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

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

A ruin of a folly shaped like a shepherd's hut on the Alnwick moors.

The Hopealone trig point (316m) sitting on top of Hope Hill.

A three-storied tower-house built as a hunting lodge then later extended and used as a farmhouse and students' hostel.

Nature Reserve with SSSI status in Blaydon.

Originally envisaged as a motte and bailey, Simonburn Castle was eventually a tower house before falling into ruin.

A 19th century fountain dedicated to Bryan Adamson, a lieutenant of the HMS Wasp that was lost at sea.

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

A small rock arch off the coast in South Shields near Souter Lighthouse.

The trig point sitting next to Darden Lough (375m) near Elsdon.

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

The trig point sitting on top of Curleheugh on Bewick Moor (215m).

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

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

This is the trig point for Barley Hill (305m) near Blanchland.

A tall pyramidical structure made with repurposed stone from a Durham Cathedral turret.

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

A brickwork mural of William Shakespeare on the gable end of a house in Heaton.

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

A secluded waterfall and plunge pool in the Harthope Valley next to The Cheviot.

A column in memory of James Evelyn's parents, moved from Felbridge up to Lemmington, Northumberland.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Early Norman castle built in the 1070s by Alan Rufus.

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

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

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

The Parish Church of St James in Shilbottle

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

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

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

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

A sculpture of a Monkey based on a local legend.

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

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

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

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

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

A Grade II listed Tower Mill dating to around 1790.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Collier Law trig point sits on Wolsingham Park Moor (517m) near Stanhope.

Two chambered cairns dating back to the Neolithic period.

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

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

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

Brickwork from the Victorian age.

A Red Kite Feeding Station set up on a Farm.

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

The grave of celebrated Daleswoman Hannah Hauxwell.

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

Model village near Bridlington featuring local landmarks.

A ruined 12th century Abbey in the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh, Kelso.

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

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

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

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.

A severely ruined 15th century tower in Little Swinburne.

The only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal.

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

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

Monument built in 1897 by local banker John Stuart McCaig

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

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

A decorative well head built in the 18th century.

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

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

Scotland's National Book Town in Dumfries and Galloway.

650 hectare site attracting thousands of birds every year.

Commemorative viewing tower in the Forest of Bowland, built in 1887.

Purpose built gallery housing the collection of Joseph Shipley.

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

A neoclassical tower that stands on top of a bluff overlooking Portree harbour.

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

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

Magnificent folly on the outskirts of Richmond, built around 1760.

A statue to John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his unlikely companion.

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

The Pigdon trig point sits on the edge of a field (118m) near Morpeth.