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Fram Wellhead
Landmark Durham County Durham

15th century well head in Durham that once supplied water to the area and gave Framwellgate its name, now preserved as a small stone structure.

Linn Of Ruthrie Falls
Waterfall Dufftown Scotland

A fantastic waterfall on the Burn of Aberlour, within the woodland of Charlestown of Aberlour.

Ancrum Hogback Stone
Grave Ancrum Borders

A mysterious 900-year-old Hogback Stone in Ancrum, a rare medieval grave monument rediscovered beneath the churchyard grass.

Titanic Memorial Dumfries
Obelisk Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A granite obelisk that sits in Dock Park, that commemorates two local lads who sadly went down with the Titanic in 1912.

Jill Scott Sculpture
Art Gateshead Tyne And Wear

A big, bold bronze sculpture commemorating the epic career of one of the Northeast Lionesses, Jill Scott.

Cornmill Fountain
Fountain Galashiels Scotland

An unusual fountain on the site of the old Corn Mill in Galashiels.

Moncreiffe Hill Trig Point And Hill Fort
Trig Point Perth Scotland

The Moncreiffe Hill trig point sits on a hill fort (185m) near Perth.

North Dock Tufa
Landscape Sunderland Tyne And Wear

A curious calcium carbonate formation made of petrified plant life in the harbour in Sunderland.

Twelve Apostles Stone Circle Dumfries
Stone Circle Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

The Twelve Apostles Stone Circle is a massive stone circle containing eleven stones, that can be found in a field north west of Dumfries.

Meall Nan Each Trig Point And Ben Laga
Trig Point Acharacle Scotland

The Meall nan Each trig point sits on the Ardnamurchan peninsula (490m) next to Ben Laga (512m).

Captain Eric “Winkle” Melrose Brown Statue
Statue Edinburgh Scotland

Found at Edinburgh Turnhouse Airport, this memorial honours a test pilot known for his serial breaking of world records.

Craigellachie Bridge
Bridge Dufftown Scotland

A cast iron bridge which crosses the River Spey near Aberlour, that was designed by Thomas Telford.

Ben Donich Trig Point
Trig Point Lochgilphead Scotland

The Ben Donich trig point is in the Arrochar Alps (847m) near Lochgilphead.

Forsinard Flows
Landscape Highlands Scotland

A vast peat blanket bog straddling Sutherland and Caithness, awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status; it's a critical breeding site for endangered upland birds and home to carnivorous plants.

Kirknewton Parish Cross
Landmark Wooler Northumberland

A parish war memorial at Kirknewton with a stepped base and stone cross, commemorating those who fell in the World Wars.

Corriemulzie Lime Kiln
Lime Kiln Ballater Scotland

A hidden lime kiln on the banks of the Corriemulzie Burn near Braemar.

Trinity House Edinburgh
Building Edinburgh Scotland

An impressive Georgian building once home to a guild of seafarers, now a maritime museum

Wreaths Tower
Tower Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A heavily ruined 16th century tower house, built for the Earl of Morton.

Sueno's Stone
Standing Stone Elgin Scotland

A massive 7m high Pictish standing stone, decorated with early medieval carvings and protected by a glass canopy.

Balvenie Pillar
Obelisk Dunkeld Scotland

An obelisk that marks the location of the last public hanging in Atholl, near Blair Castle.

Doune Castle
Castle Stirling Scotland

A famous 14th century castle popular as a filming location, including Monty Python and Outlander.

The Whim
Folly Dunkeld Scotland

A fabulous folly that can be found in the woodlands of Blair Castle, with great views over the castle and surrounding countryside.

Dumfries Fountain
Fountain Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A beautifully ornate cast iron fountain originally erected in 1882 on Dumfries High Street.

Royal Victoria Infirmary
Building Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

Built in 1906, the Royal Victoria Infirmary is a university-linked teaching hospital, treating over 400,000 patients each year, fronted with some beautiful architecture and offering specialised care and maternity services.

Kittiwakery
Nature Gateshead Tyne And Wear

A series of artificial breeding platforms for the world's furthest inland breeding colony of Kittiwakes.

Drumcoltran Tower
Tower Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A beautifully restored 16th century tower house, which sits on the edge of a farmyard.

Drumin Castle
Castle Dufftown Scotland

An excellent ruinous tower house that was built by the Wolf of Badenoch in the 14th century.

Burns Mausoleum
Grave Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

An elaborate white octagonal Greek style dome, containing the grave of Robert Burns.

Berwick Stocks
Landmark Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

A replica of the original public punishment stocks, where wronguns would be sent to pay the price of their general misdemeanours...in full view of Berwick's community!

Sluggan Bridge
Bridge Aviemore Scotland

A fabulous bridge that replaced a two arched bridge built by George Wade as part of the military road.

Abernethy Two Lochs
Water Aviemore Scotland

The two freshwater lochs of Loch Mallachie and Garten, surrounded by the Abernethy Forest with its abundance of nature.

Rothes Castle
Castle Elgin Scotland

The scant remains of a 13th century castle, located on a hill above Rothes.

St Peter The Fisherman
Religious Place Craster Northumberland

A perfectly placed little mission church by the sea, curling up Haven Hill in Craster, and home to the last Leonard Evetts commission.

Robert Burns Statue Dumfries
Statue Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A white marble statue of Robert Burns, that stands at the end of Dumfries High Street.

Lincluden Collegiate Church
Religious Place Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

The ruins of a gothic style college church built by Archibald the Grim.

Rait Castle
Castle Inverness Scotland

A wonderful 13th/14th century ruined hall-house that had it's own chapel, located near Nairn.

Loch Vaa
Water Aviemore Scotland

A small picturesque loch, which contains the remains of a crannog and is surrounded by ancient woodland.

Armstrong Bridge Jesmond Dene, Newcastle
Bridge Jesmond Dene Tyne And Wear

A bridge across the Ouseburn in Jesmond Dene, built by William Armstrong at his Elswick works.

Hexham Riot Plaque
Landmark Hexham Northumberland

A plaque in the Market Place commemorating The Hexham Riot of March 1761 where over 50 protesters died in unrest towards government plans to force working men into the militia by ballot.

Stump Cross Caverns
Cave Pateley Bridge North Yorkshire

Historic limestone cave system featuring stunning stalactites, stalagmites, and ancient fossil remains.

Culloden Viaduct
Bridge Inverness Scotland

A 29 arch viaduct which carries trains between Inverness and Perth, and is the longest railway viaduct in Scotland.

Archer's Stone
Standing Stone Aviemore Scotland

A memorial stone hidden in woodland near the River Dulnain, in honour of Iain Beag Macandra a renowned local archer.

Little Dalton Kirk
Religious Place Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A fabulous 15th century kirk, hidden by trees in the Dumfriesshire countryside.

Slochd Viaduct
Bridge Aviemore Scotland

An eight arch viaduct which carries a single railway track between Inverness and Aviemore.

Stargazing Sculpture
Art Helmsley North Yorkshire

A sculpture by Antony Gormley.

Keenley Methodist Chapel
Religious Place Allendale Northumberland

A small but significant Methodist Chapel outside Allendale, set up by John Wesley. Surrounded by the industrial heritage of the lead and smelt mines and those who lived and worked there, it is the oldest surviving Methodist Chapel in the world.

Robert Burns House
Building Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

The house where the poet Robert Burns spent his final days and is now a museum.

Chapel Of Our Lady Of The Crag
Religious Place Knaresborough North Yorkshire

A tiny place of worship carved into the face of a rock overlooking the River Nidd in Knaresborough.

Loch Morlich
Water Aviemore Scotland

A beautiful loch that reflects the cairngorm mountains and offers a brilliant walks around it's banks.

St Mary's Church Ruins
Religious Place Pateley Bridge North Yorkshire

Ruins of a late 13th century church, tucked away in a corner of Pateley Bridge.

Fake Food Workshop
Art Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A retro style shop front hiding a mass of marvellous makes, cakes and bakes all made by artist Kerry Samantha Boyes. If you sink your teeth into them, you'd lose them, as everything on show is fake!

Jupiter Artland
Landscape Edinburgh Scotland

120 acre estate featuring over 30 sculptures by well known artists such as Andy Goldsworthy.

The Queen's Forest Memorial
Standing Stone Aviemore Scotland

A memorial in the woodlands next to Loch Morlich, which commemorates the silver jubilee of King George V.

Jean Armour Statue
Statue Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A statue of Jean Armour, the wife of Robert Burns located between their old house and their mausoleum.

Queensberry Monument
Statue Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A memorial column on Dumfries High Street that was erected in 1780 to commemorate the 3rd Duke of Queensberry.

Glover's Pant
Well Hexham Northumberland

A drinking fountain erected in Gilesgate, funded by philanthropy in 1858, when Hexham was deemed bereft of sanitation, drainage and clean water for those living and working in the slums.

Nethy Bridge Drinking Fountain
Fountain Aviemore Scotland

A decorative stone fountain gifted to the villagers of Nethy Bridge by Lady Stamford.

Carolside House and Gardens
Garden Melrose Borders

A beautiful walled garden, made up of many horticultural rooms, and home to the National collection of Gallica Roses in the Borders.

Kevin Keegan Mural
Art Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

A mural to Newcastle United legend Kevin Keegan.

Scremerston Pump Engine House
Building Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

A relic of our industrial past which housed a huge pump engine that sucked water from the Jack Tar Pit, in Scremerston, near Berwick.

Pillars Past
Art Pateley Bridge North Yorkshire

A sculpture on the Way of the Roses Cycle Route

Eckford Church Watch Tower (Ghoul Tower)
Tower Kelso Borders

An early 19th-century watch-house in Eckford churchyard, built to protect newly buried bodies from grave robbers and resurrectionists.

St Bride's Kirk
Religious Place Dunkeld Scotland

A ruinous 16th century kirk, that sits on the edge of ancient woodland on the grounds of Blair Castle.

The Coldstones Cut
Art Pateley Bridge North Yorkshire

A large landscape sculpture at Coldstones Quarry.

Rosslyn Castle
Castle Edinburgh Scotland

A partially ruined 14th-century fortress, originally built by the Sinclair family and modified over several centuries.

Whitby High Lighthouse And Fog Horn
Lighthouse Whitby North Yorkshire

Whitby High Lighthouse and its historic fog horn stand on the cliffs at Ling Hill, where they helped guide ships safely along the Yorkshire coast.

High Tide
Art Sunderland Tyne And Wear

Artwork near Roker Pier representing the seven main phases of the moon.

Saddle House
Building Middleton-in-Teesdale County Durham

A small survivor of the lead ore industry in Teesdale, the Saddle House is a reminder of the tough work of Jagger Galloway ponies and the weight they pulled over the moors.

LMA Mural
Art Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

A mural at the LMA Newcastle Campus site.

Toft Gate Lime Kiln
Lime Kiln Pateley Bridge North Yorkshire

A well-preserved 19th-century lime kiln in Nidderdale, featuring a distinctive furnace, flue, and chimney.

The Light
Museum Durham County Durham

The Light is a museum in Durham sharing the history of the Durham Light Infantry through soldiers’ personal stories, historic objects and interactive displays.

55 Creative Project
Art Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

A new urban art gallery in the subways beneath 55 Degrees North.

Trimontium Roman Fort
Military Melrose Borders

The site of a Roman Fort, once the largest north of Hadrian's Wall.

Dinnie Stones
Landmark Aboyne Scotland

Two huge stones that were first lifted by Donald Dinnie in a show of strength and then by Darth Vader!

Carey Burn Waterfall
Waterfall Wooler Northumberland

Spectacular waterfall hidden along the Carey Burn in the Cheviots.

Ladykirk Jubilee Drinking Fountain,
Fountain Coldstream Scotland

A Victorian, Gothic revival wayside drinking fountain in the Scottish Borders, erected by Lady Marjoribanks of Ladykirk to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887.

The Raw
Bastle Elsdon Northumberland

A Medieval bastle house in Northumberland National Park and the scene of the infamous murder of Margaret Crozier in 1791.

High Tide In Short Wellies
Art Scarborough North Yorkshire

Twice life size Corten steel Fisherman by Ray Lonsdale.

Widows and Bairns Sculpture Eyemouth
Art Eyemouth Borders

A sculpture commemorating the widows and children left behind in Eyemouth after Britain’s worst fishing disaster, on 14th October 1881.

Newcastle Breweries Blue Star Monument
Landmark Newcastle City Centre Tyne And Wear

A monument featuring stonework rescued from the Tyne Brewery, marking the former home of Newcastle Brown Ale.

Widows and Bairns Sculpture Burnmouth
Art Eyemouth Borders

A slight but powerful bronze sculpture hugging the harbour wall in Burnmouth commemorating the fishermen who lost their lives in the 1881 Black Friday Fishing Disaster.

Widows and Bairns Sculpture St Abbs
Art Eyemouth Borders

A bronze sculpture overlooking the sea at St. Abbs, commemorating the lives of the fishermen lost in The Black Friday disaster of October 1881.

Durham University Observatory And Met Automatic Weather Station
Building Durham County Durham

An astronomical and Meteorological recording facility in a historic copper domed building.

Widows and Bairns Sculpture Cove
Art Dunbar Borders

A bronze sculpture at Cove by Jill Watson, remembering the lives of those lost in the 1881 Black Friday fishing disaster.

Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications
Settlement Richmond North Yorkshire

An incredible feat of ancient engineering at one of the largest Iron Age settlements in England, encompassing around 300 hectares (740 acres) and stretching nearly four miles (6.5 km) long. Believed to be the royal centre of the Brigantes tribe, an example of their once wealth and power.

Jarrow Hall
Museum Jarrow Tyne And Wear

An Anglo-Saxon farm, village and The Venerable Bede Museum.

Binchester Roman Fort "Vinovia"
Museum Bishop Auckland County Durham

The largest Roman Castrum in North East England with two bath houses.

Frederick Street Mural And Memorial Garden
Landmark Seaham County Durham

A deserving tribute and reminder to those that served and died during the blitz in Seaham in the Second World War.

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