Places to explore in Tyne and WearEngland · North East England

Antony Gormley's rust-red steel angel, 20 metres tall with a 54-metre wingspan, watching the A1 into Gateshead.

Tilting 'blinking eye' footbridge that arcs across the Tyne between the Quayside and BALTIC.

The great green steel arch of 1928 that frames the Newcastle skyline, forerunner of Sydney's harbour bridge.

Greek-temple folly on a prominent hill.

An island light off Whitley Bay reached by a causeway at low tide, a Tyneside landmark switched off in 1984 and now open to visitors.

Priory ruin on a headland above the sea.

Coast to coast along the Roman frontier, milecastle by milecastle.

135 km · Northumberland, Cumbria & Tyne and Wear

Great sea-stack of magnesian limestone standing off Marsden Bay, loud with nesting kittiwakes and cormorants.

Hundred acres of wetland, wood and meadow on the Wear, home to wild birds, flamingos and otters.

Vast converted flour mill on the Gateshead quay, now a free contemporary art gallery with a rooftop view.

Long curving Victorian breakwater at Sunderland with a red-and-white lighthouse and a hidden tunnel beneath.

White-domed Edwardian pleasure dome on Whitley Bay seafront, restored to eateries and a tearoom.