Find Places To Visit In The North

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

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

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.

Discover the legend of St Margaret and explore a noble Norman church, with fine vistas, located above the banks of the River Wear.

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

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

A Market Hall, dating from the 17th century and Market Cross thought to date from the 13th century in the centre of Bingley.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

A museum of Anglo Saxon history and distillery in Wooler.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Danby Beacon is a 301m high point on the North York Moors, featuring a 2008 steel sculpture on a Bronze Age barrow..

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 natural well that became a spa on Ilkley Moor.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

The Candlestick Chimney is a tall brick chimney built in the 1840s as part of Wellington Colliery’s ventilation system, now a landmark that recalls the town’s coal mining heritage.

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

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

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.

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.

The Ben Lawers trig point sits above Loch Tay (1214m) near Aberfeldy.

Prehistoric rock art with some of Ilkley Moor's speciality carvings.

An ornate fountain on Kinross High Street, which contains a time capsule from 1885.

12th century cross, possibly a Christianised monolith.

A 19th Century Boundary Stone on Ilkley Moor.

An unfinished hotel left to ruin in the hills near Oban.

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.

An easy to access hill with stunning views over Cullen, that once was the site of a motte and bailey castle.

A towering Obelisk on Murrayshall Hill near Scone dedicated to Thomas Graham of Balgowan.

An 18th-century commemorative tower built by the MacDuff family, former landowners of the nearby Bonhard House.

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

A fantastic 14th century ruinous castle that has had many extensions and gardens added over the ages.

A waterfall that is reached via the Birks of Aberfeldy, where Robert Burns was inspired to write a poem.

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

A large ruinous estate house that has been taken over by nature.

A pretty little waterfall on the Maspie Burn, that can be found on the large Falkland Estate.

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 beautiful, secluded mill in a wooded valley, peppered with spring flowers and bird song.

The ruin of the a 1912 memorial chapel, containing graves of the Crichton-Stuart family.