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

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

The Parish Church of Wigtown.

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

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

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

A 19th century lime kiln near the Wannie Line.

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

A BAC Jet Provost T5 (serial XW405) outside the Hartlepool College of Further Education, shown banking to starboard.

A sculpture by artist, Christine Hill, erected in 1991 as 'a reminder that the rhino, one of the world's great animals, is threatened with extinction by the greed of mankind'.

The Teaching is a sculpture in limestone by David Edwick, reflecting the link between learning and the local children of Ponteland, sitting on the site of the original Coates Endowed School.

A statue outside the entrance to Stirling Castle commemorating the second Boer War.

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

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.

Two drinking fountains given to the people of Blaydon by Joseph Cowen in the 1860s.

A large man-made cavern near Rydal Water in the Lake District, created by slate quarrying in the 19th century.

A set of five locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

An Edwardian Baroque-styled multi-purpose building feature artworks.

The only museum dedicated to the history of science fiction in the UK with lots of amazing memorabilia on show.

A precariously placed lime kiln pit near Cocklawburn beach.

Ruins of a medieval chapel dedicated to St Ninian.

A small castellated house in Bedale that was used to house leeches which were sold to local doctors for bloodletting.

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

The Keverstone Grange trig point sits in a hedge (193m) near Barnard Castle.

A holed stone in the Simonside Hills that lines up with the summer solstice.

An ancient burial ground for a Bronze Age chieftain called Prince Caryn.

A ruined lime kiln sitting between Cateran Hole and Ros Castle in the Alnwick area.

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

Stublick Chimney is a grade II listed building from the former Langley lead smelting mill.

15th century well head in Durham that once supplied water to the area and gave Framwellgate its name, now preserved as a small stone structure.

An early medieval royal settlement site near Yeavering in Northumberland, associated with the kings of Bernicia and notable for its great timber hall and assembly place.

A 30 foot high bottle with a quote from Captain Cook's journal.

A medieval base with Victorian shaft surmounted by a salmon-shaped weather vane, marking the centre of Norham village life.

Artwork by James Turrell on a rocky outcrop on the edge of Kielder Forest.

Ruins of a 9th century chapel, with graves cut directly into the nearby rocks.

A beautiful blue bronze statue of an oversized tern by Geoffrey Dashwood, resting by the sea in North Berwick.

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

The tallest standing stone in the UK reaching a whopping 7.6 metres located in All Saints Church graveyard in Rudston.

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

An urban gallery displaying the work of 12 artists based on the history of 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.

A giant trowel next to the North Seaton Community Centre in Ashington.

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

A 35m tall chimney that was part of the Gaunless Valley Lead Mill.

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

The Raven Hills trig point sits on Monks Moor (522m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

A beacon that when lit would warn the neighbouring villages of an impending attack!

A lime kiln situated on Alnwick Moor, one of 400 that would have been used in Northumberland.

An ornamental pele tower that was once part of a 16th century manor house.

Stone steps with a geometric pattern depicting local heritage.

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

A tiny place of worship, hidden away, with a hefty nine hundred year history and notable Norman architectural features.

A bronze cast blackfaced ram atop the pink corncockle stone blocks of a Victorian drinking fountain in Moffat.

A cairn memorial to John Cobb who died attempting to set a world speed record on Loch Ness.

An old 18th century windmill part of Birney Hill farm.

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

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

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

A modern day folly set in the Lilburn Tower estate next to the Hurl Stone.

Statue dedicated to EM Perkins whose company supplied materials for the High Level Bridge in Newcastle.

The Little Hen Hill trig point sits in a forest (344m) near Kielder.

This is the trig point for Blackburn Common (366m) near Kielder.

Chinese gingall gun captured during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, brought to Bellingham as a war trophy from the China Expeditionary Force.

An early 18th Century well in Ford.

Photogenic museum with geological interest and eclectic items dating to Georgian times.

The ruin of Swinner Gill Lead Mine near Keld, Upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.

The coke ovens are rare remnants of Durham's coal industry, showcasing early coke production methods before their decline by 1880.​

A Celtic cross, commemorating the lives of James and Charles Radcliffe, Earls of Derwentwater, Viscounts Langley.

A heart filled horseshoe horse, surveying the summer sunshine and the gentle tilts and curves of the upland Buteland view near Bellingham.

Smuggler's Bothy built by the famous smuggler John Robertson in 1760.

Stone commemorating Robert the Bruce's first victory over an English army in 1307.

Two chambered cairns dating back to the Neolithic period.

One of a handful of hearse houses left in the UK with a little 'fun for free' museum.

A beautiful church filled with art, history and culture in the fork of the road up to the College Valley.

An outstanding painting at Sheburn Village by Jordan Stead AKA Twenty Six Studio. It has become the pride of the village.

An old tithe barn within the grounds of Foulden Parish Church where parishioners would give the church 10% of their agricultural produce.

The Whorley Resr trig point sits next to a Reservoir (184m) near Barnard Castle.

Once a former chapel, but is now a museum, packed full of local heritage.

A 3 chambered cave used by the monks as storage and safegaurd and as a dwelling for St Constantine.

A country manor house with beautiful gardens, an observatory, old church and ruined pele tower.

People’s Park created in the Victorian era with fine features.

Medieval fortress dating back to the 13th century.

An enchanting gatehouse and remains of a Medieval almshouse and hospital on an elbow of the River Wear in Durham.

A spectacular sandstone rockface in Ridsdale used for bouldering and climbing, with breathtaking views across Northumberland from the top.

The Collinsons Hill trig point sits on Bowes Moor (435m) near Barnard Castle

Guibal fan house built in 1872, which once ventilated Huntcliff Ironstone mine.

A huge chunk of rock sitting on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill overlooking the Harthope Valley.

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

An 11th Century Church in the village of Egglescliffe

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

This is the trig point for The Grun (516m) near Kielder.

A simple reminder of ordinary folk made extraordinary through their service to people, cut in steel and made into a seat in Ridley Park, Blyth.

A poignant statue of WWII POW Len ‘Guitar’ Gibson by Ray Lonsdale.

Drinking fountain constructed in 1880, positioned at the entrance to York Museum Gardens.

The remains of St Andrew's Kirk, dating from around the 1100s and with links to the North Berwick Witch Trials.

A group of nine cairns sitting on the aptly named Nine Standards Rigg just east of Kirby Stephen.

Acoustic sound mirror built in 1916 to detect German airships during WW1.

Disused haybarn on the Croxdale Hall estate.