Find Places To Visit In The North

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

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

Intricate cup and ring marks in woodland near Ratho.

A memorial, in central Newcastle, to businesswoman and philanthropist Eleanor Allan, who endowed her farmland in Wallsend to purchase a charity school for 40 boys and 20 girls, which was named Dame Allan's School.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

A sculpture by Antony Gormley.

A mural to Newcastle United legend Kevin Keegan.

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

A sculpture on the Way of the Roses Cycle Route

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.

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

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

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

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

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