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A charity and working community farm in the urban heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Relief sculpture around a metro ventilation shaft.

18th century gateway to Craster Tower, now an iconic entrance to the village of Craster.

A staircase leading up to where the battery would have been in Newcastle.

Over 10 acres of glorious trees, and plants with stunning romantic backdrops such as St Marys Abbey, The Hospitium, St Marys Tower, and the Roman Walls.

The original 1910 building with the new lantern on its roof.

The Military Road trig point sits on the roadside (269m) near Corbridge.

A 19th century viaduct that spans the valley of Batty Moss in the Yorkshire Dales.

Two waterfalls on the River Tees within the North Pennine AONB.

Redundant marine buoys that are artfully decorated and now sit on the banks of the River Tyne.

A former courthouse, and gateway to a gaol, now a restaurant and apartments.

Medieval, Regency, and Victorian splendour all under several roofs. A wonderful deer park and woods. Oh and of course, it's haunted!

A limestone cave in Knaresborough where local legend has it that Mother Shipton was born and lived.

A life sized bronze sculpture in memory of Lord Armstrong on Barras Bridge outside the Hancock Museum.

Emily Davison was a militant suffragette who died after throwing herself in front of the king's horse at the Epsom Derby.

Something for all ages, from dinosaurs to mining, shipbuilding, glass, art, natural history, and an arboretum!

A 16-hectare lake set in a country park that was once one of the biggest colliery spoil heaps in Europe.

Excavated Roman fort, with a museum and 35m viewing tower.

A beautiful folly set in the grounds of the Gibside estate which is now a holiday home.

Potentially one of the earliest stone circles in Britain, thought to be constructed around 3000BC, located in one of the finest locations within the Lake District National Park.

The Killingworth trig point (0m) within Killingworth Village.

Ruins of a Roman garrison located on Hadrians Wall, with a museum of artifacts found on site.

A research and teaching laboratory which formed part of the School of Marine Science and Technology at Newcastle University. It is now part of the larger School of Natural and Environmental Sciences.

This is the trig point for Long Crag (320m) in Thrunton Wood near Rothbury.

Decommissioned leading lights in North Shields.

12th century abbey dedicated to St Andrew, in the heart of Hexham.

A hospital built on the site of a 13th century Augustinian Friary to house the "poor freemen" of Newcastle.

Edwardian Baroque styled town hall which embodies civic pride.

The Grade I listed Cathedral Church of St Mary, Newcastle's Catholic and first Cathedral.

Also known as All Saints Chantry, it’s a Grade I listed building now housing a bagpipe museum.

Causey Arch is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world.

The gatehouse of the original motte and bailey castle in Morpeth.

This is the trig point for Penshaw Hill (136m) near Sunderland.

A 12th century church standing on the site of the original wooden church built by St Aidan in the 7th century.

Lime kilns on the coast near South Shields, built in the 1870s.

Caves at Cullercoats Bay known locally as Fairies Caves.

Finchale Priory was a benedictine priory founded in 1196 on the site of the hermitage of Saint Godric.

A curvaceous staircase in wood, metal and concrete by Thomas Heatherwick.

The Vampire Rabbit is a strange and mysterious “grotesque” that can be found above the door at the rear entrance to the historic Cathedral Buildings, adjacent to Newcastle Cathedral.

A 19th Century Public Park designed by Edward Kemp.

A small rock arch off the coast in South Shields near Souter Lighthouse.

A natural tidal pool in Whitley Bay that was expanded for swimmers in the 19th century.

A spectacular natural landform of Limestone Pavement in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The trig point called Brunton Bridge Farm Trig Point on Brunton Lane (62m).

A grade I listed castle built in 1392, now a stunning hotel.

A Grade I listed building built around 1278 and situated at a shallow crossing point on the River Till, Ford, Northumberland.

Designed and built as a museum in the style of a French Chateau and housing 22 galleries. Famous for the amazing kinetic art of the Silver Swan.

A ruined Augustinian Abbey in the town of Jedburgh.

The trig point sitting on top of Garleigh Moor (268m).

18th century lime kilns in the harbour of Beadnell Bay

The first pier on the North East Coast and last pier in Yorkshire.

A reconstruction of a gatehouse and buildings on the original foundations of the Roman buildings.

A ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne.

A coastal success in the Turning of the Tide Project and something for all the senses

The largest timber structure in Europe, built in 1893.

162 hectare park with ponds, walkways and bird hides.

The trig point sitting on top of Gains Law in The Cheviots (319m).

The longest surviving section of 'broad wall' on Hadrians Wall.

A traditional Victorian Park packed with features sitting between Tynemouth and North Shields.

A sandstone ridge to the south of Rothbury with teems of crags, wildlife and amazing views.

A Victorian Public Park dating from 1880.

Probably the largest lime kiln in Northumberland sitting next to Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.

The trig point sitting on Cold Law on Thorgrafton Common (453m).

This is the trig point for Brenkley Hill (83m) near Cramlington.

Saltburn is home to the oldest water-balanced funicular in the UK and the second oldest in the whole wide world! A cliff lift with the most sensational view of the sea and sand below.

Early Norman castle built in the 1070s by Alan Rufus.

A 14th century ruined castle managed by the English Heritage.

An obelisk standing in Richmond Market Place dating to 1771 with a surprising hidden secret.

A new artwork on the King Street Stairs leading from the Quayside to All Saints Church.

Beautiful 360 hectare woodland, great for walkers, cyclists and horse riders.

A 19th century fountain dedicated to Bryan Adamson, a lieutenant of the HMS Wasp that was lost at sea.

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington, first president of the USA.

The trig point sitting on top of Target Plantation (250m) above Rothbury.

A Victorian park with many fine features, sculptures, and modern-day art installations including reference to Lewis Carroll.

The ever changing Ouseburn Street Art and Installations.

Over six hundred years of stones crossing the Coquet, connecting the route of the old corn road from Hexham to Alnmouth.

An abstract sculpture by Eilis O'Connell of a conical, polished stainless-steel sculpture.

A church with 13th century and earlier origins set on the spectacular Church Point Headland in Newbiggin by the Sea

Birthplace of mechanical engineer George Stephenson, built around 1760.

This is the trig point for Sewingshields Crags (326m) near Haydon Bridge.

A statue of Queen Victoria in St Nicholas' Square to commemorate 500 years of Shrievalty.

Modernist footbridge completed without using scaffolding in 1963

A nature reserve at the northern end of Druridge Bay and one of the best wildlife spots in the north east.

This is the trig point for Greensheen Hill (206m) near Belford.

Locomotion in Shildon is a captivating railway museum that showcases the history of locomotives and their impact on transportation.

An urban conservation area, with grand buildings, cobbled lanes, River Tyne views, and a few pubs.

This is the trig point for Limestone Bank (251m) near Simonburn.

A monument built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and also celebrate William Wouldhave and Henry Greathead, two of the people credited with the design of the first self-righting lifeboat.

Church in the heart of Corbridge village, originally built around 674.

A 14th century Hermitage carved out of the bedrock on the River Coquet.

A piece of public art found at Blyth Quayside representing a full sized steam train and tender.

The smallest museum in Northumberland (if not the world!!) with pictures, memorabilia and trinkets about boating life in Alnmouth.

A quaint little fishing village set around old fishermen's cottages and spectacular jagged cliffs - Also twinned with New Asgard!

A spectacular waterfall at the head of a forest walk.

A museum dedicated to the Volunteer Life Brigade at Tynemouth.

A castelled octagonal building in Seaton Sluice that was once a tax office, harbour master house and now a gallery.

A 12th century castle that saw plenty of action during the wars between England and Scotland.

The banqueting hall where Lord Armstrong would entertain his guests.

An old school hall in Ford Village that was decorated with biblical murals by Lady Waterford over 21 years.

A grade II listed rib-arch bridge over the River Tyne.