Find Places To Visit In The North

An 18th Century engine house near Settlingstones, built to contain a 70” Cornish Condensing Engine and the discovery place of the mega mineral Witherite

The filming location for Hagrid's Hut from the Harry Potter movies set up in Clachaig, Glencoe.

A hillfort in Colwell near Swinburne with a large outcrop of whinstone on the north face.

The Whitton Hill trig point is hidden in a copse of trees (74m) near Ford And Etal.

This is the trig point for White House Hill (169m) near Alnwick.

This is the trig point for Monkside (513m) near Kielder.

The Cramondhill trig point sits in a field (79m) near Ford And Etal.

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

The Thistle Green trig point sits on Cronkley Fell (544m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The Black Hill trig point sits north of Westernhope Moor (559m) near Stanhope.

The Reddings Hill trig point sits in the corner of a field (147m) near Hurworth Burn Reservoir, Wingate, Hartlepool.

This is the trig point for Mayland Lea Farm sitting by a wall in a field (305m) near Bishop Auckland.

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

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

Stone steps with a geometric pattern depicting local heritage.

A large-scale mural bursting with energy, depicting Roker Lighthouse.

A huge metal spider artwork on the side of a house in North Shields.

Part of the Great Whin Sill located in Holwick in the Pennine Hills.

A six foot stone hat tip to the efforts and energies of the women who kept the herring industry afloat in Dunbar.

The pillar marks the location where Lady Anne Clifford, said farewell to her mother in 1616 near the gateway to Brougham Castle.

A grade II drainage portal with a rustic tally house which was used to explore and drain ground in Allendale for mining.

A memorial to the mining past depicting a miner with a pickaxe, working in a narrow seam.

A gas-fired beacon installed for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.

A 16th Century Church with links to the now demolished Wetheral Priory.

A memorial drinking fountain, dedicated to the memory of the 3rd Earl Ravensworth in Whittingham.

A monument to where a Richmond man's horse threw him over a cliff and his plan to stay alive.

The remains of a Saxon Cross adjacent to the B6275 which follows the line of the old Roman Road Dere Street.

The remains of a medieval cross with only a socket stone and stone shaft still standing.

A ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house located on a ridge above Seacliff beach.

A 14th century ruined castle in the small village of Innerwick built for Scottish royals.

A museum with a truckload of old bikes beautifully restored by past racer Mike Barry.

A 4m standing stone, most likely a headless cross, maybe thrown there by giants or the devil.

A beautiful pele tower perched on Minto Crags peaking out of the trees.

The Law Plantation trig point sits in woodland (177m) near Belford.

The Currack Rigg trig point sits on moorland (304m) near Barnard Castle.

The Woodland trig point sits on Hindon Hill (370m) near Witton le Wear.

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

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

The Hillingdon Farm trig point on the edge of a field (249m) near Barnard Castle.

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.

An old cemetery containing important memorials, with a great viewpoint for Stirling Castle and the surrounding hills.

An ancient harbour that has been active since medieval times.

Spectacular cave on the Isle of Staffa formed by basalt pillars

A real Iron Ore mine which has now been converted into a museum.

A spectacular stone circle on the Moor Divock area of Askham Fell near Ullswater.

An Iron Age hillfort sitting on top of Great Hetha in the College Valley.

Impressive lime kilns hidden away in woodland near Christon Bank.

The tide stone was a 1783 stone marker denoting the tidal limit of the river Tyne before it moved further upstream to Wylam.

19th century church built by the Salvin family.

An old hillfort sitting on top of Green Humbleton in the borders.

Lime kilns built in 1847, hidden away in the beautiful Weardale countryside.

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

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

The Citron Seat trig point sits on Gilmonby Moor (446m) near Barnard Castle.

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

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

Majestic swan mural by Frank Styles on the wall of the Salvation Army building, Swan Lodge.

A bronze statue unveiled in 1995 in Ashington, commemorating Newcastle United legend Jackie Milburn.

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.

A water pump and stone trough, with nearby set of medieval stocks.

A bronze cast statue of the remarkable war-time bear who lived and travelled with Polish soldiers, and ended his days living in the Scottish Border town of Duns, before retiring to Edinburgh Zoo.

An unusual two story concrete walkway that runs around the perimeter of Torness Nuclear Power Station and includes a fenced off pier.

A concrete crocodile on the banks of the River Wear in Washington, built as part of the new housing estate.

A stone monumnet standing on the Eston Hills that replaced a Napoleonic beacon.

The remains of a tower that was part of a 15th century manor house.

A private beach to the east of North Berwick with views to Bass Rock.

A well connected to a freshwater spring, developed by Allen Valley philanthropist Issac Holden to improve the quality of drinking water for the people of his community in Allendale.

A Grade II listed Water Tower in Teesside built by Sir Hugh Bell in 1915 to supply water to Ingleby Arncliffe and Rounton villages which houses some unexpected things within.

Impressive Bronze Age stone circle, close to Wigtown.

Monument built in 1835 in memory of a local shepherd's boy, Alexander Murray.

A monument to two engineers who died during the collapse of the Penmanshiel Tunnel expansion.

An obelisk erected to James Maitland Balfour, MP and Major Commandant of the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry.

The Eildon Mid Hill trig point sits on the tallest of the Eildon hills (422m) near Melrose.

A ruin of a folly shaped like a shepherd's hut on the Alnwick moors.

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

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

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.

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

A bronze statue unveiled in October 2022 in Hirst Park, Ashington, honouring Jack Charlton and created by sculptor Douglas Jennings.

A rock formation on Ilkley Moor thought to resemble a Cow and its Calf.

A Romano British stone, thought to be from the 2nd or 3rd century, only discovered in the 1970s when the river swelled and revealed his cheery disposition at Waters Meet near Acomb.

A beautiful old bridge build in 1717 that crosses the River Dulnain in the pretty highland village of Carrbridge.

A six foot high stone marking the site of the battle of Moss Raploch, where Robert the Bruce is rumoured to have rested.

Halton Castle is a picturesque, privately owned pele tower close to Hadrian's Wall and the village of Corbridge in Northumberland.

A sculptural shelter that forms part of the Kielder Art Trail.

A spectacular medieval ruin, in Muggleswick near Consett, built during the mid 1200s which was home to a farm, a chapel, a grange and a dairy, which belonged to the Prior of Durham.

Square lighthouse overlooking the Solway Firth.

A Grade II, early 19th century dovecote with the square tower loosely modelled on the tower of The Church of St Andrew in Hartburn.

A cast iron book sculpture a dedicated to the Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid.

A spectacular mausoleum for the British soldier Thomas Monteath Douglas.

A ruined castle on the Scottish side of the border built by the 1st Earl of Roxburghe.

A folly named after a princess overlooking bodies in a natural woodland burial site!

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

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

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

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 vibrant mural painted on a gable-end wall, paying tribute to the history of Chester le Street.

A ruined 15th century castle that was once the seat of the Clan Campbell.

Public art of a brick boat which was created by locals and is also a lovely rockery.