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An ancient Northumbrian Church, one of the oldest in the Country, dating back to the 11th Century that stands on a hill with amazing views in all directions.

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

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

A 15 hectare public park, right in the centre of Newcastle, dating from the 1880s and associated with, and named after two major exhibitions, the Royal Jubilee Exhibition of 1887 and the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition.

A piece of public art found at Blyth Quayside representing a full sized steam train and tender.

The grave of famed Lakeland Poet, William Wordsworth.

Decommissioned leading lights in North Shields.

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

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

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

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

A statue of a British infantryman commemorating the end of World War 1.

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

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

A sculpture park and art exhibition space set within the grounds of Cheeseburn Grange, near Ponteland.

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

Probably the finest pele tower in Northumberland with magnificent views and beautiful gardens.

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

A sandstone ridge to the south of Rothbury with teems of crags, wildlife and amazing views.

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

Statue dedicated to EM Perkins whose company supplied materials for the High Level Bridge in Newcastle.

A beautiful little barn used to collect tithes in the middle ages.

A blue stone that has links to the Saxons, the black death, vaccinations and strongman feats!

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

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

A 14th century ruined castle managed by the English Heritage.

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

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

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

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

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

A 900m long pier protecting ships when entering the River Tyne at Tynemouth.

A 12th century castle that saw plenty of action during the wars between England and Scotland.

A Parish Church close to the centre of Rothbury, parts of which date back to the 1200s

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

Twenty beautifully decorated Morph figures to find in North Tyneside.

A town with a nature reserve, memorial garden, cemetry and a reconstructed miners pit cage, celebrating the times of mining in Easington Colliery.

A tunnel running from the Town Moor to the Ouseburn that was used to transport coal and then became an air raid shelter.

A Greek Doric style house, 14th century castle and 30 acres of beautiful gardens.

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

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

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

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

A pele tower that used to be part of the vicarage for the adjoining St James Church.

The Transporter Bridge that spans the River Tees in Middlesbrough.

A war memorial to the Northumberland Fusiliers sited on the grounds of St Thomas the Martyr Church at Barras Bridge, depicting the spirit and patriotic confidence that swept the nation at the outset of war in 1914.

A Grade I Listed Church in Mitford with a number of interesting architectural features and Grade II Listed tombstones and Lych Gate in the churchyard.

Metal signs warning to Keep Out! Part of the Cramlington art trail.

A Grade I listed, 12th Century ruined castle on the banks of the River Tees in Barnard Castle

A gem on the County Durham coast in terms of variety, scenery, history and passive science at work.

A castle and country house in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is the seat of The 12th Duke of Northumberland.

Built in the 1870s, it was the first lighthouse in the world to be designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current.

Lime kilns on the coast near South Shields, built in the 1870s.

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

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

A spectacular mausoleum for the British soldier Thomas Monteath Douglas.

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

A Doric style column with a Percy Lion on the top dedicated to the 2nd Earl of Northumberland.

A ruined castle on the Scottish side of the border built by the 1st Earl of Roxburghe.

A prehistoric standing stone with cup markings.

A 600 year old ruined Pele Tower used as a stronghold against invading scots.

A purpose built library, which opened in 1926 with funding from the Carnegie Trust.

A well preserved lime kiln not far from Vindolanda.

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

Famous book shop in the old Alnwick train station.

A ruined Vicar's Pele sitting on the main high street in Ponteland.

A ruined medieval castle built around 1341 by Robert Manners.

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

Northumberlandia is a unique landform sculpture near Cramlington, opened by Princess Anne in 2012.

The largest timber structure in Europe, built in 1893.

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

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

Small Camera Obscura on the edge of Kielder Reservoir.

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

A short but sweet 0.8km sculpture trail in Thornley Woods.

Also known as Davison’s Obelisk, this monument is a memorial to Horatio Nelson, victor of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Stepping stones over Ladyburn Lake in Druridge Bay Country Park.

A ruined 15th century tower house near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.

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

The peninsula part of Holy Island, made up of dunes, salt marshes, Snook House and Snook Tower

A reconstruction of a gatehouse and buildings on the original foundations of the Roman buildings.

An ingeniously preserved lime kiln sitting on the wonderfully named Slag Hill.

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.

A ruined bastle and cottage located in a remote area of Bellingham.

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

An old ruined windmill sitting in Armstrong Park.

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

A 19th Century, Grade II listed, Lifeboat Station situated on the beautiful horseshoe bay at Cullercoats.

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

A sculpture of three drill heads in Weetslade Country Park.

A small suspension footbridge crossing the river Wansbeck.

A holed stone in the Simonside Hills that lines up with the summer solstice.

A Victorian public park in Walker, Newcastle with links to Robert Burns and its own population of Ring Necked Parakeets.

Water Mill on the edge of Blaydon, originally built in 1730.

A lime kiln situated on Alnwick Moor, one of 400 that would have been used in Northumberland.

An old water tower from Broomhill Colliery that was sold at auction to be a house.

A sculpture of four metal cows constructed from old JCB parts, grazing on the C2C route near Beamish.

The Grade I listed Cathedral Church of St Mary, Newcastle's Catholic and first Cathedral.

Life size sculpture referring to the legend of Durham's founding on the banks of the River Wear

Group of islands off the coast of Northumberland.