Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed was a local government district and borough in Northumberland in the north-east of England, on the border with Scotland. The district had a resident population of 25,949 according to the 2001 census, which also notes that it is the most ethnically homogeneous in the country, with 99.6% of the population recording themselves in the 2001 census as White.Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: former district with borough status in Northumberland, England
- Also known as: “Berwick upon Tweed”, “Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough”, and “Berwick-upon-Tweed District”
- Neighbors: Scottish Borders
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shielfield Park and Halidon Hill.
Shielfield Park
Stadium
Photo: David Neill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shielfield Park is a football stadium that is home to Berwick Rangers and Berwick Bandits speedway team. Although Berwick Rangers is a Scottish Lowland Football League club, Shielfield Park is situated in the English county of Northumberland.
Halidon Hill
Peak
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halidon Hill is a summit, about 2 miles west of the centre of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the border of England and Scotland. It reaches 600 feet high. The name of the hill indicates that it once had a fortification on its top.
Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berwick-upon-Tweed is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 67 miles north-west of Newcastle, serves the border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berwick-upon-Tweed and Low Cocklaw.
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town in Northumberland, two miles south of the border with Scotland. Berwick is on the north bank of the Tweed and nowadays forms a combined town with Tweedmouth and Spittal on the south bank.
Low Cocklaw
Hamlet
Photo: Tom Brewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Low Cocklaw is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Berwick-upon-Tweed, about 3 miles west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in Northumberland, England. Until the early 1980s it was a working farm but is now entirely residential.
Tweedmouth
Suburb
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tweedmouth is part of the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in Northumberland, England. It is located on the south bank of the River Tweed and is connected to Berwick town centre, on the north bank, by two road bridges and a railway bridge.
Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “特威德河畔貝里克區”
- Dutch: “Berwick-upon-Tweed”
- German: “35UC”
- German: “Berwick-upon-Tweed (Borough)”
- German: “Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed”
- Irish: “Buirg Berwick-upon-Tweed”
- Italian: “Berwick-upon-Tweed”
- Japanese: “バーウィック・アポン・ツイード”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Berwick-upon-Tweed (distrikt)”
- Norwegian: “Berwick-upon-Tweed”
- Polish: “Berwick-upon-Tweed”
- Slovenian: “Berwick-upon-Tweed (okraj)”
- Swedish: “Berwick-upon-Tweed”
- “Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as East Ord and Prior Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Berwick Castle and Berwick Infirmary.
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