Newcastle
Newcastle City Centre is crammed with shops, theatres, nightclubs, bars, hotels, galleries and lots more.

Bowes Museum
The Bowes was designed and purpose-built as a public art gallery by the French architect Jules Pellechet and opened in 1892.

Raby Castle
One of the most impressive English medieval castle, Raby Castle, in County Durham, Northumbria, provides a wonderful day out for all the family.

Beamish Museum
Beamish is a living, working experience of life as it was in the Great North in the early 1800s and 1900s.

Eggleston Hall Gardens
The four and a half acres of gardens are a Pandora's box of surprises, winding paths, borders, a stream, organic vegetables, walls, fell views. It is without doubt a magical place, dearly loved by custodians and customers alike.

Rokeby Park
An architectural treasure in Teesdale, SW Durham. An original and effective variant of the Palladian formula, Rokeby Park was built by Sir Thomas Robinson ca. 1730.

Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral is the greatest Norman building in England, perhaps even in Europe. It is cherished not only for its architecture but also for its incomparable setting. For this reason it was inscribed together with the Castle as one of Britain's first World Heritage Sites.

Hall Hill Farm
Set in the beautiful, rolling hills of County Durham, Hall Hill Farm is a mixed farm of 290 hectares. There are lots of friendly animals waiting to meet you including lambs to bottle feed, fluffy chicks, inquisitive goats, the magnificent Highland Cattle and the children's favourite, rabbits and guinea pigs to cuddle and stroke.

National Railway Museum, Shildon
The first national museum to be built in the North East. This joint venture with the local authority enables more of the NRM's collections to be housed properly and enjoyed by the public and is helping to develop tourism in Shildon, the birthplace of the modern railway.

Killhope Lead Mine
Killhope - set in the centre of the North Pennines in the Durham Dales - is a real adventure. Tour the mine, walk in the woodland, visit the exhibitions and see the wildlife. Finish your trip with a visit to the cafe and a wander around the gift shop.