Wark on Tweed
Wark or Wark on Tweed is a village in the English county of Northumberland. It lies about 15 mi south west of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It is on the south bank of the River Tweed, which marks the border between England and Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village on the River Tweed, Northumberland, England
- Also known as: “Wark” and “Wark on Tweed, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wark on Tweed Castle and Coldstream Cottage Hospital.
Wark on Tweed Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wark on Tweed Castle, sometimes referred to as Carham Castle, is a ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the west end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland. The ruins are a Grade II* listed building.
Coldstream Cottage Hospital
Clinic
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coldstream Cottage Hospital was a community hospital located at Coldstream in Scotland. It was managed by NHS Borders.
Newcastle Arms, 50 High Street, Coldstream
Pub
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Newcastle Arms, 50 High Street, Coldstream is a pub.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coldstream and Carham.
Coldstream
Town
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Coldstream is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. A former burgh, Coldstream is the namesake of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army, so called because they marched from Coldstream to help restore the British Monarchy in 1660.
Carham
Village
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carham or Carham on Tweed is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the south side of the River Tweed about 3 miles west of Coldstream. Carham is situated 1½ miles west of Wark on Tweed.
Birgham
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birgham is a village in Berwickshire, parish of Eccles in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near Coldstream and the River Tweed, on the A698. Birgham is close to Ednam, Kelso, Lempitlaw, Leitholm and Sprouston as well as Carham and Wark on Tweed, Northumberland. Birgham is situated 2 miles west of Wark on Tweed.
Wark on Tweed
- Category: locality
- Location: Carham, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.64185° or 55° 38′ 31″ northLongitude
-2.28025° or 2° 16′ 49″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WQKOpen location code
9C7VJPR9+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 318309067OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2634766Wikidata ID
Q4018205
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wark on Tweed” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wark”
- Dutch: “Wark”
- French: “Wark on Tweed”
- Irish: “Wark”
- Italian: “Wark on Tweed”
- Italian: “Wark”
- Polish: “Wark on Tweed”
- Polish: “Wark”
- Swedish: “Wark”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fireburnmill and Sunilaws Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spylaw Plantation and Lamb Knowe.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wark on Tweed”. Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.