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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.

WW2 pillbox disguised as a ruined house.

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

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

One of the Royal Horticultural Society's flagship gardens in Harrogate.

The Clachan Bridge between mainland Scotland and the Isle of Seil.

Lighthouse built in 1826, where Grace Darling spotted the wreck of the SS Forfarshire.

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

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

A former gentleman’s Georgian residence and now a museum in a park nestled along the river Tees.

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

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

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

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 Carter Bar (579m) near Catcleugh.

A ruined Augustinian Abbey in the town of Jedburgh.

A 19th Century Public Park designed by Edward Kemp.

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

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

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.

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

A 14th Century castle that now lies in ruins.

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.

The last remaining cone from the Lemington Glass Works Cone.

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

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

A stone monumnet standing on the Eston Hills that replaced a Napoleonic beacon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Relief sculpture around a metro ventilation shaft.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Another beauty of a lime kiln situated in Low Alwinton.

Picturesque waterfall in the heart of Galloway Forest.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An original working Victorian Water Pumping Station operated by steam.

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

A standing stone celebrating the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

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

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

This is the trig point for Batey Catreen (250m) near Bellingham.

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

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

This is the trig point for High Trewhitt (165m) near Rothbury.

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

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

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

The Horseshoe Hill trig point is sitting on Edmundbyers Common (520m) near Stanhope.

This is the trig point for Pikestone Fell (387m) near Stanhope.

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

This is the trig point for Wether Hill (301m) near Elsdon.

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

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

The Roughside Moor trig point sits on top of Edmondbyers Common (384m) near Consett.

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

Spectacular cave on the Isle of Staffa formed by basalt pillars

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

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

This is the trig point for Manside Cross (325m) near Elsdon.

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.

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

Figure of newspaper cartoon character Andy Capp cast in bronze.

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

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

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

A ruined Roman template dedicated to the local deity Antenociticus.

This is the trig point for Dilston (187m) near Corbridge.

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

This is the trig point for Hexham Common (291m) near Hexham.

The Tuthill Quarry trig point is sitting on top of a quarry (164m) near Seaham.

This is the trig point for Gaterley Hill (352m) near Allendale.