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

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.

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

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.

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

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

A three draw arch lime kiln in Otterburn.

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

This is the trig point for Whitelyne Common (519m) near Kielder.

A playful sculpture showing the balancing act of settling a dispute.

An Edwardian Baroque-styled building that is the headquarters of the Durham Miners' Association.

A statue commemorating David Stirling, the founder of the SAS.

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 castle on the south back of Castle Loch near Lockerbie.

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.

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

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

11th century church close to Brough Castle.

Sculpture on the north shore of Kielder Water styled after the OS viewpoint symbol, offering a view of the landscape.

The ruins of an impressive townhouse built by John Erskine, the keeper of Stirling Castle.

Possible parametric art outside Hartlepool College of Further Education.

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.

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

A Church near St Patrick's Chapel, with a number of Viking artefacts in its grounds and within the Church itself.

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.

Impressive Bronze Age stone circle, close to Wigtown.

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

A standstone semi-circular escarpment located above Catcleugh Reservoir near Byrness.

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

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

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 paradisal place of worship dating to the Victorian age.

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

A 60 foot tall landmark maypole on the village green in Ovington, County Durham with an echo of a maypole sculpture in its shadow.

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.

An artwork by Colin Wilbourn that forms part of the Art and Architecture Trail at Kielder Water.

A shelter by Softroom Architects on the shore of Kielder Water.

A sculpture by Anna Gillespie reflecting the maritime heritage of Heysham, Lancashire.

An RSPB Nature Reserve in Dumfries and Galloway, comprising Ancient Woodland, Rivers, Moorland, Grassland and Scrub habitats.

A small Islet in Loch Lomond that is a nature reserve and part of the Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve.

A space age rocket looking communication mast, bound for Mars from the pines of Henshaw Common!

A cool rural wicker man, keeping an eye on any bad lads on the border of Northumberland and Durham.

Howk Bobbin Mill is a ruined 19th century mill, it is hidden away surrounded by trees with the River Caldew running alongside it and the mystical fairy pools nearby.

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

A vivid life size steel ladle pouring molten steel. A reminder of the steel-making industry in this area.

A series of artificial breeding platforms for the world's furthest inland breeding colony of Kittiwakes.

A three dimensional map of Scotland complete with Highlands and islands and a viewing platform in the grounds of The Barony Hotel near Peebles.

A 17th Century Manor House with roots dating back to the 7th Century.

A human home owned by a sculptor who has carved avian abodes in stone for the sparrows sharing his home on Pier Road in Berwick.

A steel sculpture in the shape of a giant pickaxe in Jarrow, created as a memorial to the town’s mining heritage and the communities who worked in the pits.

A monument erected for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.

St Andrew’s Old Church in Upleatham is a small historic church in North Yorkshire, known for its Norman architecture and quiet, rural setting.

An obelisk and monument dedicated the all of the Wigtown Martyrs.

A subtle stone sculpture hidden in a dry stone wall in the middle of the Galloway Forest Park.

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

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

An obelisk commerating playwright and poet James Thomson, who also penned the words to Rule, Britannia.

Discover Blank Canvas in South Bank, a striking steel sculpture by Ray Lonsdale celebrating heritage, resilience and the passing of skills between generations.

A replica of the original public punishment stocks, where wronguns would be sent to pay the price of their general misdemeanours...in full view of Berwick's community!

A white marble statue of Robert Burns, that stands at the end of Dumfries High Street.

Remains of a medieval castle mound overlooking Wooler, thought to be a motte site, later crowned with a war memorial to local soldiers.

A lightweight set of faux stone statues of a knight and handmaiden in The Baa pub beer garden.

Moss Force is a scenic waterfall on Newlands Pass in the Lake District, near Buttermere, with cascades dropping in stages down the slopes of Robinson Fell.

Small woodland waterfall and cascades near Stonehaugh in Northumberland, formed on the Warks Burn.

A small square enclosure, which was used to keep the village's escaped animals in during the 1800s and was managed by the Osmotherley Pinder.

A historic 14th century Tower with Doocot and Gardens in Prestonpans, East Lothian.

Doocot built in the 16th century, which once held over 500 birds.

Monument to Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway, built in 1875.

A type of roundhouse that was built during the Iron Age in Scotland and is located on the slopes of Cockburn Law.

A giant metal sculpture in Gretna, which is home to thousands of 'lovelocks' left by the public declaring their union, and sealing in their commitment.

One of Scotland's oldest stone castles, built in the 1220s.

Ruins of a medieval parish church in Gullane, East Lothian, dating from the 12th century and abandoned in 1612 due to blown sand making it unusable.

Ruins of a late 18th century chapel close to the River Tweed

A memorial dedicated to the local fisher folk of Pittenweem, that lost their lives at sea.

The grave of celebrated Daleswoman Hannah Hauxwell.

A dementia friendly garden within Coronation Park in Cramlington.

A large barracks that was built by the the British Government in 1719 on the site of a medieval castle.

Neidpath Tunnel is a disused 550-metre railway tunnel near Peebles, built in 1864 on the Caledonian Railway’s Symington to Peebles branch line.

A pre-Norman boundary stone from 950AD marking the border between English Northumbria and the Scottish Kingdom of Strathclyde.

A nature reserve which was an old mining area with remains of a monolithic winding engine house.

An obelisk on Whita Hill for John Malcolm, one of Langholm's most accomplished naval officers.

A well head commissioned by Lady Waterford that was once fed by a natural spring and linked to the Battle Of Flodden.

A replica of an Iron Age Roundhouse giving a glimpse into life 2000 years ago.

A museum of the culture and artifacts of the town and surrounds.

A beacon on a hill just outside Richmond that was supposidly erected for Millennium celebrations.

A neoclassical tower that stands on top of a bluff overlooking Portree harbour.

A dovecote or doocot as the Scots call it, next to Northfield house in East Lothian.

An unfinished castle built by Sir John Seton situated a few miles north-east of Haddington in East Lothian.

Ruins of a 14th century chapel in the grounds of Low Friarside Farm.

A ruined bastle which may not have been a bastle after all.

A cool little lime kiln up the side of a hill in Slaggyford.

A memorial, in central Newcastle, to businesswoman and philanthropist Eleanor Allan, who endowed her farmland in Wallsend to purchase a charity school for 40 boys and 20 girls, which was named Dame Allan's School.

A museum of Anglo Saxon history and distillery in Wooler.

A famous 14th century castle popular as a filming location, including Monty Python and Outlander.