Find Places To Visit In The North

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

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

A vertical Lift bridge, which was once the biggest in the world.

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.

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

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

A rare and significant medieval ruin, which served as the first school in Alnwick.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A 19th Century drinking fountain and trough on The Grove that would have provided drinking water to the village.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Possibly an old windmill converted into a dovecote which is lined inside with brick nesting boxes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pretty waterfalls near Keld in Swaledale.

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.

The Romaldkirk Moor trig point sits on moorland (410m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

A 14th Century castle that now lies in ruins.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Giant wooden head looking out over Kielder Reservoir.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Former market cross dating back to the 18th century.

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

The Parish Church of Wigtown.

Ruins of a medieval chapel dedicated to St Ninian.

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 sculpture park and art exhibition space set within the grounds of Cheeseburn Grange, near Ponteland.

A lovely little 12th century ruined castle just outside of Rothbury.

A ceramic wall mural, installed on the site of a former bakery.

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

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

1,400 acre wetland site with mudflats, pools and reedbeds supporting thousands of birds.

An arresting piece of steel art by Stanson Art (Ron Lawson) and Mark Burns Cassell commemorating the coal industry in the area.

A World War I memorial of a six foot soldier, with his rifle lowered, taking a drink from his canteen by Ray Lonsdale.

Priory founded in 1113, nestled in the heart of Bridlington old town.