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Monument built in 1897 by local banker John Stuart McCaig

A noticeable Norman Church commanding a hill in Easington Village.

An abundance of art in a striking eco friendly/ green building.

A Toposcope commemorating an important naval battle during the American Revolutionary Wars.

A Georgian Grade I Listed aqueduct, the largest all-masonry aqueduct in Britain taking the Lancaster Canal over the River Lune.

Steel Truffle Pigs and Mushroom Statues hidden in Newcastle Centre by the Men of Steel blacksmith Graeme Hopper.

A ruined 17th-century bastle, or fortified farmhouse, situated on a south-east slope of moorland on the edge Ridsdale.

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

Ruins of a corn mill in the heart of Whittle Dene.

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

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

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

This is the trig point for Watch Crags (291m) near Bellingham.

The Roughside Moor trig point sits on top of Edmondbyers Common (384m) near Consett.

Metal art exhibit depicting wind and an equatorial sundial on East Shore in Seaham.

A super viaduct in Bishop Auckland where rail, road and river converge.

A large-scale Miners Lamp to honour the Bowburn Colliery and the wider Durham coalfields.

A proud standing Percy lion atop a grandiose gateway to the old Ladykirk House in Upsettlington.

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

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

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

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

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

Originally St Wilfrid's Premonstratensian nunnery, this ruined priority sits by a tight bend in the River Coquet.

The Shoreswood trig point sits in a hedge on Shoreswood Ewe Hill (92m) near Berwick Upon Tweed.

The Pasture Hill Plantation trig point sits in a garden (95m) in Rock near Alnwick.

This is the trig point for Gapshields (290m) near Gilsland.

This is the trig point for Chatton Park Hill (184m) near Wooler.

The Oxen Law trig point sits in a field at Oxen Law (346m) near Consett.

Ruined castle built by William Rufus in 1092.

A bronze statue of Queen Victoria outside Scarborough Town Hall.

A sculpture of the ingenious life saving lamp originally designed by George Stephenson, favoured by North East miners, sitting pretty opposite Lidl in Westmoor.

A former showroom for horses, carriages and bicycles, later a car showroom and now an office space which retains many original features including the old wooden horse ramp.

A 14th Century castle that now lies in ruins.

Historic 18th Century Grade II Listed Building and Grounds now used as a Registry Office with space for ceremonies and on-site accommodation, whilst the basement includes the remains of a Cold War Nuclear Bunker.

A fascinating jigsaw of a church built in the 12th & 13th centuries, restored in the 15th century and again in the 19th century.

A rare and significant medieval ruin, which served as the first school in Alnwick.

Carved statues in distress near the Bill Bryson Library in Durham University.

Stone monument dedicated to two women martyred at Wigtown in 1685.

Remains of a 14th century castle in the heart of Flamborough village.

An unusual gravestone marking the final resting of a burglar trying to rob Lee Hall.

A ruined colliery engine house that was part of a monumental mining disaster.

This is the trig point for Wind Hill (231m) near Kielder.

This is the trig point for Ripley Carrs (438m) near Allendale.

The Harwood Side trig point sits on Sinderhope Carrs (489m) near Allendale.

The Ell Hill trig point sits in a field (61m) near Bamburgh.

This is the trig point for Coatyards (226m) near Longhorsely.

This is the trig point for Brownley Hill (533m) near Allendale.

This is the trig point for Belford Crag (108m) near Belford.

The Catterick Moss trig point is on moorland (426m) near Stanhope.

Large-scale mural depicting the heritage of the area, close to the Wearmouth Bridge.

A waterfall set within the stunning Galloway Forest Park.

This is the trig point for Longknowe Hill (346m) near The Cheviots.

This is the trig point for Pikestone Fell (387m) near Stanhope.

The Tripsy Bank trig point sitting on top of Greater Willington Common (152m) in Willington near Bishop Auckland.

A garden to look like a bombed house, as a memorial to the 1914 coastal attack.

A sculpture by Nigel Boonham to commemorate the bold boys of West Auckland, a team made up of coal miners, who won the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy competition in Turin in 1909.

Pretty waterfalls near Keld in Swaledale.

An arresting piece of steel art by Stanson Art (Ron Lawson) and Mark Burns Cassell commemorating the coal industry in the area.

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

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

A lime kiln situated on Alnwick Moor, one of 400 that would have been used in Northumberland.

An ornamental pele tower that was once part of a 16th century manor house.

A lovely little 12th century ruined castle just outside of Rothbury.

This is the Hard Rigg trig point (547m) near Alston.

The Thirl Moor trig point (558m) is on the Otterburn Military Ranges.

The Mattilees Hill trig point sits in a field (109m) near Duddo.

The Coalway Plantation trig point is in a hedge (140m) near Blaydon.

The Bollihope Carrs trig point sits on Snowhope Moor (541m) near Stanhope.

The Batter Law Hill trig point (143m) overlooking Dalton Park near Seaham.

A scrap metal statue of Henry Pease - Saltburn’s founding father.

A contemporary maze near Kielder Castle.

Four mural sites depicting the cultural history of Houghton le Spring, created by local artists.

Priory founded in 1113, nestled in the heart of Bridlington old town.

A small castellated house in Bedale that was used to house leeches which were sold to local doctors for bloodletting.

Former golf course with far reaching scenic views, a café with a model of an early steam engine by Stephenson.

Sitting on a blowy corner of the Northumberland National Park, is Causeway House, Northumberland's only heather thatched cottage. With a history of hidden lucky roof charms and close to a Roman Milecastle.

A beacon that when lit would warn the neighbouring villages of an impending attack!

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

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

This is the trig point for Stokoe High Crags (230m) near Falstone.

This is the trig point for Grey Nag (658m) near Alston.

The Cheeveley trig point sits in a hedge (61m) near Eshott.

This is the trig point for Cairnglastenhope (315m) near Kielder.

This is the trig point for Blackmoor Skirt (364m) near Bellingham.

The Shacklesborough trig point sits above Balderhead Reservoir (454m) near Barnard Castle.

The Crow Coal Hill trig point sits on Reahope Moor (466m) near Stanhope.

The Burnhope Seat trig point is at the top of Yad Moss Ski Tow (746m) near Alston.

Lifesize wire sculpture of an adventurous lady who was the first female skipper of a fishing boat up north.

Clock tower created in 1911, sited over an old place of pilgrimage.

17 street murals around Spennymoor and a case of ‘there is more to these than meets the eye’.

The Parish Church of Wigtown.

A World War I memorial of a six foot soldier, with his rifle lowered, taking a drink from his canteen by Ray Lonsdale.

A giant trowel next to the North Seaton Community Centre in Ashington.

A 35m tall chimney that was part of the Gaunless Valley Lead Mill.

Magnificent folly on the outskirts of Richmond, built around 1760.

Ruin near Kelso overlooking the River Tweed, in the grounds of Floors Castle.

A stone circle marking the grave of three kings of Denmark.

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

A mausoleum for William the second Earl, who died in 1844.