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All 15 places, A–Z by borough

Roman bridge, Norman castle, Georgian grandeur and a regenerated Quayside.

Racecourse, leafy streets and Newcastle's affluent north side.

Angel of the North, BALTIC, and the tilting Millennium Bridge.

Home of "The Blaydon Races," Tyneside's unofficial anthem.

Bede's Monkwearmouth monastery and the world's busiest shipyards.

Dockside terraces built for Sunderland's shipyard and port workers.

Ancestral home of George Washington's family, and a 1960s New Town.

The coastal borough where Hadrian's Wall meets the North Sea.

From coal-mining village to one of the government's biggest offices.

Segedunum Roman fort, Swan Hunter's shipyard, and Sting's hometown.

Clifftop priory ruins standing guard over two golden beaches.

Classic seaside resort with a restored Spanish City dome.

Roman Arbeia fort, standing guard at the mouth of the Tyne.

Bede's monastery, Palmer's shipyard, and the 1936 Jarrow March.

Catherine Cookson's hometown, and a wide sandy seafront.