Find Places To Visit In The North

The trig point sitting on top of Lamb Hill on the border ridge (511m).

This is the trig point for Warlaw Pike (402m) near Blanchland.

Remains of a Roman Bridge that carried Dere Street over the River Tees.

A poignant tribute to the mining community in the distinctive style of Ray Lonsdale.

Old 19th century pottery on the outskirts of Corbridge, previously known as Walker's Pottery.

An ancient Northumbrian Church, one of the oldest in the Country, dating back to the 11th Century that stands on a hill with amazing views in all directions.

The scoop bucket used from the now dismantled Ace Of Spades dragline excavator.

The trig point sitting next to Darden Lough (375m) near Elsdon.

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.

A Nature Reserve alongside the River Breamish in the Northumberland National Park

Remains of a former smelting mill hidden in the Northumberland countryside.

Six foot pair of boxing gloves commemorating the achievements of Maurice Cullen.

A heavily modified ruin of an early 13th century castle held by the powerful Hume family.

A 13th century priory twixt manor house that was a retirement home and also a retreat for the Durham Monks.

Two chimneys remaining from the Sikehead mine set on Ramshaw Moors

Ancient burial mound marked by Beech trees sitting on Copt Hill, dating back to the Mesolithic period.

A beautiful Saxon church nestling in the rolling countryside that was once bombed by the Germans.

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

This is the trig point for Long Crag Gunnerton (222m) near Swinburne.

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

This is the trig point for Hips Heugh (58m) near Craster.

Georgian era sundials on two facades of one house at The Green in Richmond.

A decorative well head built in the 18th century.

A mural of miners on the side of The Volunteer Pub in the St Johns area of Seaham.

Anglican church in Brancepeth, with views over to the stunning Brancepeth Castle.

One of the Royal Horticultural Society's flagship gardens in Harrogate.

Pens to hold stray animals, dating back to medieval times.

A late 18th or early 19th Century Lime Kiln just outside Shilbottle.

Artwork inspired by the Little Tern colony which return to nest in Horden every spring.

A metal sculpted bench portraying three notable people from the Bedlington area.

An octagonal folly, once part of the Stella Hall estate in Blaydon.

A castellated farmhouse sitting on the foundations of a 15th century motte and baily castle.

A stone cross marking where Malcolm III, King Of Scotland was slain at the Battle Of Alnwick.

A lovely little double waterfall near Gilsland.

The trig point sitting on top of Shillhope Law (501m).

Remains of a roman fort built around 260AD

An ancient well found by St Cuthbert in Bellingham, topped by a Georgian pant and known for its miracles.

A gem on the County Durham coast in terms of variety, scenery, history and passive science at work.

WW1 acoustic mirror, which detected German Zeppelins as they approached the coast.

A 17th-century Jacobean mansion disguided as a castle just north of Hexham.

A ruined, Grade II listed Scheduled Monument, 16th Century Tower House / Bastle House.

A monument commemorating the Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

A ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the West end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland.

A well preserved lime kiln not far from Vindolanda.

Fisherman and his dog daubed on the back of a wall at Blyth Harbour.

The trig point sitting on top of Branshaw (326m) on the Otterburn Ranges.

The Wether Cairn trig point sitting on Wholhope Hill Law (563m).

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

This is the trig point for Hexham Common (291m) near Hexham.

This is the trig point for Beacon Hill (194m) near Morpeth.

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

A large rock in next to Simonside in Rothbury that resembles a small church and may have been a meeting place for persecuted religious groups.

A three-storied tower-house built as a hunting lodge then later extended and used as a farmhouse and students' hostel.

Ruined castle built in the 1200s, with links to Katherine Parr's family.

The trig point sitting on top of Berwick Law (187m).

The most spectacular gorge with cascades and waterfalls in the whole of Northumberland if not the UK!

An ingeniously preserved lime kiln sitting on the wonderfully named Slag Hill.

A prehistoric standing stone with cup markings.

A cave in Hulne Park guarded by a statue of a hermit.

A pretty church sitting in amazing countryside with breathtaking views in Low Alwinton.

The best preserved Lime Kiln in the Northumberland national park at Tosson.

A redundant Roman Catholic chapel in Biddlestone set in a picturesque copse.

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

This is the trig point for Wether Hill (301m) near Elsdon.

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

Yes, a 20 foot high desk lamp in green that was part of the Lumiere festival.

An experimental hydraulic silo to improve the efficiency of processing cut grass into silage built by Lord Armstrong.

Possibly an old windmill converted into a dovecote which is lined inside with brick nesting boxes

A holed stone in the Simonside Hills that lines up with the summer solstice.

A distinguished weather radar station that can be seen for miles.

A pele tower that used to be part of the vicarage for the adjoining St James Church.

A fortified farmhouse (Bastle) near Harbottle.

A sculpture park and art exhibition space set within the grounds of Cheeseburn Grange, near Ponteland.

A ruined manor home complex with a tower in Seaham.

The ruined chapel of an old hospital located in Denwick near to Alnwick Castle.

Another beauty of a lime kiln situated in Low Alwinton.

A temple containing four bronze statues depicting the "Four Seasons" dedicated to poet James Thomson.

Maybe a windmill, maybe used for sea-navigation, maybe just a pretty building. Now a holiday home.

A mural of the Blyth Spartans legend - Robbie Dale

A standing stone celebrating the Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Stublick Chimney is a grade II listed building from the former Langley lead smelting mill.

The Blackdown trig point (310m) located on the Ray Wind Farm near Kirkwhelpington.

The trig point sitting on top of Newton Tors in The Cheviots (537m).

This is the trig point for Haydon Fell (244m) near Haydon Bridge.

Two drinking fountains given to the people of Blaydon by Joseph Cowen in the 1860s.

The grave and monument of Harry Clasper, renowned boat builder and professional oarsman. The Alan Shearer of his day.

A small marker stone where Robert Lumsden murdered Isabella Sudden in 1610.

Originally envisaged as a motte and bailey, Simonburn Castle was eventually a tower house before falling into ruin.

The Wreighill Pike trig point sits in a field just north of Hepple (219m) near Rothbury.

Lime kilns located at Seaham harbour, restored in 2005.

A monument to Robert Loraine, who was brutally murdered by Border Reivers in Kirkhale.

A stunning house and landscaped grounds which is the seat of the Earls of Wemyss.

A stone pant in Holystone Village named after St Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow.

A life size sculpture of grandmother and granddaughter by Ray Lonsdale.

Ruined motte and bailey castle, dating back to the Norman Conquest.

A modern day folly set in the Lilburn Tower estate next to the Hurl Stone.

A country manor house with beautiful gardens, an observatory, old church and ruined pele tower.

The Parish Church of St James in Shilbottle

A ruined 18th century church currently being transformed by the local residents into another place for calm and reflection.