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Disused steel furnace and woodland walk, managed by English Heritage.

A 15th century country house, situated near the village of Alwinton in an area of natural outstanding beauty.

A juxaposed scene, with chaldron wheels, industrial remains, and an old jetty against a backdrop of organic appeal.

Lanercost Priory, founded in 1169, is a well-preserved medieval Augustinian priory in Brampton, Cumbria.

A 16th century ruined tower house belonging to the Hume family, who were a powerful Border clan.

Fountain commemorating Doctor James Trotter, local councillor known as 'Mr Bedlington' during Victorian times.

Castle dating back to the 17th century and home to the bishops of Durham.

A Bronze Age four-poster stone circle located near Ravensheugh Crags in Northumberland.

A blue carpet made out of crushed glass outside of the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle. Part of an urban art project and created by Thomas Heatherwick.

A poignant tribute to the mining community in the distinctive style of Ray Lonsdale.

Artwork on a call of angel wings, balloons and an umbrella, set up ready for a selfie.

A timber cabin set on the banks of Kielder Water mirrored on the opposite bank by another, more simple hut.

An 18th century market cross that would have been used for proclamations.

Small National Trust site with medieval hall dating back to the 13th century.

The trig point sitting on top of Bavington Crags In Great Bavington (248m).

A type of roundhouse that was built during the Iron Age in Scotland and is located on the slopes of Cockburn Law.

Guibal fan house built in 1872, which once ventilated Huntcliff Ironstone mine.

Remains of a pumping station built by Robert Stephenson in 1844.

A multitude of artifacts, equipment, models, photographs and information on all things mining.

A 5.5 inch Howitzer Gun to celebrate Seaham's links to the Royal Artillery and coastal defence during WWII.

This is the trig point for Coldtown Beacon (366m) near Bellingham.

A pleasant green with many fine views of magnificent landmarks of North and South Shields.

A severely ruined 15th century tower in Little Swinburne.

An urban conservation area, with grand buildings, cobbled lanes, River Tyne views, and a few pubs.

An 11th century Saxon cross head that marks the focus for the start of the annual Goose Fair in Ovingham.

Something for all ages, from dinosaurs to mining, shipbuilding, glass, art, natural history, and an arboretum!

This is the trig point for Greenside (362m) near Kielder.

A fine example of a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders

Two Parks, Castle Vale and Coronation Park, set either side of Berwick Station which include footpaths, shelters, rose gardens and a lily pond.

A family of four concrete hippos on a housing estate in Killingworth.

A trio of curious follies located behind Sorrelsykes House near Aysgarth.

A nature reserve at the northern end of Druridge Bay and one of the best wildlife spots in the north east.

A 47 hectare nature reserve near Witton le Wear created on an area of former sand and gravel quarry and sewerage treatment works.

Brickwork from the Victorian age.

This is the trig point for Long Crag (320m) in Thrunton Wood near Rothbury.

A Victorian Public Park dating from 1880.

Small ruined castle in the grounds of the Glengarry Castle estate.

The Beacon Hill North trig point overlooks the North Sea (87m) near Seaham.

A stone pant in Holystone Village named after St Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow.

The Kelpie maquettes in Ardrishaig, at three meters tall are the 1/10 scale prototypes for the real McCoy Kelpies by Andy Scott stabled in Falkirk.

Saint George slaying the dragon atop a granite and portland stone pillar in the middle of old Eldon Square

The trig point sitting on top of Lamb Hill on the border ridge (511m).

A late 19th century secluded harbor and part of the South Gare Breakwater.

A substantial and imposing 13th century ruin of a new castle sits in contrast with the modest footprint of an old castle.

Visit the ruins of a once-thriving Carmelite monastery in Aberlady, East Lothian.

A 19th century Victorian pumping station used to provide drinking water to the Darlington area.

Carved statues in distress near the Bill Bryson Library in Durham University.

The Spy Rigg trig point sits on a craggy outcrop (313m) above Lampert Farm near Gilsland.

A ruined bastle which may not have been a bastle after all.

This is the trig point for Deadwater Moor (569m) near Kielder.

A Roman Temple dedicated to the God Mithras near to Brocolitia Fort on Hadrian's Wall.

A life size reminder of The Vaux Brewery wagons and Dray horses by Ray Lonsdale.

A narrow limestone staircase on a former corpse route in Southern Cumbria with legends of faeries, wishes and even a demonic dog.

Another beauty of a lime kiln situated in Low Alwinton.

This is the trig point for Penshaw Hill (136m) near Sunderland.

Neidpath Tunnel is a disused 550-metre railway tunnel near Peebles, built in 1864 on the Caledonian Railway’s Symington to Peebles branch line.

Ruins of a Roman garrison located on Hadrians Wall, with a museum of artifacts found on site.

A mausoleum for William the second Earl, who died in 1844.

A 21 arch viaduct carrying the West Highland Line (and Hogwarts Express) over Loch Shiel.

The trig point sitting on top of Titlington Pike (233m) near Eglingham.

The trig point sitting on top of Shirlaw Pike (308m) near Rothbury.

Ruin near Kelso overlooking the River Tweed, in the grounds of Floors Castle.

This is the trig point for Warlaw Pike (402m) near Blanchland.

Built in 1846, the standing engine hauled railway trucks up and down an incline into Rookhope.

An obelisk standing in Richmond Market Place dating to 1771 with a surprising hidden secret.

This is the trig point for The Dodd (354m) near Kielder.

The Wreighill Pike trig point sits in a field just north of Hepple (219m) near Rothbury.

A 5m high cairn on Padon Hill marking the wedding anniversary of some local notables and to honour the work of a prominent Presbyterian preacher.

650 hectare site attracting thousands of birds every year.

This is the trig point for Hasting Hill (124m) near Sunderland.

The birthplace of Thomas Bewick, the famous wood engraver and ornithologist.

Fisherman and his dog daubed on the back of a wall at Blyth Harbour.

The trig point sitting on top of Branshaw (326m) on the Otterburn Ranges.

A staircase leading up to where the battery would have been in Newcastle.

Remains of a former smelting mill hidden in the Northumberland countryside.

A late 18th or early 19th Century Lime Kiln just outside Shilbottle.

A cool little lime kiln up the side of a hill in Slaggyford.

A standing stone celebrating the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

The trig point sitting on top of Ravensheugh Crags (256m) near Simonburn.

The Blackdown trig point (310m) located on the Ray Wind Farm near Kirkwhelpington.

Striking mural and sculpture, depicting South Hetton's mining heritage.

The remains of a 2,000 year old hillfort in Drem, East Lothian.

A single-span, through arch road bridge, built in 1928-29 by Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd., and designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson, and a bowstring arch railway bridge built in 1879.

The Winshields trig point sits on Windshields Crags next to Hadrians Wall (345m) near Haltwhistle.

An historic market place in the centre of Stanhope and the location of the Market Cross, a Petrified Tree Stump, the War Memorial and St Thomas Church.

This is the trig point for Carter Bar (579m) near Catcleugh.

Ruins of a 12th century priory on the Bolton Abbey estate.

A lovely church in a quintessentially British setting. Possibly the oldest in the Durham diocese.

An experimental hydraulic silo to improve the efficiency of processing cut grass into silage built by Lord Armstrong.

A large rock in next to Simonside in Rothbury that resembles a small church and may have been a meeting place for persecuted religious groups.

A weir in the River Coquet which powered a nearby water mill, but was also the scene of a wartime tragedy.

This is the trig point for Long Crag Gunnerton (222m) near Swinburne.

Impressive castle owned by the Neville family until the 16th century.

A subtle stone sculpture hidden in a dry stone wall in the middle of the Galloway Forest Park.

A Grade II listed Tower Mill dating to around 1790.

An old Victorian water tower in Haltwhistle that now houses a shop and cafe.

A Coxswain Statue by Ray Lonsdale is a tribute to the RNLI and the 9 lives lost on the Lifeboat 'The George Elmy'.

This is the trig point for Tunstall Hills (112m) near Sunderland.

Relief sculpture around a metro ventilation shaft.

The highest perched toilet in England, situated in Northumberland National Park