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The trig point sitting on top of The Cheviot Summit (815m).

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Decommissioned leading lights in North Shields.

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

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

Caves at Cullercoats Bay known locally as Fairies Caves.

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

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

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

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

Edwardian Baroque styled town hall which embodies civic pride.

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

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

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

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

A ruined Augustinian Abbey in the town of Jedburgh.

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

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

A 19th Century Public Park designed by Edward Kemp.

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

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

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

18th century lime kilns in the harbour of Beadnell Bay

The trig point sitting on top of Shaftoe Crags (213m).

The largest timber structure in Europe, built in 1893.

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

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

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

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

A Victorian Public Park dating from 1880.

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

162 hectare park with ponds, walkways and bird hides.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Birthplace of mechanical engineer George Stephenson, built around 1760.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A spectacular waterfall at the head of a forest walk.

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

A museum dedicated to the Volunteer Life Brigade at Tynemouth.

All that would have been dock life around the 18th century and complete with one of The Admiralties Frigates, The HMS Trincomalee.

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

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

A replica of the gibbet used to display the body of the murderer William Winter.

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

The trig point sitting on top of Windy Gyle (619m).

A giant 15 foot spoon in between two fields near Cramlington and Seghill as part of a National Lottery funded art trail.

Five bronze life-size swans in various stages of flight that look naturally interwoven with each other.

A 14th century defensive pele tower once used as a vicarage and now is a micro gin bar.

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.

Castle dating back to the 17th century and home to the bishops of Durham.

Modernist footbridge completed without using scaffolding in 1963

A pair of tunnels under the River Tyne for use by pedestrians and cyclists.

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

A ruined fortress in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, first built by a Norman baron in c. 1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd.

Stepping stones over Ladyburn Lake in Druridge Bay Country Park.

A 13th century fortified manor house set in beautiful woodland setting near Corbridge.

A mural depicting history and noteworthy people and places of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

An independent Library, the largest outside of London, in the centre of Newcastle established in 1793, opened in 1825 and home of Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society.

Medieval castle, home to the Clifford family for 400 years

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

A 19th Century Windmill in Fulwell, built for Joseph Swan in 1806.

The most photographed location in the Lake District. An 18th century Packhorse Bridge.

A Roman Temple dedicated to the God Mithras near to Brocolitia Fort on Hadrian's Wall.

A 12th century medieval monastery built on a bend of the River Coquet, near Rothbury.