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

The ruin of Swinner Gill Lead Mine near Keld, Upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.

A towering stone cross commemorating the life of The Venerable Bede, on Roker seafront.

A site specific art installation designed by sculptor William Pye for Seaham Hall.

A beautiful old bridge build in 1717 that crosses the River Dulnain in the pretty highland village of Carrbridge.

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

Doocot built in the 16th century, which once held over 500 birds.

One of the best examples of an unaltered Quaker Meeting House in the North East, nestled in a sparsely populated pocket of land south of Hadrian's Wall.

Lifesize statue of a female welder from the World War II era by Dr Ron Lawson on the banks of the River Wear in Sunderland.

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

14th century rectory, home for the rector of the local church

Five silvery steel girders piercing the promontory at St Peter's in Sunderland and growing into the form of a cormorant taking to the sky.

A set of sandstone steps used by Monks to display and sell their fish.

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

1,400 acre wetland site with mudflats, pools and reedbeds supporting thousands of birds.

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

A historic 14th century Tower with Doocot and Gardens in Prestonpans, East Lothian.

The base of a medieval cross, sitting in an elevated position on the western edge of Dere Street on the Otterburn Ranges.

Part of the Great Whin Sill located in Holwick in the Pennine Hills.

A beautiful church with great views near Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway.

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

A fine example of a ruinous tower house near Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway.

Corsbie Tower is a ruined 16th-century tower house near Gordon in the Scottish Borders, built by the Cranstoun family and surrounded by earthwork defences.what

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

A beautiful little waterfall located at the bottom of Green Law hill in the Cheviots.

Scone Old Church is an ancient kirk thought to have been originally built in 1286 in the village of Old Scone.

A sculpture by Anna Gillespie reflecting the maritime heritage of Heysham, Lancashire.

A bijoux phone box visitor centre in Branxton, dedicated to the history of the battle of Flodden Field.

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

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

A well connected to a freshwater spring, developed by Allen Valley philanthropist Issac Holden to improve the quality of drinking water for the people of his community in Allendale.

A hidden away old marker stone in the wilds of Coquetdale delineating the boundary between Harbottle and Hepple.

A pretty little chapel containing ancient stones near Stranraer. Some of the stones date back as far as 500AD.

A ruinous Augustinian Priory in Guisborough, North Yorkshire.

The base and part of the shaft of an old wayside marker on the old Roman Stanegate Road.

A fantastic large folly on a hill overlooking the Moray Firth near Dingwall in Scotland.

The Blackford Hill trig point sits on a hill (164m) near Edinburgh.

A tribute to the incandescent lightbulb invented by Sir Joseph Swan on Swan House Roundabout.

A monument erected for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

Saltcoats Castle is a ruinous courtyard castle near Gullane in East Lothian.

Screel Hill is a rocky outcrop (344m) with beautiful coastal views over the Solway Firth in Dumfries & Galloway.

A unique herd of wild white cattle, living on the Chillingham Estate for hundreds of years and rarer than pandas.

A sculpture by Nigel Boonham to commemorate the bold boys of West Auckland, a team made up of coal miners, who won the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy competition in Turin in 1909.

Twice life size figures by Ray Lonsdale depicting workers involved in the Wearside industries.

A beautiful blue bronze statue of an oversized tern by Geoffrey Dashwood, resting by the sea in North Berwick.

The Eildon Mid Hill trig point sits on the tallest of the Eildon hills (422m) near Melrose.

Discover Hailes Castle in East Lothian, a 13th-century riverside fortress and former Hepburn stronghold linked to Mary, Queen of Scots.

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

A beautiful ruinous abbey in Glenluce near Stranraer, that was the home of Cistercian monks for over 400 years.

Sandstone tower built in 1904 used as a navigational aid until 1916

A concrete crocodile on the banks of the River Wear in Washington, built as part of the new housing estate.

A shelter by Softroom Architects on the shore of Kielder Water.

A huge Bronze Age cairn measuring over 4m high and 32m long, near Corriedoo, Dumfries & Galloway.

Award winning observatory within Northumberland Dark Sky Park

A 2,000 tonne precariously balanced boulder with a wooden staircase so you can climb to the top.

A scrap metal statue of Henry Pease - Saltburn’s founding father.

A sculptural shelter that forms part of the Kielder Art Trail.

Attractive murals back to back on a brick wall in a former cemetery now a small park in Durham.

Pretty waterfalls near Keld in Swaledale.

A delightful and well preserved tower house near Newton Stewart.

The pillar marks the location where Lady Anne Clifford, said farewell to her mother in 1616 near the gateway to Brougham Castle.

An RSPB Nature Reserve in Dumfries and Galloway, comprising Ancient Woodland, Rivers, Moorland, Grassland and Scrub habitats.

A dementia friendly garden within Coronation Park in Cramlington.

An artwork by Colin Wilbourn that forms part of the Art and Architecture Trail at Kielder Water.

Kennedy's Cairn is a giant stone and cement cairn that sits near the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse near Stranraer.

The Braid Hills trig point sits on a golf course (208m) near Edinburgh.

The Largo Law Trig Point sits on an ancient volcano (290m) near Upper Largo, Fife.

Metal art exhibit depicting wind and an equatorial sundial on East Shore in Seaham.

The Kinnoull Hill trig point sits on Kinnoull Hill (222m) above Perth.

The Craiglee trig point sits above Loch Doon (523m) near Craigmalloch.

Remains of a Late Neolithic stone circle on Burley Moor.

An 18th-century circular stone enclosure on the village green in Elsdon, Northumberland, historically used to hold stray livestock until reclaimed by their owners.

The Skid Hill trig point sits on the edge of a quarry (186m) near Haddington.

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

The UK's first, permanent offshore sculpture by Sean Henry

The Barbay Hill trig point sits on the Isle of Great Cumbrae (127m) in Ayrshire, Scotland.

The Rubers Law trig point sits on a hill in Denholm (424m) near Hawick.

The Great Shunner Fell Trig Point sits on Thwaite Common (716m) near Thwaite in the Yorkshire Dales.

A large cairn with a henge and underground chamber near Bathgate in Scotland.

Kisdon is a hill with a large cairn (499m) near Keld, Upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.

A statue commemorating David Stirling, the founder of the SAS.

The Mulloch Hill trig point sits on a hill above St John's Town of Dalry (170m) near New Galloway.

Bellshiel Law Long Cairn is a Neolithic burial monument near Rochester, Northumberland, measuring 109m in length and dating to around 3400–2400 BC.

On the headland at Skateraw stands a cairn topped by a cross, a memorial to the boys of St Giles' (later Cannongate Boys Club).

A hidden away well to the west of Branxton Village, inscribed with a quotation from Sir Walter Scott's poem 'Marmion', about a knight mortally wounded at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 who drinks from the spring.

A steel sculpture in the shape of a giant pickaxe in Jarrow, created as a memorial to the town’s mining heritage and the communities who worked in the pits.

Memorial statue to commemorate the life of English radical Liberal politician, industrialist, activist and journalist standing tall at the junction of Westgate Road and Fenkle Street in Newcastle.

Public art of a brick boat which was created by locals and is also a lovely rockery.

A diatom scupture by Andrew McKeown in Saltburn. Art with a bit of marine biology!

A contemporary maze near Kielder Castle.

Three prehistoric standing stones overlooking Dubh Loch.

A standing stone sitting on the remote Deel's Hill in the Cheviots, however it's most likely a gatepost or a cattle rubbing post.

An old brick built seaman's chapel on Newcastle Quayside, built by Thomas Oliver Junior and opened in 1877.

The Bengairn Trig Point sits on a hill (391m) near Dalbeattie with impressive coastal views.

St Lioba’s Shrine in Slack Head, Beetham is a small roadside memorial built into a stone wall, marking an Anglo‑Saxon saint’s local veneration.

A symbolic replica of a bell from the tower of Brinkburn Priory which reflects the history and heritage of the monks at the monastery.

The Norman's Law Trig Point sits on an old hill fort (285m) near Luthrie.

A multipurpose construction with bridges and a barrage for tidal defence. Also nature and adrenaline activities in the area.

The largest of the Treshnish Isles in Argyll and Bute.

Flare kiln close to Beetham village in an AONB