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The Parish Church of Wigtown.

A steel sculpture made from hundreds of interwoven leaves honouring 81 residents of Prestonpans who were executed for witchcraft.

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

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

A ruinous Augustinian Priory in Guisborough, North Yorkshire.

A spectacular double waterfall sitting right in the heart of the Northumberland National park.

Ruined lime kilns on the coastal path near Budle Bay.

Not one, but two stone circles a short walk from each other next to the River Esk.

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

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.

Pretty waterfalls near Keld in Swaledale.

An art gallery located in the former Christ Church in Hartlepool.

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

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

A 1930's built outdoor tidal swimming pool, on the coastal path at St Monans.

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.

A natural well that became a spa on Ilkley Moor.

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

A Victorian model village near Shipley in Bradford, West Yorkshire, built by Sir Titus Salt for his mill workers and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Acoustic sound mirror built in 1916 to detect German airships during WW1.

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

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

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

An old measuring device in the heart of the village of Stenton.

A sculpture dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in the Montagu View Pit Disaster.

Explore the historic Bantling Lime Kilns near Consett – a striking remnant of County Durham’s industrial heritage, set along the scenic C2C cycle route.

A monument erected for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

A hearse house hidden in the beautiful Allen Valley which was funded through the philanthropy of local travelling tea seller, Isaac Holden.

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

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

Spire which once linked two chapels in Amble East Cemetery.

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

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

A pretty little waterfall on the Maspie Burn, that can be found on the large Falkland Estate.

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.

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

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

A 15th Century Gatehouse to Wetheral Priory, which is all that remains of the complex following the Dissolution of the Monastaries.

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

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

A Medieval wayside cross.

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

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.

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

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

An Iron Age hillfort sitting on top of Great Hetha in the College Valley.

A grade II drainage portal with a rustic tally house which was used to explore and drain ground in Allendale for mining.

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

No murder of Corvids, but a navigational aid for ships.

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

An ancient harbour that has been active since medieval times.

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

The Bowstones are Anglo Saxon cross shafts dating to the 9th or 10th century, located on the outskirts Lyme Park’s ridge with links to Robin Hood.

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.

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

A dementia friendly garden within Coronation Park in Cramlington.

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

Nenthead in minature. A model village designed and handmade by retired miner Lowson Robinson, nestled in the North Peninnes in Cumbria.

A ruined 15th century castle that was once the seat of the Clan Campbell.

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

A great example of a 16th century tower house that sits on the eastern side of the Cairngorms near Ballater.

A folly that sits on the headland at Elie with stunning views over the Firth of Forth.

A rock formation on Ilkley Moor thought to resemble a Cow and its Calf.

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

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

A picturesque ruined Church that replaced St Andrew's Auld Kirk after it collapsed into the harbour.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A sculpture sitting on the gable end of a house in Selkirk commemorating the history and heritage of the shoemaking industry in this small Scottish town.

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

Ruins of a Benedictine monastery first built in 1088.

Ruins of a church standing at the former headquarters of the Knights Templar in Scotland.

A memorial drinking fountain, dedicated to the memory of the 3rd Earl Ravensworth in Whittingham.

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

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.

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

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

A cave that is now deep underground accessed by a tunnel and many steps. It is where Queen Margaret of Scotland came to pray in the 11th century.

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

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

A delightful and well preserved tower house near Newton Stewart.

A Church near St Patrick's Chapel, with a number of Viking artefacts in its grounds and within the Church itself.

Three prehistoric standing stones overlooking Dubh Loch.

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

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

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

Award winning observatory within Northumberland Dark Sky Park

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

An imposing Georgian/Victorian footbridge for the gentry to preamble in order to take the spaw waters.

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

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