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

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

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

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

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

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

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

An 18 metre waterfall in the beautiful Ingram Valley.

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

A model of the Grey Heron that frequents the area.

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.

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

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

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

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

An atmospheric little pool surrounded by a grove of trees.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grade I listed mansion house predominantly 18th century.

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

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.

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

Park alongside the River Wear with views of Lumley Castle.

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.

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 Hungry Law (501m).

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Art installation near Middlesbrough football ground.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 fortified house built by Adam of Jesmond.

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

The new Flamborough Head Lighthouse built in 1806.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Purpose built gallery housing the collection of Joseph Shipley.

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

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

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

Country park with fantastic views over to Penshaw Monument

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

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

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

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

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

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

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