Find Places To Visit In The North

This is the trig point for Hasting Hill (124m) near Sunderland.

This is the trig point for Mickley (206m) near Prudhoe.

This is the trig point for Batey Catreen (250m) near Bellingham.

Whitby’s historic piers and lighthouses tell the story of the town’s maritime past, from Tudor stonework to 19th century beacons.

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

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

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

The trig point called Harbottle sitting on top of Cold Law (361m).

The trig point sitting on top of Bloodybush Edge (610m).

This is the trig point for Hebron Hill (130m) near Morpeth.

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

A collection of twelve almshouses designed by Norman Shaw for Lord Armstrong to house his retired workers in Rothbury.

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

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

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"

The Beacon Hill North trig point overlooks the North Sea (87m) near Seaham.

This is the trig point for Ealingham Rigg (241m) near Bellingham.

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

This is the trig point sitting on Hart Law (341m) near Alnham.

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

The trig point sitting on top of Ravensheugh Crags (256m) near Simonburn.

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

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

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

The trig point sitting on King's Seat on the border ridge (531m).

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

This is the trig point for Dilston (187m) near Corbridge.

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

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

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

The UK's first, permanent offshore sculpture by Sean Henry

The only rotating boat lift of its kind in the world connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal.

A model of the Grey Heron that frequents the area.

A life size reminder of The Vaux Brewery wagons and Dray horses by Ray Lonsdale.

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

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

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

A Church without parish dedicated to the murdered Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket

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

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.

A Corten Steel sculpture by Ray Lonsdale to honour the Herring Girls.

Park alongside the River Wear with views of Lumley Castle.

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

The trig point sitting on top of Shill Moor (529m).

The trig point sitting on top of Reaveley Hill (301m).

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

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

A former gentleman’s Georgian residence and now a museum in a park nestled along the river Tees.

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.

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

This is the trig point for Tunstall Hills (112m) near Sunderland.

Memorial statue to commemorate the life of English radical Liberal politician, industrialist, activist and journalist standing tall at the junction of Westgate Road and Fenkle Street in Newcastle.

A juxaposed scene, with chaldron wheels, industrial remains, and an old jetty against a backdrop of organic appeal.

Lime kilns located at Seaham harbour, restored in 2005.

Art installation near Middlesbrough football ground.

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

A field, church and wooden cross marking the Battle Of Heavenfield. A skirmish between Northumbrians and the Welsh in 634AD.

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

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

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

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

A folly based on Stonehenge with two large stone circles, an altar, sacrificial stone and a tomb area.

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

A fortified house built by Adam of Jesmond.

An atmospheric little pool surrounded by a grove of trees.

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

This is the trig point for Helm (107m) near Eshott.

This is the trig point for Fourlaws Hill (343m) near Ridsdale.

This is the trig point for Bulbeck Common (427m) near Blanchland.

The trig point sitting on top of Blackman's Law (274m) near Otterburn.

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

The new Flamborough Head Lighthouse built in 1806.

Jail built on the site of the old Jedburgh Castle in the 1820s.

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.

The trig point sitting on Hungry Law (501m).

The East Lightside Farm trig point sits on the edge of a field (246m) near Allendale.

A statue to John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his unlikely companion.

Two obelisk navigation beacons that when lined up would direct you into Holy Island harbour.

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

The Bolts Law Hunstanworth trig point sits on Stanhope Common (541m) near Rookhope.

This is the trig point for Dod Law (200m) near Doddington.

A sandstone ruined house that is part of a collection of sculptures on the Riverside Sculpture Trail.

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

650 hectare site attracting thousands of birds every year.

The Collier Law trig point sits on Wolsingham Park Moor (517m) near Stanhope.

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

This is the trig point for Whitsunbank Hill that sits on moorland (167m) near Wooler.

This is the trig point for Gaterley Hill (352m) near Allendale.

An RSPB reserve comprising chalk cliffs and grassland, home to one of the UK's largest seabird colonies.

Ruins of a 12th century Premonstratensian abbey in the hamlet of Easby.

Purpose built gallery housing the collection of Joseph Shipley.

A small saxon church built on the site of an old 8th century church near Edlingham Castle.

A recently renovated pele tower situated in Creswell on the coast.

This is the trig point for Five Lane Ends (161m) near Swinburne.

Country park with fantastic views over to Penshaw Monument

Sculptures and decorations from old buildings that were demolished to make way for Eldon Square.

Bronze statue close to the River Tyne, depicting the history of South Shields.