Find Places To Visit In The North

650 hectare site attracting thousands of birds every year.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A ruined Augustinian Abbey in the town of Jedburgh.

Five bronze life-size swans in various stages of flight that look naturally interwoven with each other.

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

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

The last remaining cone from the Lemington Glass Works Cone.

Picturesque waterfall in the heart of Galloway Forest.

A stunning house and landscaped grounds which is the seat of the Earls of Wemyss.

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

A 14th Century castle that now lies in ruins.

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

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

One of Scotland's strongest fortresses sitting in a prominent position overlooking the harbour of Dunbar.

A 3m tall standing stone in a field in East Lothian dated back to the Bronze Age.

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

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

A beautiful old bridge build in 1717 that crosses the River Dulnain in the pretty highland village of Carrbridge.

Designed and built as a museum in the style of a French Chateau and housing 22 galleries. Famous for the amazing kinetic art of the Silver Swan.

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

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

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.

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

Potentially one of the earliest stone circles in Britain, thought to be constructed around 3000BC, located in one of the finest locations within the Lake District National Park.

Ruins of a 13th century chapel in the middle of a housing estate.

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

A 1920's park in Whitby that also houses a Museum and Art Gallery on site.

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

Spectacular cave on the Isle of Staffa formed by basalt pillars

Locomotion in Shildon is a captivating railway museum that showcases the history of locomotives and their impact on transportation.

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.

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

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

Childhood home of Richard III, built in the 12th century

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

A little hidden den in the dunes near Amble made of driftwood and containing shells and fun messages.

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

A pedestrian and cycle bridge that forms the shape of the mathematical symbol for infinity.

A small Cathedral but perfectly (almost) formed with a celestial ceiling.

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

A 14-century church and all-round home to saints, tall tales, bones of Border Rievers and men of battle.

A monument to where a Richmond man's horse threw him over a cliff and his plan to stay alive.

A ruined border fortress built in the 13th century and associated with battles and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Relief sculpture around a metro ventilation shaft.

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

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

A 12th century church which was the scene of a Roundheads and Cavalier's confrontation and is also the final resting place of Anne Bronte.

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

Observatory dating from 1765, built by local astronomer Thomas Wright.

A 50m high memorial in Williamson Park commissioned by Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife.

An unfinished castle built by Sir John Seton situated a few miles north-east of Haddington in East Lothian.

This former prestigious rectory is one of the oldest domestic houses in England and is haunted!

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 beauty of a bridge, old and packhorsey, with some chunky cutwaters and lovely views up and down the rivers Wear and Browney where they confluence.

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

Figure of newspaper cartoon character Andy Capp cast in bronze.

Abandoned farm buildings built around 1851.

The Humber Hill trig point is sitting in a field west of Lanchester (270m) near Consett.

An obelisk marking the centenary of the Glorious Revolution by William the Orange.

An original working Victorian Water Pumping Station operated by steam.

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

Another beauty of a lime kiln situated in Low Alwinton.

The Bollihope Carrs trig point sits on Snowhope Moor (541m) near Stanhope.

Nature Reserve near Houghton-le-Spring run by Durham Wildlife Trust.

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

This is the trig point for Ellis Crag (498m) near Byrness.

Remains of a romantic looking pele tower on a hill with scenic views.

A fantastic large folly on a hill overlooking the Moray Firth near Dingwall in Scotland.

Remains of a 14th century castle in the heart of Flamborough village.

Jail built on the site of the old Jedburgh Castle in the 1820s.

This is the trig point for Hips Heugh (58m) near Craster.

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

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

A sculpture of three miners waiting to go down the pit. It’s a reminder of the three mines that Seaham once had.

A 14th century ruined castle in the small village of Innerwick built for Scottish royals.

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

Statues of three heads representing different eras of human and industrial production.

A Georgian Grade I Listed aqueduct, the largest all-masonry aqueduct in Britain taking the Lancaster Canal over the River Lune.

Training trenches dug by members of the 18th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in preparation for World War I.

Ruins of a 14th century chapel in the grounds of Low Friarside Farm.

A spectacular stone circle on the Moor Divock area of Askham Fell near Ullswater.

A standing stone celebrating the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Explore stunning water features, magical gardens a treehouse restaurant and the mysterious Poison Garden in Alnwick Garden.

A ruined Roman template dedicated to the local deity Antenociticus.

Three tall Neolithic standing stones sitting in a line in Boroughbridge near Knaresborough.

Ruins of a 12th century Premonstratensian abbey in the hamlet of Easby.

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

This is the trig point for Dour Hill (415m) near Byrness.

A replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse giving a glimpse into life 2000 years ago.

A Church in Ovingham with sections dating from the 11th century and location of the grave of famed engraver, Thomas Bewick.

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

An attractive folly of several styles making a pleasant sitting arrangement along the River Tyne.

This is the trig point for Hindhope Law (426m) near Kielder.

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