Find Places To Visit In The North

The Market Cross was erected to the memory of Lord And Lady Armstrong.

One of Blighty’s oldest wooden ship-lapped buildings. Fresh from a new coat of paint.

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.

A trail of 12 bird related art exhibits dotted around the town of Amble. Find their exact whereabouts with our handy map and exact locations.

Two Parks, Castle Vale and Coronation Park, set either side of Berwick Station which include footpaths, shelters, rose gardens and a lily pond.

A defensive gun battery established near the mouth of the Tyne during the Anglo Dutch Wars in the 17th Century and used during various later conflicts.

A Grecian style summerhouse on the banks of the River Wear named after a Polish entertainer.

Said to be the location where St Cuthbert agreed to become Bishop of Lindisfarne when petitioned by the king.

A beautiful ruined abbey on the estate of Jervaulx Hall was the original home of Wensleydale cheese.

Situated in Holburn, St Cuthbert either lived in this cave as a hermit or his body was laid to rest here by monks escpaing from the vikings!

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

A lighthouse situated 100m inland in Bath Terrace, Blyth.

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

Small National Trust site with medieval hall dating back to the 13th century.

A purpose built library, which opened in 1926 with funding from the Carnegie Trust.

A unique gun that would disappear into its turret to reload, devised during the Crimean War.

Ushaw College is a former Catholic seminary, partially designed by Augustus Pugin.

A ruined chapel that was once a popular place for pilgrimages.

The deer house is a rare and well preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture built in 1760.

Beautiful ruins of small monastery founded by White Canons set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

A tunnel running from the Town Moor to the Ouseburn that was used to transport coal and then became an air raid shelter.

A riverside walk along the River Blyth, accessed on either side by stepping stones.

A Coxswain Statue by Ray Lonsdale is a tribute to the RNLI and the 9 lives lost on the Lifeboat 'The George Elmy'.

Statues of three heads representing different eras of human and industrial production.

The first five sailed smock style windmill in Britain and the only remaining one in the North East.

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

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.

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

25 acres of plants from five continents. Also eye-catching art installations such as boots, bugs, and fungi.

An amazing example of a Victorian designed viaduct spanning 260m over the South River Tyne.

A statue of the comedy icon and one half of the legendary duo Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel to celebrate his time living in North Tyneside.

A ruined Vicar's Pele sitting on the main high street in Ponteland.

A pleasant green with many fine views of magnificent landmarks of North and South Shields.

A sculpture of three miners waiting to go down the pit. It’s a reminder of the three mines that Seaham once had.

Dramatic landscape and panoramic views of the coast. Stone art with science, history and mythology.

The ancestral home of the Earls Grey since 1319. (As in the tea!)

The trig point sitting on top of Ros Castle (316m).

This peninsula has several pleasing aspects such as a lighthouse, a cannon and the goddess Nike atop the war memorial.

24 hectare park with lake, woodland and waymarked paths in the heart of Gateshead.

A delightful 12th-century church tucked away beside the magnificent Seaton Delaval Hall.

A sail-less 19th century windmill in Lynemouth.

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

When originally built, the Union Chain Bridge near Berwick Upon Tweed was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world.

Ruins of a 12th century priory on the Bolton Abbey estate.

A large rock sitting in Collywell Bay at Seaton Sluice that a local once grew things on.

An 18 metre waterfall in the beautiful Ingram Valley.

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.

Lanercost Priory, founded in 1169, is a well-preserved medieval Augustinian priory in Brampton, Cumbria.

A short but sweet 0.8km sculpture trail in Thornley Woods.

A modern take on a 16th Century Physic Garden dedicated to the life of Morpeth native William Turner, also known as the "Father of British Botany"

An 18m tall Obelisk sitting 900m south of Seaton Delaval Hall.

The peninsula part of Holy Island, made up of dunes, salt marshes, Snook House and Snook Tower

The grave of famed Lakeland Poet, William Wordsworth.

Art installation near Middlesbrough football ground.

Life size sculpture referring to the legend of Durham's founding on the banks of the River Wear

A skeleton of a castle built by the Lowther family who have owned this estate since before the 11th century.

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

A small stone building used to store the explosives during the construction of the seahouses pier and harbour.

Childhood home of Richard III, built in the 12th century

A 16th-century tower house in the town of Jedburgh, where it is believed that Mary stayed for a few weeks in 1566. The house is now a museum dedicated to Mary's life and times.

A feast for photographers, natural history enthusiasts, structure admirers, sculpture lovers and children

An airfield mainly for pleasure flights where you can sit with a cup of tea in the observation deck and watch the planes take off and land.

Founded about AD 670–675, it is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England.

221 hectares of woodland, grassland and paths leading to the beautiful Durham coast.

Anglo-Saxon Monastery where St Bede spent his life from the age of seven.

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

54m high viaduct, built with the help of Robert Stephenson.

An 18th century shooting box built for Captain Wilson on the slopes of Roseberry Topping.

WW2 pillbox disguised as a ruined house.

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

A white pyramid daymark on the north east Emmanuel Head of Holy Island.

A small five stone circle set in a beautiful location in Duddo Northumberland.

34 pieces of enlarged micro marine life made from weathered Corten steel by Andrew McKeown at East Shore Village, Seaham.

At 180m it is the longest waterfall in the UK and is fed from Cow Green Reservoir.

A ruined fort tower on the opposite side of the harbour to Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.

A fortified house built by Adam of Jesmond.

The trig point sitting on top of Tosson Hill (440m) #147.

A series of linked public parks in Wallsend comprising Richardson Dees Park, the Hall Grounds and Arboretum.

Tiled street art depicting space invaders placed around Newcastle City Centre

A sculpture of four metal cows constructed from old JCB parts, grazing on the C2C route near Beamish.

A Country Park and lake on the outskirts of Newcastle Upon Tyne

A very well hidden stone viaduct spanning the River Blyth at Plessey Woods for the East Coast Main Line.

Stunning crags and landscape with standing stones and a Devil's Punchbowl.

A ruined Castle dating from the 11th Century and is Grade I listed.

The trig point sitting in Night Fold Field in Alnmouth (48m).

A 21 arch viaduct carrying the West Highland Line (and Hogwarts Express) over Loch Shiel.

Impressive castle owned by the Neville family until the 16th century.

A museum containing collections from cultures and histories of northern Africa to Asia including more than 30,000 objects of art, textiles, ceramics, and manuscripts.

A small well linked to the nearby St. Mary's Chapel.

The trig point sitting on top of Hedgehope Hill (714m).

650 hectare site attracting thousands of birds every year.

A spectacular woodland planted on crags to the north and south.

A 5.5 inch Howitzer Gun to celebrate Seaham's links to the Royal Artillery and coastal defence during WWII.

A number of shipwrecks visible in Amble harbour at low tide.

A ruined 12th century Abbey in the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh, Kelso.

Turret 7B on Hadrian's Wall, found along with a 63m long section of the wall in a small area of public space in a housing estate by the A186

The meeting place of the north and south River Tyne sources.

A sculpture of three drill heads in Weetslade Country Park.

Two huge sculptures of 19th century surveyor's instruments standing on freaky feet!

A Grade II listed building in North Shields built in 1893-94 to provide accommodation for retired and needy seafarers and their wives.