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A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

A cast iron lighthouse set in Roker Cliff Park.

Medieval castle, home to the Clifford family for 400 years

A restored 19th century mining museum in the centre of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where you can experience the life and work of the lead mining families of the North Pennines.

A Grade II listed Tower Mill dating to around 1790.

An historic market place in the centre of Stanhope and the location of the Market Cross, a Petrified Tree Stump, the War Memorial and St Thomas Church.

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

The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers or as it is more commonly known, “The Mining Institute” is one of the finest buildings in Newcastle. It is a Victorian building built at the time when high-Gothic architecture was coming into fashion.

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.

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

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

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

An 18th century, 40 acre park designed by London architect, James Paine.

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!

A six storey lookout tower used to assist gun turrets in both World War 1 and 2.

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

A stunning church providing a backdrop for Durham Market Place and a lively place in which to worship.

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

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

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

The grave of famed Lakeland Poet, William Wordsworth.

A plaque marking the site of a gibbet where Michael Curry was chained for murder.

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

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

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

The last remaining cone from the Lemington Glass Works Cone.

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

14th century gatehouse tower built by Sir William Hylton.

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 lighthouse situated 100m inland in Bath Terrace, Blyth.

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

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

Based in Cumbria, Carlisle Castle that had the most sieges and also the last siege in Great Britain.

Two gigantic sculptures of Clydesdale horse heads paying tribute to Scotland’s heavy horse heritage.

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

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

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

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

A water tower sitting next to the kitchen garden of Alnwick Gardens.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lighthouse built in 1826, where Grace Darling spotted the wreck of the SS Forfarshire.

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

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

A sail-less 19th century windmill in Lynemouth.

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

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

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

An 18 metre waterfall in the beautiful Ingram Valley.

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

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

The jaw bone of a Right Whale forming an arch, framing the harbour of Seahouses and beyond to the Farnes, with a fishy past!

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

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

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

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.

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

WW2 pillbox disguised as a ruined house.

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

An ancient corn mill, nestled in the bend of the River Till, sitting between Ford and Etal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Limestone ravine with two waterfalls in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Winshields trig point sits on Windshields Crags next to Hadrians Wall (345m) near Haltwhistle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Artwork on a call of angel wings, balloons and an umbrella, set up ready for a selfie.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

A natural cave modified into a place for swimmers to get changed in the 18th century.

A fortified house built by Adam of Jesmond.

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