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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.

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.

An art/science installation involving audience participation and sunshine.

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.

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

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.

A stone circle marking the grave of three kings of Denmark.

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

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.

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

An ancient market cross, the base dating from Medieval times, and a curious stone table once used as a pulpit for John Wesley to preach from.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Statue of Constantine the Great who was made Roman emperor in AD306.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two chambered cairns dating back to the Neolithic period.

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

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

A stunning double headed crag on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill.

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

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

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

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

An old room set out with a seaman’s glass, and other features made from metal and stone. Situated on Lookout Hill overlooking the mouth of the River Wear.

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

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

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'.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An early 18th Century well in Ford.

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

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

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.

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

Medieval fortress dating back to the 13th century.

Disused haybarn on the Croxdale Hall estate.

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

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

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

The last remaining hut built to accomodate the workers who constructed the Catcleugh Reservoir.

A 19th century lime kiln near the Wannie Line.

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

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

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

A medieval dovecote in the middle of a bunch of houses with a dove's eye view of the sea.

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

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

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

A stand alone bell tower for the Church of St Oswald in Kirkoswald, Cumbria.

Originally envisaged as a motte and bailey, Simonburn Castle was eventually a tower house before falling into ruin.

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

Stone steps with a geometric pattern depicting local heritage.

Crackpot hall is an abandoned farm close to the Beldi Hill Lead Mine near Keld in the Yorkshire Dales.

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

The remains of an Iron Age Hillfort sitting on a little spur of Clennell Hill near Alwinton.

Ruined priory built in the 1100s, said to be home of one of Scotland's first Cristian communities.

The Kelpie maquettes in Ardrishaig, at three meters tall are the 1/10 scale prototypes for the real McCoy Kelpies by Andy Scott stabled in Falkirk.

A stunning mural depicting the release of a yellow canary which references the area's mining days and has significance for the future.

A Red Kite Feeding Station set up on a Farm.

Model village near Bridlington featuring local landmarks.

A disused water tower that once supplied Aycliffe Hospital.

A multitude of artifacts, equipment, models, photographs and information on all things mining.

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

An 11th Century Church in the village of Egglescliffe

A redundant Roman Catholic chapel in Biddlestone set in a picturesque copse.

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 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.

Sculptural chairs that are part of the Kielder Art Trail.

RSPB Reserve that is home to the largest reed bed in the north west of England.