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Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre

Also known as All Saints Chantry, it’s a Grade I listed building now housing a bagpipe museum.

A Grade II listed Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain in the Venetian Gothic Style.

A bronze sculpture depicting six monks transporting St Cuthbert's coffin in Durham City centre by Fenwick Lawson.

An old sail-less windmill situated within a farmers field.

A large rock sitting in Collywell Bay at Seaton Sluice that a local once grew things on.

A ruined manor home complex with a tower in Seaham.

Three statues sowing the different aspects of a working man of Newcastle.

A medieval first-floor style Manor House set in the beautiful Derwent Walk Country Park.

A stunning 900 year old cathedral built on a peninsula formed by the River Wear.

A small stone building used to store the explosives during the construction of the seahouses pier and harbour.

A Brutalist public work of art in Peterlee, designed by British Artist and Architect, Victor Pasmore.

A mini version of the Angel Of The North standing in a field near Hexham.

A ruined watermill dating from back to 1739 in Jesmond Dene.

Statues of the Ironmaster and Coal Miner made from obselete components representing the legacy of the local steelworks.

The ancestral home of the Earls Grey since 1319. (As in the tea!)

A tall stone marking Queen Victoria's Jubilee.

A 16th Century, grade I listed castle on Holy Island only accessible from the Northumberland coast at low tide.

Spectacular crags in beautiful countryside, with a castle on top!

A coastal success in the Turning of the Tide Project and something for all the senses

Maybe a windmill, maybe used for sea-navigation, maybe just a pretty building. Now a holiday home.

A beautiful grade I listed country house a mile from the coast, packed with glorious history!

A standing stone marking the northern source of the River Tyne in Deadwater.

A cave in Hulne Park guarded by a statue of a hermit.

Sharp's Folly is an 18th century tower in Rothbury, and is the oldest folly in Northumberland.

A ruined tower sitting on a crag just around the corner from the Duddo Stones.

A statue of the comedy icon and one half of the legendary duo Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel to celebrate his time living in North Tyneside.

A statue of Queen Victoria by sculptor Alfred Turner in Tynemouth.

A modern take on a 16th Century Physic Garden dedicated to the life of Morpeth native William Turner, also known as the "Father of British Botany"

Stepping stones crossing the river Wansbeck at Bothal.

A drinking water reservoir with beautiful surrounding scenery.

The remains of a 19th century engine house, later transformed into flats and known as 'Shildon Castle'.

A small five stone circle set in a beautiful location in Duddo Northumberland.

A six storey lookout tower used to assist gun turrets in both World War 1 and 2.

A fortified house built by Adam of Jesmond.

Situated in Holburn, St Cuthbert either lived in this cave as a hermit or his body was laid to rest here by monks escpaing from the vikings!

A ruined chapel that was once a popular place for pilgrimages.

Statue to Henry Percy, also known as Harry Hotspur, Alnwick's most famous Knight and one of Shakespeare's best known characters.

A Grade II* listed monument in Tynemouth, dedicated to Vice Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood. A Napoleonic-era admiral noted for being second-in-command to Admiral Lord Nelson during the Battle of Trafalgar.

A lovely little 12th century ruined castle just outside of Rothbury.

A memorial to the Bradford brothers and other soldiers from Witton Park who fought in World War 1 and both received the Victoria Cross.

A small marker stone where Robert Lumsden murdered Isabella Sudden in 1610.

A ruined three storey tower house now mostly covered by trees.

A recently renovated pele tower situated in Creswell on the coast.

A ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the West end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland.

Ruins of the Church of the Holy Cross that is nearly 900 years old.

Originally St Wilfrid's Premonstratensian nunnery, this ruined priority sits by a tight bend in the River Coquet.

The original 1910 building with the new lantern on its roof.

A statue of Queen Victoria in St Nicholas' Square to commemorate 500 years of Shrievalty.

Rotating bridge designed by William Armstrong, which opened in 1876.

The deer house is a rare and well preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture built in 1760.

A grade II listed rib-arch bridge over the River Tyne.

A pair of tunnels under the River Tyne for use by pedestrians and cyclists.

The ruined chapel of an old hospital located in Denwick near to Alnwick Castle.

A sail-less 19th century windmill in Lynemouth.

The seat of the ancient kings of Northumbria and a mighty stronghold on the coast of Northumberland.

The meeting place of the north and south River Tyne sources.

A Victorian Public Park on South Shields seafront that is part of a 4km chain of parks.

A 14th century Hermitage carved out of the bedrock on the River Coquet.

Cragside is a Victorian country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, built for William Armstrong and his wife, Margaret.

A 29m high tower on Byres Hill built as a monument to John Hope, the 4th Earl of Hopetoun.

A natural limestone bridge on the Pennine Way.

A folly named after a princess overlooking bodies in a natural woodland burial site!

A 13th century priory twixt manor house that was a retirement home and also a retreat for the Durham Monks.

A lighthouse on a small tidal island just north of Whitley Bay. It is linked to the mainland by a short concrete causeway which is submerged at high tide.

A small well linked to the nearby St. Mary's Chapel.

A mural of the Blyth Spartans legend - Robbie Dale

A beautiful set of beach huts situated on the Blyth Promenade.

A modern day folly set in the Lilburn Tower estate next to the Hurl Stone.

A ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne.

A beautiful Saxon church nestling in the rolling countryside that was once bombed by the Germans.

An ornate, Edwardian Shopping Arcade, in the centre of Newcastle built in 1906. The arcade is set within Richard Grainger's Central Exchange Building.

An elaborate Gothic style tower based in Hulne Park.

A natural tidal pool in Whitley Bay that was expanded for swimmers in the 19th century.

The best preserved Lime Kiln in the Northumberland national park at Tosson.

A small saxon church built on the site of an old 8th century church near Edlingham Castle.

A ruined 18th century church currently being transformed by the local residents into another place for calm and reflection.

Stublick Chimney is a grade II listed building from the former Langley lead smelting mill.

Finchale Priory was a benedictine priory founded in 1196 on the site of the hermitage of Saint Godric.

An 18 metre waterfall in the beautiful Ingram Valley.

A very well hidden stone viaduct spanning the River Blyth at Plessey Woods for the East Coast Main Line.

A museum with a truckload of old bikes beautifully restored by past racer Mike Barry.

A Tudor arch bridge built in 1511 which was the largest single span bridge anywhere in Britain at its time.

A ruined medieval castle in Warkworth standing over a loop of the River Coquet.

A spacecraft-like old concrete water tower, standing in the fields near Amble.

The ruins of an old lead and fluorspar mine in the Pennines with the headframe and some buildings still visible.

An ornamental pele tower that was once part of a 16th century manor house.

A castellated farmhouse sitting on the foundations of a 15th century motte and baily castle.

221 hectares of woodland, grassland and paths leading to the beautiful Durham coast.

Gibside is a 720 acre estate acquired by the Bowes family in 1713.

The Market Cross was erected to the memory of Lord And Lady Armstrong.

Remains of the 14th century walls that were built around Newcastle Upon Tyne.

A 12th century keep in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.

A 12th century medieval monastery built on a bend of the River Coquet, near Rothbury.

18th century gateway to Craster Tower, now an iconic entrance to the village of Craster.

A pretty church sitting in amazing countryside with breathtaking views in Low Alwinton.

An old gun battery from the 19th century and reused in WW2.

A beautiful folly set in the grounds of the Gibside estate which is now a holiday home.

A stunning example of a lighthouse in Sunderland with a parabolic pier.

A ruined fort tower on the opposite side of the harbour to Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.