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Nature Reserve near Houghton-le-Spring run by Durham Wildlife Trust.

The trig point sitting on top of Helvellyn (950m).

Small Camera Obscura on the edge of Kielder Reservoir.

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

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

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

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

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

A polished and lacquered aluminium shroud set in the nature reserve.

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

Stepping stones crossing the river Wansbeck at Bothal.

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

A stone chair of carved gargoyles situated in Durham on the banks of the river Wear.

A preacher's cross erected by monks from Lindisfarne.

A ruined 13 century priory sitting in the grounds of Hulne Park in Alnwick.

The home of Blyth Spartans - The most famous Non League football club!

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

Former St Mary le-Bow Church, hosting displays on Durham history.

A 47 hectare nature reserve near Witton le Wear created on an area of former sand and gravel quarry and sewerage treatment works.

A town with a nature reserve, memorial garden, cemetry and a reconstructed miners pit cage, celebrating the times of mining in Easington Colliery.

A 13th century church located in the grounds of Ford Castle, later restored by John Dobson.

An old gun battery from the 19th century and reused in WW2.

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

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

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

One of the remaining arches carrying a two mile horizontal chimney as part of a flue system.

One thousand acres of historic park and woodland set against the backdrop of Lambton Castle.

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

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

Water Mill on the edge of Blaydon, originally built in 1730.

Nature Reserve with SSSI status in Blaydon.

Metal signs warning to Keep Out! Part of the Cramlington art trail.

A 1920's park in Whitby that also houses a Museum and Art Gallery on site.

A Parish Church close to the centre of Rothbury, parts of which date back to the 1200s

A spacecraft-like old concrete water tower, standing in the fields near Amble.

A grade II listed, 18th century gothic folly, built for the Wallington Hall estate.

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

The site preserves the only First World War battle site in Blighty.

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

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

A ruined windmill sitting on the highest part of the Cleadon Hills.

A tiny ruined castle just inland from Seaton Sluice.

Ros Castle is the highest of the Chillingham Hills, with a height of 315m.

Stunning 284 acre country park with woodlands, wetlands and lowland heath.

Totem poles have stood in the village of Stonehaugh since 1971 and these three are the latest carvings.

The ruins of an old lead and fluorspar mine in the Pennines with the headframe and some buildings still visible.

A small square reservoir just off the coast of Blyth.

A statue to local heroine Dolly Peel, a smuggler, fighter against the pressgang and eventually nurse.

Spectacular crags in beautiful countryside, with a castle on top!

A ruined medieval castle situated at the west end of the village of Harbottle.

The trig point sitting on top of Garleigh Moor (268m).

Stunning castle built in 1721, set in a 21,000 hectare estate.

A ruined Roman template dedicated to the local deity Antenociticus.

A Church in Ovingham with sections dating from the 11th century and location of the grave of famed engraver, Thomas Bewick.

A 15th century country house, situated near the village of Alwinton in an area of natural outstanding beauty.

The remaining gatehouse from Alnwick Abbey, built in the 12th century.

Site of the battle of Newburn Ford and Ryton Willows Local Nature Reserve

Disused steel furnace and woodland walk, managed by English Heritage.

The water tower from the original Sunderland and South Shields Water Company plant.

A 12th-century castle in Northumberland on the bank of the River Tipalt rich in history and treasure!

Probably the finest pele tower in Northumberland with magnificent views and beautiful gardens.

A small suspension footbridge crossing the river Wansbeck.

A country park with an important history, a massive lake, wildlife and fauna, fine views, loads of recreational and sport things. Bonus it has a cafe!

Purpose built gallery housing the collection of Joseph Shipley.

A tall pyramidical structure made with repurposed stone from a Durham Cathedral turret.

An amazing landscape on Skye caused by an ancient landslide.

A 12th century church which was the scene of a Roundheads and Cavalier's confrontation and is also the final resting place of Anne Bronte.

A Victorian public park in Walker, Newcastle with links to Robert Burns and its own population of Ring Necked Parakeets.

A nature reserve set within Gosforth Park where you can see birds, otters, deer and much more.

Statues of the Ironmaster and Coal Miner made from obselete components representing the legacy of the local steelworks.

A blue stone that has links to the Saxons, the black death, vaccinations and strongman feats!

A Tudor arch bridge built in 1511 which was the largest single span bridge anywhere in Britain at its time.

Early Norman castle built in the 1070s by Alan Rufus.

An old Victorian water tower in Haltwhistle that now houses a shop and cafe.

A 14th century stone monument to the Battle of Otterburn in 1388

The building used to house the rocket apparatus for saving crews from stranded ships near Blyth harbour.

A sculpture called Old King Coal celebrating the area's proud coal mining history.

A ruined medieval castle standing on the bend of the River Till.

Two chimneys that were part of the Allen Lead Smelt Mill flue system.

The ruins of a Medieval Hospitaller.

One of Scotland's strongest fortresses sitting in a prominent position overlooking the harbour of Dunbar.

19th century lime kilns, located on the River Wear.

A 2,000 year old hillfort located on Lordenshaw Hill on the outskirts of Rothbury at the foot of the Simonside Hills.

Brickwork from the Victorian age.

An elaborate Gothic style tower based in Hulne Park.

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

This is the trig point for Brenkley Hill (83m) near Cramlington.

The ruins of a crossing used to allow Roman soldiers and goods across the Vallum.

A striking piece of post-war public art by renowned sculptor Geoffrey Clarke.

A radome housing an RAF radar at Brizlee Wood sitting on top of Alnwick Moor.

25 bronze lion sculptures by artists Gillie and Marc, temporarily on display in Exhibition Park.

A puppet of the Iron Man that was used in the musical of the same name by The Who guitarist Pete Townshend.

The DunBear is a steel sculpture of a brown bear in tribute to John Muir, the Dunbar-born naturalist and conservationist.

An 11th century Saxon cross head that marks the focus for the start of the annual Goose Fair in Ovingham.

A red sandstone statue of William Wallace overlooking the River Tweed Valley near Melrose.

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

A former POW camp located behind Featherstone Castle for Italian and German prisoners of war.

A family of four concrete hippos on a housing estate in Killingworth.

A tree trail around Rothbury town centre and riverside showing you all the different types of trees and their history.

An original working Victorian Water Pumping Station operated by steam.