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Gormley's Angel of the North on the A1
Angel of the North at Gateshead
Baltic Mill Art Centre, Gateshead
The Millennium Bridge between Gateshead and Newcastle
The Stadium of Light, Sunderland
The Tyne Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Causey Arch
Durham
The pedestrian Tyne Tunnel.
Hardwick Hall
Hexham
Hylton Castle
Mowbray Park, Sunderland
The Winter Gardens, Sunderland
Sunderland International Airshow
Saltwell Towers.
Saltwell Towers
Motor Racing at Croft
Knaresborough
Ripon Cathedral
Ripon Cathedral
Ripon Cathedral
Ripon Cathedral
St. Wilfred's Procession
Hornblower
St. Paul's chuch Jarrow.
Stephenson Railway Museum North Shields
Stephenson Railway Museum North Shields
St. Mary's Island
This sculpture has been seen by countless millions of motorists as they pass it on the A1.
Gorley's masterpiece photographed at dusk.
The former flour mill is now the North's premier art gallery. A fantastic redevelopment of an industrial site.
Lottery funding helped create this fantastic pivoting bridge for pedestrians and cyclists.
Without doubt the best of any "new" football stadium built since the last war.
A colorful depiction of a symbol of the North-East, with the Sage at Gateshead in the background.
The Causey Arch was the world's first railway bridge, located at Tanfield near Gateshead. Set in a natural country park.
Durham Castle and Cathedral stand above the River Wear. The Cathedral is a World Heritage site.
The pedestrian Tyne Tunnel in Jarrow has the world's longest continuous wooden escalator.
Hardwick Hall and Country Park near Sedgefield has a collection of lakes, lagoons and follies. An interesting nature reserve.
Hexham Abbey founded by St. Wilfred, to the west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne along the A69.
The remains of the home of the Hylton family in Sunderland. Reputed to be haunted.
The park has been restored to it's Victorian splendour with grants from the Lottery Heritage Fund. Opposite the Civic Centre in Sunderland.
A fantastic glass hothouse annexed to the library in Mowbray Park, with an array of exotic plants and trees. View them from the uppper gallery.
This annual event takes place along the sea front in Sunderland and can easily be viewed from South Shields.
The centrepiece of the restored Saltwell Park in Gateshead.
The inside of Saltwell Towers houses a cafe and visitor centre and a viewing gallery.
Croft Circuit is near Darlington a 45 minute drive south down the A1M.
The viaduct over the River Nidd in the market town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. 1 hour 15 minutes drive south down the A1M.
The nave of Ripon Cathedral, also founded by St. Wilfred. Ripon is also just over one hour south down the A1M.
The ceiling of the transept crossing.
The organ in Ripon Cathedral. Ripon has a very long history having been founded by the saxons.
The west front of Ripon Cathedral.
Ripon's annual carnival to commemorate their patron Saint Wilfred.
In this ancient ceremony Ripon's hornblower sounds the watch at 9.00 p.m. every evening from the four corners of the Market Cross and then the Mayor's House.
The ancient church with the remains of the monastery where the Venerable Bede wrote his Ecclesiasticus Brittanica.
Take a ride on an old steam train at this active little museum.
A lovely small collection of steam and diesel-electric trains.
St. Mary's Island (also known as Bait Island) and it's lighthouse, off the coast at Whitley Bay, accessable via a causeway at low tide.
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Gormley's Angel of the North on the A1
This sculpture has been seen by countless millions of motorists as they pass it on the A1.