Find Places To Visit In The North

A monument that sits in woodland on Torr Alvie, commemorating the Duke of Gordon who died in 1836.

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

Photogenic museum with geological interest and eclectic items dating to Georgian times.

A garden to look like a bombed house, as a memorial to the 1914 coastal attack.

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.

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

A gritstone escarpment in the Peak District popular with climbers, known for its steady winds and wide views across the Cheshire Plain.

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

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

A coastal cave carved with cross symbols containing evidence of Iron Age occupation.

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

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

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

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

A mysterious stone circle hidden in woodland in Aboyne near Ballater.

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

Ardvreck Castle, a ruined fortress from the 1490s, stands on the shore of Loch Assynt, framed by rugged hills and steeped in Highland history.

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

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

A statue outside the entrance to Stirling Castle commemorating the second Boer War.

A human home owned by a sculptor who has carved avian abodes in stone for the sparrows sharing his home on Pier Road in Berwick.

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

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

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

A famous sandstone sea stack 60m in height near the Stoer Lighthouse off the north west coast of Assynt.

Flare kiln close to Beetham village in an AONB

Large-scale mural depicting the heritage of the area, close to the Wearmouth Bridge.

A colossal costard of a Miner made of Corten Steel by Ray Lonsdale, located in Seaham.

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

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

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

A tiny dwelling standing on a bridge straddling the Stock Beck in Ambleside.

Historic 1601 tower‑house ruin near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. Built by George Pringle, now a scheduled monument above the Gala Water.

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

Sweetheart Wings near Ashington is a curious riverside artwork on the Wansbeck Estuary Art Trail featuring three large boulders that once held metal aircraft sculptures including a Spitfire and Wellington.

Late Medieval towerhouse near Arnside in the Lake District.

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

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

A historical church with views over the Firth of Forth, believed to where the remains of St Monan are buried.

Torwoodlee Broch is an Iron Age stone roundhouse near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, built around 100 AD and later destroyed during Roman occupation.

A Church in Romaldkirk known as the "Cathedral of the Dales" and dating back to Saxon times.

Corbar Cross is a landmark cross on Corbar Hill overlooking Buxton, originally erected in 1950 to mark the Holy Year and later replaced after damage and vandalism.

Stone cairn near Carr Edge in Northumberland, built in 1927 to commemorate Baden-Powell’s 1908 visit for the first official Scout camp.

The scant remains of what was a 12th century Motte & Bailey castle overlooking the Carron Valley Reservoir which belonged to the nobleman John de Graham.

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

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

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

A water pump and stone trough, with nearby set of medieval stocks.

A skewed arch construction, railway viaduct.

Lifesize wire sculpture of an adventurous lady who was the first female skipper of a fishing boat up north.

The remains of a medieval church with a display of Pictish Stones.

An 18th century windmill that was used to pump sea water into the neighbouring salt pans.

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

The Stow Old Bridge is a packhorse bridge consisting of three narrow arches over the Gala Water, built around 1654–55 to allow packhorses (and worshippers) to cross safely to the old kirk.

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 large man-made cavern near Rydal Water in the Lake District, created by slate quarrying in the 19th century.

A BAC Jet Provost T5 (serial XW405) outside the Hartlepool College of Further Education, shown banking to starboard.

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

A pair of controversial horned, helmeted and shield wielding Vikings in Jarrow Town Centre.

From having been located near the main monument to William Wallace, to welcoming visitors at a local football ground, this depiction of Mel Gibson in character has had quite the journey.

The Lochnagar trig point is the highest of the White Mounth Munros (1155m) near Ballater, Aberdeenshire.

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

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.

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

The remains of a 18th century salt pans set on the coastal path near St Monans.

Memorial and artwork unveiled in 2019 to commemorate the contribution of RAF Carnaby during World War II.

A historical stone containing a Pictish carving dating back to the the 7th century.

Sentius Tectonicus is an eight and a half feet-high weathered steel sculpture of a Roman centurion soldier marking the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.

A Romano British stone, thought to be from the 2nd or 3rd century, only discovered in the 1970s when the river swelled and revealed his cheery disposition at Waters Meet near Acomb.

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

A fairy tale castle ruin concealed by woodland, but with a dark magical past involving Hobgoblins and a subterranean chamber.

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

A former Library building with an eclectic mix of art, maritime, social, and natural history elements.

A restored orangery and the brainchild of The Duchess of Buccleugh, in the grounds of Dalkeith Palace.

The Whitekirk Hill trig point sits on a hill (74m) near North Berwick.

An octagonal Victorian folly built in 1835 for George Head Head of Rickerby Hall, possibly used as a dovecote.

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

A fountain and statue in the village of Falkland, dedicated to Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce, who married Margaret Bruce, heiress to the Falkland Estate.

A contemporary maze near Kielder Castle.

A bronze statue of Queen Victoria outside Scarborough Town Hall.

A large-scale mural bursting with energy, depicting Roker Lighthouse.

The Teaching is a sculpture in limestone by David Edwick, reflecting the link between learning and the local children of Ponteland, sitting on the site of the original Coates Endowed School.

An 18th Century church dedicated to St Ebba.

Sculptural chairs that are part of the Kielder Art Trail.

A working water mill built in 1740 near the River Bela.

A memorial dedicated to the local fisher folk of Pittenweem, that lost their lives at sea.

A 6 metre Victorian folly built in 1896 on a Bronze Age barrow, replacing an earlier tower by Solomon Mycock and offering panoramic views of Buxton and the Peak District.

A National Nature Reserve on the north shore of Loch Creran.

Three art installations based on international pilgrims and journeys.

Two unconnected historical finds in a snug corner of Lawe Top. They are a pair of brick built beacons, and two replica Russian cannons captured from the Crimean War (1853-1856).

A ruined shell of an ancient kirk, teetering on the cliffs at Old Cambus, Cockburnspath.

Ruins of a late 18th century chapel close to the River Tweed

A bronze statue unveiled in October 2022 in Hirst Park, Ashington, honouring Jack Charlton and created by sculptor Douglas Jennings.

A six foot stone hat tip to the efforts and energies of the women who kept the herring industry afloat in Dunbar.

A 19th Century Boundary Stone on Ilkley Moor.

A library designed to look like the pages of a book being fanned, with curious exhibits and a viewing terrace overlooking the River Tyne.

A 15th century ruinous castle that sits on top of the cliffs near St Monans overlooking the Firth of Forth.

A superb 67m tower, containing exhibitions on each of the three floors, then the crowning glory at the top.