Find Places To Visit In The North

A series of waterfalls on the Buchan Burn in the heart of the Galloway Forest Park.

An iron age hillfort on top of Sinkside Hill in the north west of the Cheviots.

Small ruined castle in the grounds of the Glengarry Castle estate.

A 5m high cairn on Padon Hill marking the wedding anniversary of some local notables and to honour the work of a prominent Presbyterian preacher.

A castellated lodge built for the Wellington Pit in Whitehaven, now serving as a Coastguard base and one of the few remaining surface buildings from the colliery.

An automated mechanical ‘steam train’which appears every day tooting and clacking.

Museum in Selkirk’s old courthouse where Sir Walter Scott served as sheriff for nearly 30 years, showcasing his life, work and role in local justice.

A 19th century parish church in Kirk Yetholm, built in 1836 in a simple Gothic style and still in use for worship today.

A unique postmodern architecture and a memorial to a firefighter who died in the line of duty.

A lighthouse built in 1908, on the headland near Ruby Bay, with fantastic views over the Firth of Forth.

Memorial and artwork unveiled in 2019 to commemorate the contribution of RAF Carnaby during World War II.

The Bowstones are Anglo Saxon cross shafts dating to the 9th or 10th century, located on the outskirts Lyme Park’s ridge with links to Robin Hood.

A chunky crag sitting on West Hill on the Cheviot summit in the Northumberland National Park.

A hidden away well to the west of Branxton Village, inscribed with a quotation from Sir Walter Scott's poem 'Marmion', about a knight mortally wounded at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 who drinks from the spring.

A 15 meter high uniquely shaped natural sea arch near Portknockie.

Not one, but two stone circles a short walk from each other next to the River Esk.

Saltcoats Castle is a ruinous courtyard castle near Gullane in East Lothian.

Kisdon is a hill with a large cairn (499m) near Keld, Upper Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.

A tumble down 16th century pele tower in the Borders, built with the biggest cyclopean stones, and only sheep for neighbours.

A ruined castle built in the early 1300s by the influential Hepburn family.

An elaborate white octagonal Greek style dome, containing the grave of Robert Burns.

A parish war memorial at Kirknewton with a stepped base and stone cross, commemorating those who fell in the World Wars.

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

The house where the poet Robert Burns spent his final days and is now a museum.

Beautiful Victorian church built in 1862, with remains of a 16th century pele tower in the grounds.

A series of rounded sandstones deep in the Irthing Gorge made famous by the marriage proposal of Sir Walter Scott to his lady.

The Sir Walter Scott mural in Galashiels is a large street‑art portrait on Bank Close, installed in 2022 to celebrate the writer’s local ties.

Striking remnants of 19th century ironstone mining, with unique ridged landscapes and fascinating industrial history.

An 18th century windmill that was used to pump sea water into the neighbouring salt pans.

A ruined Norman fortress built in the 12th century, with remains including the keep and gatehouse overlooking the River Ehen.

A collection of bronze and brass sculptures, abstract shapes, spitting out their edges over the sea at Prestonpans.

Ruins of a church standing at the former headquarters of the Knights Templar in Scotland.

A castle built on an island in the middle of Loch an Eilein.

A ruinous 13th century Priory, that is on the Lake of Menteith and is only accessible by boat.

Prehistoric carved rock dating back to the Neolithic period, almost 5,000 years ago.

An impressive 15th century ruinous castle, located in a fantastic position on the foothills of the Ochils near Dollar.

A sculpture dedicated to the Dalry Covenanter's in St John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries & Galloway.

A fantastic large folly on a hill overlooking the Moray Firth near Dingwall in Scotland.

Kennedy's Cairn is a giant stone and cement cairn that sits near the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse near Stranraer.

A sculpture sitting on the gable end of a house in Selkirk commemorating the history and heritage of the shoemaking industry in this small Scottish town.

On the headland at Skateraw stands a cairn topped by a cross, a memorial to the boys of St Giles' (later Cannongate Boys Club).

A famous sandstone sea stack 60m in height near the Stoer Lighthouse off the north west coast of Assynt.

Corsbie Tower is a ruined 16th-century tower house near Gordon in the Scottish Borders, built by the Cranstoun family and surrounded by earthwork defences.what

Tower set in the beautiful Cumbrian countryside, part of an old parish church.

A hidden away old marker stone in the wilds of Coquetdale delineating the boundary between Harbottle and Hepple.

A memorial column on Dumfries High Street that was erected in 1780 to commemorate the 3rd Duke of Queensberry.

A man made round cairn on top of Carter Bike near to the border.

The remains of a 18th century salt pans set on the coastal path near St Monans.

A 15th century ruinous castle that sits on top of the cliffs near St Monans overlooking the Firth of Forth.

This garden is one of the initiatives set up to revitalise the town of Stranraer after losing its ferry port.

The ruins of an ancient church near Kirkbank, that have been converted into a burial enclosure.

A fountain and statue in the village of Falkland, dedicated to Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce, who married Margaret Bruce, heiress to the Falkland Estate.

Stone cairn near Carr Edge in Northumberland, built in 1927 to commemorate Baden-Powell’s 1908 visit for the first official Scout camp.

A natural well that became a spa on Ilkley Moor.

A 1930's built outdoor tidal swimming pool, on the coastal path at St Monans.

Corbar Cross is a landmark cross on Corbar Hill overlooking Buxton, originally erected in 1950 to mark the Holy Year and later replaced after damage and vandalism.

A steel sculpture made from hundreds of interwoven leaves honouring 81 residents of Prestonpans who were executed for witchcraft.

Torwoodlee Broch is an Iron Age stone roundhouse near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, built around 100 AD and later destroyed during Roman occupation.

An outstanding waterfall, where the River Dee is forced through narrow rock channels.

A ruinous castle built on a mound that was occupied from the Middle Ages, near New Galloway. Parts of the 17th century castle still remain in the existing structure.

A great set of waterfalls on the Black Water River next to Silverbridge just north of Garve near Dingwall in Scotland.

A memorial obelisk on Lanton Hill erected by Alexander Davison in memory of his brother, John Davison.

The Rubers Law trig point sits on a hill in Denholm (424m) near Hawick.

The Kinnoull Hill trig point sits on Kinnoull Hill (222m) above Perth.

The Braid Hills trig point sits on a golf course (208m) near Edinburgh.

A beautifully ornate cast iron fountain originally erected in 1882 on Dumfries High Street.

An unusual fountain on the site of the old Corn Mill in Galashiels.

The famous castle built on an island in the middle of Loch Leven, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.

A sculpture in Galashiels keeping alive the story of Robert Colter, local weaver and confectioner who brought boiled sweets and songs to the local children of the town.

A well or Pant dating to 1846 in the village of Doddington.

A Second World War radar tower at Shoreswood Farm, built as part of Britain’s early warning system and one of the few surviving examples in Northumberland.

Nenthead in minature. A model village designed and handmade by retired miner Lowson Robinson, nestled in the North Peninnes in Cumbria.

A blunt, blocky tower used as a look out against Border Reivers by the monks of Alnwick Abbey, sitting on Heiferlaw Hill just outside of Alnwick.

A beautiful loch that reflects the cairngorm mountains and offers a brilliant walks around it's banks.

Huge plant shoots created by Andrew McKeown from Corten Steel.

An early 12th century Motte & Bailey Castle in a beautiful spot near Elgin.

Replica of a Roman-era rock carving near Risingham in Northumberland, showing a standing male figure believed to represent a local god or guardian spirit.

A monument that sits in woodland on Torr Alvie, commemorating the Duke of Gordon who died in 1836.

A beehive doocot that sits on the cliff top, 100m east of Newark Castle near St Monans.

St Lioba’s Shrine in Slack Head, Beetham is a small roadside memorial built into a stone wall, marking an Anglo‑Saxon saint’s local veneration.

Flare kiln close to Beetham village in an AONB

The Dumyat trig point sits on the hills (419m) north east of Stirling.

A beautiful lighthouse that sits above the windswept cliffs on the north west coast of Assynt.

A beautiful lattice girder bridge, built in 1905 to provide easy access to the Mar Lodge Estate.

Lilliard’s Stone near Ancrum marks the grave of legendary Scottish warrior Lilliard, said to have fought in the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.

The Ben Wyvis trig point is the highest point in Easter Ross (1046m) near Dingwall in Scotland.

The Lochnagar trig point is the highest of the White Mounth Munros (1155m) near Ballater, Aberdeenshire.

A Grade II Listed Ancient waymarker on an old trading route along the County Durham and North Yorkshire border.

A little stone circle sitting at the bottom of Dunmoor next to Cunyan Crags.

A curious calcium carbonate formation made of petrified plant life in the harbour in Sunderland.

A statue of Jean Armour, the wife of Robert Burns located between their old house and their mausoleum.

A playful cast iron greyhound sculpture by Irene Brown symbolising movement and shared progress.

A sculpture of a man made of many mirrors, standing in the depths of Loch Earn at St Fillans near Killin.

Memorial to Eleanor “Nellie” Heron, a Northumberland hill woman who died in a snowstorm in 1863 while crossing Alnham Moor, marked by a lone stone on Salters Road.

A large tower shaped landmark that sits on the edge of a golf course overlooking the firth of forth.

A stone shrine built in the 1950s by Brian Foxton, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and maintained by St Anne’s Church, Buxton.

A garden in Scotland notable for its respect to Japanese culture and for having been both designed and conceived by women.

A ruinous country house, that was built in 1812 and has now succumbed to nature in the Mugdock Country Park.

Find the exact location and where to park for the Monument Hill Trig Point (355m) near Langholm.

A restored orangery and the brainchild of The Duchess of Buccleugh, in the grounds of Dalkeith Palace.