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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An 18 metre waterfall in the beautiful Ingram Valley.

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A model of the Grey Heron that frequents the area.

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

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

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.

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

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

Lime kilns located at Seaham harbour, restored in 2005.

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

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

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

A statue to John Simpson Kirkpatrick and his unlikely companion.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Park alongside the River Wear with views of Lumley Castle.

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.

Art installation near Middlesbrough football ground.

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

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

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

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

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

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 statue to commemorate the 18th-century explorer and navigator who changed the western perceptions of world geography.

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.

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

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

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

The new Flamborough Head Lighthouse built in 1806.

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

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

An 18th century folly built by Sir Walter Blackett, in Rothley,

Purpose built gallery housing the collection of Joseph Shipley.

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.

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

The trig point sitting on top of Curleheugh on Bewick Moor (215m).

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

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

A fortified house built by Adam of Jesmond.

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

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

The Charlaw Moor trig point is Sacriston (232m) near Durham.

A castle and stately home in the village of Bothal near the River Wansbeck, between Morpeth and Ashington.

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

Country park with fantastic views over to Penshaw Monument

Artwork of a steel tree that stands at the location of an actual riverside crane.