century packhorse bridge over the River Esk that comes with it's own love story!

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.

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

A sculpture dedicated to the Dalry Covenanter's in St John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries & Galloway.

Seven stainless steel collier brigs, setting sail in the remains of an old dry dock by the river in South Shields.

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

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

A castle on the south back of Castle Loch near Lockerbie.

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

A spectacular medieval ruin, in Muggleswick near Consett, built during the mid 1200s which was home to a farm, a chapel, a grange and a dairy, which belonged to the Prior of Durham.

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

A pint sized place of worship overlooking the Tyne Valley and the baptismal church of British landscape artist John Martin.

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

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

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

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

Small woodland waterfall and cascades near Stonehaugh in Northumberland, formed on the Warks Burn.

A towering Obelisk on Murrayshall Hill near Scone dedicated to Thomas Graham of Balgowan.

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

A stunning little waterfall secluded on the Otterburn Ranges near Featherwood.

St Andrew’s Old Church in Upleatham is a small historic church in North Yorkshire, known for its Norman architecture and quiet, rural setting.

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

A Church without parish dedicated to the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket

A grand library ornamented in wood dating to the 17th century with the scent of bibliosmia and a museum with skulls, weapons, and finds from local excavations.

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 former showroom for horses, carriages and bicycles, later a car showroom and now an office space which retains many original features including the old wooden horse ramp.

War Memorial from 1921 by the A68 in Rochester, Northumberland

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

The remains of a gatehouse that lead to an Augustinian Priory Church.

A space age rocket looking communication mast, bound for Mars from the pines of Henshaw Common!

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

The coke ovens are rare remnants of Durham's coal industry, showcasing early coke production methods before their decline by 1880.​

The remains of a tower that was part of a 15th century manor house.

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

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

A Motte and Bailey Castle thought to date from the 11th century.

A large ruinous estate house that has been taken over by nature.