Find Places To Visit In The North

The Hillingdon Farm trig point on the edge of a field (249m) near Barnard Castle.

The Citron Seat trig point sits on Gilmonby Moor (446m) near Barnard Castle.

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

Six foot pair of boxing gloves commemorating the achievements of Maurice Cullen.

Ruins of a corn mill in the heart of Whittle Dene.

The grave and monument of Harry Clasper, renowned boat builder and professional oarsman. The Alan Shearer of his day.

This is the site where the trig point once stood for Holme House Farm behind Holme House Prison (13m) near Stockton on Tees.

The High House trig point is sitting in a hedge next to the High House Reservoir (172m) near Bishop Auckland.

This is the trig point for March Head (454m) near Kielder.

A Victorian model village near Shipley in Bradford, West Yorkshire, built by Sir Titus Salt for his mill workers and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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

A waterfall set within the stunning Galloway Forest Park.

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

A former horse racing track on the outskirts of Richmond that contains what is left of the oldest, surviving, stone built, public grandstand in the world.

An unusual gravestone marking the final resting of a burglar trying to rob Lee Hall.

Marmion Tower is a Garde I listed, 15th-century gatehouse in West Tanfield, North Yorkshire.

The Blue House trig point sits in a hedge (231m) near Bishop Auckland.

A life size sculpture of grandmother and granddaughter by Ray Lonsdale.

The Wolfcleugh Common trig point sits on moorland (607m) near Alston.

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

A ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the West end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland.

The scoop bucket used from the now dismantled Ace Of Spades dragline excavator.

A garden to look like a bombed house, as a memorial to the 1914 coastal attack.

A sculpture by Nigel Boonham to commemorate the bold boys of West Auckland, a team made up of coal miners, who won the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy competition in Turin in 1909.

Metal art exhibit depicting wind and an equatorial sundial on East Shore in Seaham.

Public gardens with sunken trees, an Italian rock in the fountain, and the stunning backdrop of a former 18th-century rectory.

Individual artwork creations, on opposite sides of the main road in Ushaw Moor.

The Etherley Lane trig point sits in a hedge (167m) near Witton Le Wear.

The Cote Hill trig point sits in a hedge (141m) near Newton Aycliffe.

A ruined, Grade II listed Scheduled Monument, 16th Century Tower House / Bastle House.

This is the trig point for Foulmire Heights (397m) near Kielder.

Sculptures made from concrete, glass, and metal depicting heritage by a posh marina.

Pretty waterfalls near Keld in Swaledale.

An un-chiselable bit of Hadrian's Wall, near Walwick, where the Romans may have run out of might.

A noticeable Norman Church commanding a hill in Easington Village.

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

Remains of part of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway main line, built in 1825.

The Eggmartin Hill trig point sits in a field (222m) near Barnard Castle.

The Mickle Fell trig point sits above Lune Forest on MOD land (758m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The trig point sitting on top of Berwick Law (187m).

A pretty church sitting in amazing countryside with breathtaking views in Low Alwinton.

Lifesize wire sculpture of an adventurous lady who was the first female skipper of a fishing boat up north.

A super viaduct in Bishop Auckland where rail, road and river converge.

A Miner kneeling testing the air with his safety lamp, by Ray Lonsdale.

A proud standing Percy lion atop a grandiose gateway to the old Ladykirk House in Upsettlington.

A Toposcope commemorating an important naval battle during the American Revolutionary Wars.

Steel Truffle Pigs and Mushroom Statues hidden in Newcastle Centre by the Men of Steel blacksmith Graeme Hopper.

A monument to Robert Loraine, who was brutally murdered by Border Reivers in Kirkhale.

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

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

A natural limestone bridge on the Pennine Way.

Originally St Wilfrid's Premonstratensian nunnery, this ruined priority sits by a tight bend in the River Coquet.

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

This is the trig point for Camp Hill (200m) near Ford And Etal.

A pair of controversial horned, helmeted and shield wielding Vikings in Jarrow Town Centre.

A scrap metal statue of Henry Pease - Saltburn’s founding father.

A former showroom for horses, carriages and bicycles, later a car showroom and now an office space which retains many original features including the old wooden horse ramp.

A 14th Century castle that now lies in ruins.

A large-scale Miners Lamp to honour the Bowburn Colliery and the wider Durham coalfields.

Stone monument dedicated to two women martyred at Wigtown in 1685.

The High Copelaw Farm trig point sits in a Hedge (95m) near Newton Aycliffe.

The Carr Brow Moor trig point sits on moorland (504m) near Stanhope.

A ruined 18th century church currently being transformed by the local residents into another place for calm and reflection.

The Hoove Faggergill trig point is sitting on Faggergill Moor (554m) near Barnard Castle.

This is the trig point for Monylaws (246m) near Ford And Etal.

A plaque in Newcastle City Centre which commemorates the site of the imprisonment of the last monarch to be arrested.

The most northern point in England right on the coast.

Seven murals around North Shields by local artists created to capture the heritage and spirit of the area.

A sculpture of the ingenious life saving lamp originally designed by George Stephenson, favoured by North East miners, sitting pretty opposite Lidl in Westmoor.

A new social history museum adjacent to a grand Georgian manor house telling the history of the area.

An art gallery located in the former Christ Church in Hartlepool.

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

A ruined 17th-century bastle, or fortified farmhouse, situated on a south-east slope of moorland on the edge Ridsdale.

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

This is the trig point for White Crags (537m) near Kielder.

This is the trig point for Grey's Pike (446m) near Kielder.

Former market cross dating back to the 18th century.

Giant wooden head looking out over Kielder Reservoir.

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

A distinguished weather radar station that can be seen for miles.

Ruined motte and bailey castle, dating back to the Norman Conquest.

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

Scott’s View is a scenic viewpoint near Melrose in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the River Tweed and Eildon Hills, famously loved by Sir Walter Scott.

Weather vane made from galvanised steel with cormorants showing which way the wind blows.

A lighthouse and visitors centre which sits at the end of the Mull of Galloway peninsula with incredible views and wildlife.

Observation towers used during WW2 for ground attack training.

Four mural sites depicting the cultural history of Houghton le Spring, created by local artists.

A fascinating jigsaw of a church built in the 12th & 13th centuries, restored in the 15th century and again in the 19th century.

Sitting on a blowy corner of the Northumberland National Park, is Causeway House, Northumberland's only heather thatched cottage. With a history of hidden lucky roof charms and close to a Roman Milecastle.

A ruined colliery engine house that was part of a monumental mining disaster.

A small marker stone where Robert Lumsden murdered Isabella Sudden in 1610.

An 18th century church which was partly rebuilt in 1884. It has a window which commemorates those who died during the construction of the nearby Catcleugh Reservoir.

A statue in North Shields recognising the bravery of Mary Ann Matcham, a stow away, escaping slavery who arrived in North Shields on Christmas Day 1831.

An 18th Century church dedicated to St Ebba.

17 street murals around Spennymoor and a case of ‘there is more to these than meets the eye’.

A magnificent pineapple-topped folly located in Dunmore Park near Falkirk.

An art/science installation involving audience participation and sunshine.

The Parish Church of Wigtown.

Ruins of a medieval chapel dedicated to St Ninian.

Former golf course with far reaching scenic views, a café with a model of an early steam engine by Stephenson.