Find Places To Visit In The North

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

24 hectare park with lake, woodland and waymarked paths in the heart of Gateshead.

Dramatic landscape and panoramic views of the coast. Stone art with science, history and mythology.

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

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

A traditional Victorian Park packed with features sitting between Tynemouth and North Shields.

A Nature Reserve alongside the River Breamish in the Northumberland National Park

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

A ruined windmill sitting on the highest part of the Cleadon Hills.

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

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

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

The smallest museum in Northumberland (if not the world!!) with pictures, memorabilia and trinkets about boating life in Alnmouth.

A stone circle marking the grave of three kings of Denmark.

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

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

A sail-less 19th century windmill in Lynemouth.

Beautiful 360 hectare woodland, great for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.

An octagonal folly, once part of the Stella Hall estate in Blaydon.

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

A 17th-century Jacobean mansion disguided as a castle just north of Hexham.

An elaborate Gothic style tower based in Hulne Park.

Totem poles have stood in the village of Stonehaugh since 1971 and these three are the latest carvings.

The trig point sitting on top of Tosson Hill (440m) #147.

A life sized bronze sculpture in memory of Lord Armstrong on Barras Bridge outside the Hancock Museum.

Modernist footbridge completed without using scaffolding in 1963

The trig point sitting on top of The Cheviot Summit (815m).

An island off the coast of East Lothian famous for its seabird colony.

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

A ruined Priory on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, widely considered to be the birthplace of Christianity in England.

A church with 13th century and earlier origins set on the spectacular Church Point Headland in Newbiggin by the Sea

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

A circular labyrinth made out of a selection of stones in memory of a dog.

One thousand acres of historic park and woodland set against the backdrop of Lambton Castle.

A nature reserve set within Gosforth Park where you can see birds, otters, deer and much more.

Causey Arch is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world.

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

Site of the battle of Newburn Ford and Ryton Willows Local Nature Reserve

A 13th century fortified manor house set in beautiful woodland setting near Corbridge.

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

A 19th century viaduct that spans the valley of Batty Moss in the Yorkshire Dales.

A beacon that when lit would warn the neighbouring villages of an impending attack!

The private estate of the White Ridley family where the grounds are filled with wonderful statues, follies and temples.

A 13th century church located in the grounds of Ford Castle, later restored by John Dobson.

The largest timber structure in Europe, built in 1893.

350 acre world famous open air museum set in rural County Durham.

Home to three of the most famous families in the North East, set in 13,500 acres of land.

A hospital built on the site of a 13th century Augustinian Friary to house the "poor freemen" of Newcastle.

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

A series of 12 gardens set in 3 acres of land in rural Gateshead.

A defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo Dutch Wars in the 17th Century and used during various later conflicts.

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

Famous book shop in the old Alnwick train station.

A none conformist burial ground that is now a recreation area.

A grade I listed castle built in 1392, now a stunning hotel.

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

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

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

A castle dating back to the Normans in Durham city centre.

A 3 chambered cave used by the monks as storage and safegaurd and as a dwelling for St Constantine.

A concrete water tower located next to Northgate Hospital in Morpeth.

A Country Park and lake on the outskirts of Newcastle Upon Tyne

A stone chair of carved gargoyles situated in Durham on the banks of the river Wear.

An ancient burial ground for a Bronze Age chieftain called Prince Caryn.

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

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

A quaint little fishing village set around old fishermen's cottages and spectacular jagged cliffs - Also twinned with New Asgard!

Anglo-Saxon Monastery where St Bede spent his life from the age of seven.

A grade two listed iconic building in Cullercoats constructed as a lookout for fishermen.

A mural of the Blyth Spartans legend - Robbie Dale

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

A spectacular woodland planted on crags to the north and south.

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

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

A spectacular natural landform of Limestone Pavement in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

A castelled octagonal building in Seaton Sluice that was once a tax office, harbour master house and now a gallery.

Small Camera Obscura on the edge of Kielder Reservoir.

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

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

A 16-hectare lake set in a country park that was once one of the biggest colliery spoil heaps in Europe.

The trig point sitting on top of Garleigh Moor (268m).

A plaque marking the site of a gibbet where Michael Curry was chained for murder.

A 4m standing stone, most likely a headless cross, maybe thrown there by giants or the devil.

A 15th century gatehouse that was part of the Alnwick old town walls.

Stunning art around the Headland at Hartlepool. Each one has a story.

Ruined motte and bailey castle, dating back to the Norman Conquest.

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

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

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

Group of islands off the coast of Northumberland.

A 12th century church standing on the site of the original wooden church built by St Aidan in the 7th century.

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington, first president of the USA.

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

Decommissioned leading lights in North Shields.

Designed by local sculpturer Ray Lonsdale, this statue 'Horns' could be the Angel Of Durham.

A 12th-century castle in Northumberland on the bank of the River Tipalt rich in history and treasure!

An 18th century, 40 acre park designed by London architect, James Paine.

A Norman Church with a quirky interior, sitting high and proud above Whitby with a paradigmatic gothic graveyard.

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

A beautiful tower sitting atop the crag of Lady Hill near Kelso.