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A real Iron Ore mine which has now been converted into a museum.

An unusual two story concrete walkway that runs around the perimeter of Torness Nuclear Power Station and includes a fenced off pier.

Square lighthouse overlooking the Solway Firth.

The largest of the Treshnish Isles in Argyll and Bute.

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

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

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

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

The tide stone was a 1783 stone marker denoting the tidal limit of the river Tyne before it moved further upstream to Wylam.

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

A memorial obelisk on Lanton Hill erected by Alexander Davison in memory of his brother, John Davison.

Observation towers used during WW2 for ground attack training.

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

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

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

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

A great set of waterfalls on the Black Water River next to Silverbridge just north of Garve near Dingwall in Scotland.

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

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

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

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

19th century church built by the Salvin family.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The remains of St Andrew's Kirk, dating from around the 1100s and with links to the North Berwick Witch Trials.

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

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

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

Two rocky outcrops on the banks of Hedgehope Hill.

Mural of the Fair Slayer By Smug.

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

A memorial dedicated to six covenanters killed for their beliefs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When art meets mathematics you get a geometric granite sculpture.

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

A precariously placed lime kiln pit near Cocklawburn beach.

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

A stunning waterfall, with a 29m drop on the River Endrick in the Fintry Glen.

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

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

Impressive lime kilns hidden away in woodland near Christon Bank.

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

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

Quirky water mill maintained by National Trust for Scotland.

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

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

Beautiful mosaic of limestone pavement, grassland and ancient woodland.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

War Memorial from 1921 by the A68 in Rochester, Northumberland

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The Parish Church of Wigtown.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Twice life size Corten Steel figures by Ray Lonsdale along the River Wear.

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