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

An early 18th Century well in Ford.

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

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

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

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

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.

Disused haybarn on the Croxdale Hall estate.

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 Red Kite Feeding Station set up on a Farm.

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.

Model village near Bridlington featuring local landmarks.

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

An 11th Century Church in the village of Egglescliffe

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

The Red Lion Farm trig point sits in a hedge (66m) near Hartlepool.

The Toy Top trig point is in woodland (208m) near Bishop Auckland.

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

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

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

The remaining gatehouse and garderobe of Bewcastle Castle which was built in the 14th century by one of Edward III's generals.

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

A disused water tower that once supplied Aycliffe Hospital.

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

A Bronze Age four-poster stone circle located near Ravensheugh Crags in Northumberland.

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

The Murton Whitehouse trig point sits on a footpath behind the Kells (109m) near Berwick Upon Tweed.

This is the trig point for Ellis Crag (498m) near Byrness.

This is the trig point for Broom Hill (127m) near Belsay.

The Highwatch Currick trig point sits above Burnhope Reservoir (639m) near Alston.

The Dry Rigg trig point sits on Redburn Common (561m) near Rookhope.

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

The UK's first local nature reserve, established in 1952.

Two weathered rock formations representing a priest and his clerk on the banks of Cartington Hill in Rothbury.

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

Ruins of a 12th century Benedictine priory, close to the banks of the River Swale.

Training trenches dug by members of the 18th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in preparation for World War I.

Well kept 16th century peel tower in the Scottish Borders, home to the infamous Border Reiver Johnnie Armstrong.

Ruined 14th century pele tower set in the Cumbrian countryside.

A 29m high tower on Byres Hill built as a monument to John Hope, the 4th Earl of Hopetoun.

A beautiful little barn used to collect tithes in the middle ages.

A small cave in a huge rock up a hill where it was thought St Cuthbert may have stayed.

This is the trig point for Bolts Law Smalesmouth (395m) near Kielder.

This is the trig point for Blackwool Law (266m) near Rochester.

The Hill Head Farm trig point sits at the edge of a field (186m) near Gateshead.

The Hardberry Hill trig point sits above the Coldberry Gutter (530m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

Quirky water mill maintained by National Trust for Scotland.

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

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

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.

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

A local nature reserve with a modern history of regeneration from marshland to bog due to the end of water mills.

A mid to late 12th century Kirk (Church) in the Romanesque style in Haddington, East Lothian.

A ruined bastle in Redesdale near Otterburn in Northumberland standing as a reminder of the tumultuous history of the borders.

A standing stone marking the northern source of the River Tyne in Deadwater.

A severely ruined 15th century tower in Little Swinburne.

A fine example of a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders

This is the trig point for Rhodes Hill (146m) near Ford And Etal.

The Knarsdale Forest trig point sits on Black Hill (484m) near Alston.

This is the trig point for Highfield (309m) near Falstone.

This is the trig point for Berrymoor Edge (459m) near Kielder.

The Brown Rigg trig point sits on Cotherston Moor (419m) near Barnard Castle.

The Lintzgarth Common trig point sits on Windy Hill (554m) near Rookhope.

The West House Field trig point sits in a hedge (82m) near Sedgefield.

The Beaumont Hill trig point sits on Tutin Hill (93m) near Darlington.

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

A Church in Romaldkirk known as the "Cathedral of the Dales" and dating back to Saxon 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 life saving barometer swallowed up in the body of a monument to the fishermen of Dunbar.

A lovely cascading waterfall in a stunning gorge near Hethpool in The Cheviots.

Sculptural chairs that are part of the Kielder Art Trail.

Explore the historic Bantling Lime Kilns near Consett – a striking remnant of County Durham’s industrial heritage, set along the scenic C2C cycle route.

A 15th Century Gatehouse to Wetheral Priory, which is all that remains of the complex following the Dissolution of the Monastaries.

The smallest place of sanctuary, rolling out of West Woodburn, between the road and the river, lies the church of St Cuthbert's, Corsenside.

When art meets mathematics you get a geometric granite sculpture.

A historical sliver in pinky Penrith sandstone, Kirkoswald Castle was built to impress and defend.

A stone circle showing all the different kinds of stone that are quarried in the area.

A stunning house and landscaped grounds which is the seat of the Earls of Wemyss.

A 19th century lime kiln near the Wannie Line.

The New Heaton trig point sits in a copse of trees (92m) near Ford And Etal.

This is the trig point for Byers Pike (458m) near Allendale.

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

The Moss Mire trig point sits in a field opposite a disused quarry (308m) near Barnard Castle.

The Kilmond Scar trig point lies on its side in a quarry (311m) near Barnard Castle.

The Maryside Hill trig point sits in a field next to a golf course (51m) near Ryton.

The Harter Fell trig point sits on Crossthwaite Common (481m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

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

Commemorative viewing tower in the Forest of Bowland, built in 1887.

A pint sized place of worship overlooking the Tyne Valley and the baptismal church of British landscape artist John Martin.

A boulder marking where Marion Lillie, also known as the Ringwoodie Witch, was executed in 1696.

A narrow limestone staircase on a former corpse route in Southern Cumbria with legends of faeries, wishes and even a demonic dog.

Mural of the Fair Slayer By Smug.

Explore 13th century Dally Castle ruins, one of Northumberland's earliest hall houses showcasing medieval architecture.

A monument to two shepherds who lost their lives in a snow storm and ultimately led to the formation of the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team.