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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

An 18th Century church dedicated to St Ebba.

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'.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 precariously placed lime kiln pit near Cocklawburn beach.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Stone steps with a geometric pattern depicting local heritage.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An early 18th Century well in Ford.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.​

Medieval fortress dating back to the 13th century.

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

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.

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.

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 highest perched toilet in England, situated in Northumberland National Park

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

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.

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

A sculpture at the source of the River Rede of a feral Northumberland goat, living its leaping life just above the peeping eye of Catcleugh Reservoir.

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

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.

An 11th Century Church in the village of Egglescliffe

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

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