Berwick-upon-Tweed & Ramparts | Northumberland
Berwick -upon-Tweed & Ramparts || Chasing some better weather, we headed north to avoid the rain. There is less talking than I would have liked as I lost my wind muffler getting out of the car ????. But still a good opportunity to test my new camera #Insta360onex.
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Views from the East Coast Mainline of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, 25 November, 2018
Berwick-Upon-Tweed is a town in the county of Northumberland. It is the northernmost town in England, at the mouth of the River Tweed on the east coast, 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) south of the Scottish border.
This short film was taken from an Edinburgh bound train travelling north on the East Coast Main Line as it approaches Berwick-Upon-Tweed in Northumberland. This is a particularly scenic approach from the railway, which is elevated above the town, and crosses the River Tweed on the Royal Border Bridge, which is 659 metres long and has 28 arches.
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Places to see in ( Berwick upon Tweed - UK )
Places to see in ( Berwick upon Tweed - UK )
Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town in the county of Northumberland. It is the northernmost town in England. Berwick upon Tweed is located 2 ¹⁄₂ miles south of the Scottish border, at the mouth of the River Tweed on the east coast.
Berwick upon Tweed is about 56 miles (90 km) east-south east of Edinburgh, 65 miles (105 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne and 345 miles (555 km) north of London. Berwick was founded as an Anglo-Saxon settlement during the time of the Kingdom of Northumbria, which was annexed by England in the 10th century.
Berwick remains a traditional market town and also has some notable architectural features, in particular its medieval town walls, its Elizabethan ramparts and Britain's earliest barracks buildings (1717–21 by Nicholas Hawksmoor for the Board of Ordnance).
The old A1 road passes through Berwick. The modern A1 goes around the town to the west. The town is on the East Coast Main Line railway, and has a railway station. A small seaport at Tweedmouth facilitates the import and export of goods, but provides no passenger services. The port is protected by a long breakwater built in the 19th century, at the end of which is a red and white lighthouse. Completed in 1826, the 13 metres (43 ft) tower emits a white light every five seconds from a window overlooking the sea.
Berwick Castle was built in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 1290s. Berwick town walls and Tudor ramparts – some of the finest remaining examples of their type in the country. The Old Bridge, 15-span sandstone arch bridge 1,164 feet (355 m) long, built in 1610.
Holy Trinity Parish Church, unusual for having been built during the Commonwealth of England. Berwick Barracks, built 1717–21, the design attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor. Dewars Lane Granary, built in 1769, now restored as a hotel and art gallery. Marshall Meadows Country House Hotel, built in 1780 as a country house, is north of the town.
Union Bridge, 5 miles (8 km) upstream, from Berwick, was built in 1821 and is the World's oldest surviving suspension bridge. The Kings Arms Hotel on Hide Hill was built in 1782 and rebuilt in 1845. The Royal Border Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson and built in 1847. St Andrew's Church, Wallace Green was built in 1859 and is one of only eight Church of Scotland congregations in England.
The Masonic Hall was built in 1872 for the town's St David's Masonic Lodge for £1,800. The Royal Tweed Bridge, built in 1925 to carry the A1 road across the Tweed. Its span is 361 feet (110 m). Dewars Lane runs down Back Street just off Bridge Street.
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Berwick-upon-Tweed, Elizabethan ramparts
Replacing the medieval walls, the Berwick fortifications were constructed between 1558 and 1570 during the period when relations between Scotland and England were less than cordial. The town stands 3 miles from the Scottish border in Northumberland and switched kingdoms several times before finally being claimed by England in 1482.
The town is noted for its spectacular bridges, the Royal Border (rail) Bridge lies behind the Royal Tweed Bridge and Old Bridge.
Music: Town Of 24 Bars by Unicorn Heads
Nipper Fairnell's Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town in the county of Northumberland and is the northernmost town in England, on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed. It is situated 2½ miles (4 km) south of the Scottish border. It is roughly 56 miles east-south east of Edinburgh, 65 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne and 345 miles north of London.
Berwick-upon-Tweed had a population of 11,665 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001. A civil parish and town council were created in 2008.
Founded as an Anglo-Saxon settlement during the time of the kingdom of Northumbria,the area was for over 400 years central to historic border war between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and several times possession of Berwick changed hands between the two kingdoms. The last time it changed hands was when England retook it in 1482. Berwick remains a traditional market town and also has some notable architectural features, in particular its defence ramparts and barrack buildings.
Berwick's strategic position on the Anglo-Scottish border during centuries of war between the two nations and its relatively great wealth led to a succession of raids, sieges and takeovers. William I of Scotland invaded and attempted to capture northern England in 1173-74. After his defeat, Berwick was ceded to Henry II of England. It was later sold back to William by Richard I of England in order to raise funds for his Crusade. Berwick had become a prosperous town by the middle of the 13th century. According to William Edington, a bishop and chancellor of Scotland, Berwick was so populous and of such commercial importance that it might rightly be called another Alexandria, whose riches were the sea and the water its walls. In 1291/92, Berwick was the site of Edward I of England's arbitration in the contest for the Scottish crown between John Balliol and Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale. The decision in favour of Balliol was pronounced in the Great Hall of Berwick Castle on 17 November 1292.
In 1296 England went to war with France, with whom Scotland was in alliance. Balliol invaded England in response, sacking Cumberland. Edward in turn invaded Scotland and captured Berwick, destroying much of the town. Edward I went again to Berwick in August 1296 to receive formal homage from some 2,000 Scottish nobles, after defeating the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar in April and forcing John Balliol to abdicate at Kincardine Castle the following July. An arm of William Wallace was displayed at Berwick after his execution and quartering on 23 August 1305. In 1314 Edward II of England mustered 25,000 men at Berwick, who later fought in (and lost) the Battle of Bannockburn.
Between 1315 and 1318, Scottish armies, sometimes with the help of Flemish and German privateers, besieged and blockaded the town, finally invading and capturing it in April 1318. England retook Berwick some time shortly after the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. In October 1357, a treaty was signed at Berwick by which the Scottish estates undertook to pay 100,000 marks as a ransom for David II of Scotland, who had been taken prisoner at the Battle of Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346.
In 1461 Berwick was ceded to Scotland by Margaret of Anjou on behalf of her husband, Henry VI, in return for help against the Yorkists during the Wars of the Roses. Robert Lauder of Edrington was put in charge of the castle. He was succeeded in 1474 by David, Earl of Crawford. On 3 February 1478, Robert Lauder of The Bass and Edrington was again appointed Keeper of the castle, a position that he held until the last year of Scottish occupation, when Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord Hailes, had possession.
Berwick had a mediaeval hospital for the sick and poor which was administered by the Church. A charter under the Great Seal of Scotland, confirmed by King James I of Scotland, grants the king's chaplain Thomas Lauder of the House of God or Hospital lying in the burgh of Berwick-upon-Tweed, to be held to him for the whole time of his life with all lands, teinds, rents and profits, etc., belonging to the said hospital, as freely as is granted to any other hospital in the Kingdom of Scotland; the king also commands all those concerned to pay to the grantee all things necessary for the support of the hospital. Dated at Edinburgh June 8, in the 20th year of his reign.
In 1482 Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) recaptured the town. Over the course of a little more than 400 years, Berwick had changed hands more than a dozen times.
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Founded as a Anglo-Saxon settlement during the time of the Kingdom of Northumbria the area was for over 400 years central to historic border war between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and several times possession of Berwick changed hands between the two Kingdoms. The last time it changed hands was when England retook it in 1482. Berwick remains a traditional market town and also has some notable architectural features, in particular it's defence ramparts and barrack buildings.
Berwick-Upon-Tweed: A Journey Through Time
A look through the years at Berwick-Upon-Tweed High Street! Credit to the Image Owners featured.
Berwick upon Tweed
Just two miles from the Scottish border Berwick upon Tweed has changed hands between the English and Scottish no less than 13 times. A walk round the Elizabethan ramparts will reveal the fine Georgian architecture of this beautiful walled town. Marygate, the towns bustling main street is dominated by the imposing Town Hall, built around 1750. The river tweed internationally famous for salmon fishing runs through Berwick and is also home to the 2nd largest herd of beautiful Mute Swans in Britain. The oldest of 3 bridges, Berwick bridge, was built betwee 1611 and 1634. Renowned artist L.S. Lowry loved to holiday in Berwick and painted many pictures during his visits to the town.
Berwick upon tweed ( fortifications and location of the old castle )
The area of Berwick castle and the walls, also the fortifications of the walls.
Medieval fortification
Berwick's town walls were built in the early 14th century under Edward I, following his capture of the city from the Scots. When complete they stretched 2 miles (3.2 km) in length and were 3 feet 4 inches thick and up to 22 feet (6.7 m) high, protected by a number of smaller towers, up to 60 feet (18 m) tall. They were funded by a murage grant in 1313, a tax on particular goods imported into the town. By 1405, however, the walls had fallen into considerable disrepair and were incapable of preventing Henry IV from taking the town with relative ease.
Berwick Castle (an earlier structure) lay just outside the medieval wall to the north-west, and was connected to the town by a bridge leading to a gate in the wall.
Elizabethan rebuilding
An additional, short-lived, fort was built in 1552 to supplement the walls. By 1560, however, it was concluded that it was impractical to upgrade the existing walls and a new set of town fortifications in an Italian style were constructed instead, destroying much of the earlier medieval stonework. Sir Richard Lee served as Chief Surveyor for these works; he came up with an innovative design, combining ditches and walls backed by substantial earthworks (designed to absorb the force of an artillery attack). The new walls were much smaller in length, enclosing only two thirds of the medieval area, allowing them to include more artillery emplacements and five large stone bastions. The 16th century walls included four gates. In the 18th century most of the remaining parts of the medieval walls were steadily lost.
The walls today
Today the walls are, in the view of archaeologists Oliver Creighton and Robert Higham, by some measure the best-preserved example of town defences in Britain designed for post-medieval warfare. They are protected as a scheduled monument and a grade I listed building.
Tour of Berwick Parks
Tours of the Berwick-upon-Tweed parks - Castle Vale park and Coronation park
An introduction to Berwick upon Tweed
Berwick has always stirred emotions and has been inspiring residents and visitors alike for hundreds of years.
Changing hands between England and Scotland 13 times in the period 1147 and 1482, Berwick was the most fiercely contested settlement in the world after Jerusalem. The marks left by those troubled times can still be found today and the town's fabric continues to speak of a deep and complex history.
Some of that history is obvious like the Elizabethan defences begun in 1558 and today the only intact set of defences from the period in the UK. Others are less obvious including the remnants of the ruined castle or the earlier Edwardian ramparts.
But it is not just the history that brings visitors to Berwick and the Borders. Natural beauty abounds and the town's location on the tweed surrounded by wonderful views and open country continue to attract artists with a series of galleries and artists in residence, including the Berwick Film Festival and Gymnasium Gallery with its renowned Fellowship programme.
Group Ride to Berwick Upon Tweed
Group Ride to Berwick Upon Tweed
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I ride down to the Scottish Borders from Edinburgh and meet with 3 other people on 2 other bikes. We go across country to Berwick Upon Tweed for the Food and Beer Festival in the Berwick Barracks. Unfortunately, some of the ride is not recorded as the SD card runs out of space. Some of my ride back is recorded as I moved some data to my phone.
Bike(s) – Honda VFR800Fi Interceptor (me), Honda ST1100 Pan European (Anon + Girlfriend), Suzuki Bandit GSF600 (Girlfriends Dad)
Lid – Takachi TKR481 (a scruffy old one) -
Camera – Veho Muvi K1 -
Software – Open Shot for Ubuntu Linux -
Signature - Render Forest -
We are All Equal (Berwick upon Tweed, UK) 21
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Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed /ˈbɛrɨk əpɒn ˈtwiːd/ is a town in the county of Northumberland and is the northernmost town in England, on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed. It is 2 1⁄2 miles south of the Scottish border. It is about 56 miles east-south east of Edinburgh, 65 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne and 345 miles north of London.
The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Berwick's population as 12,043. A civil parish and town council were created in 2008.
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Berwick upon Tweed
Took the chance on the weather and drove over an hour up to Berwick upon Tweed, and I'm so pleased I did. Delightful, old, historic town with some brilliant views. I shall certainly revisit the place again in future.
Berwick upon Tweed Town Walls circular, North Northumberland ©
A 1.5 mile easy circular walk around the Elizabethan walls and ramparts which surround the centre of Berwick upon Tweed on the border between England and Scotland.
Berwick's town walls were built in the early 14th century under Edward I, following his capture of the city from the Scots. When complete they stretched 2 miles in length and were 3 feet 4 inches thick and up to 22 feet high, protected by a number of smaller towers, up to 60 feet tall.They were funded by a murage grant in 1313, a tax on particular goods imported into the town. By 1405, however, the walls had fallen into considerable disrepair and were incapable of preventing Henry IV from taking the town with relative ease. An additional, short-lived, fort was built in 1552 to supplement the walls. By 1560, however, it was concluded that it was impractical to upgrade the existing walls and a new set of town fortifications in an Italian style were constructed instead, destroying much of the earlier medieval stonework. These walls were much smaller in length, enclosing only two thirds of the medieval area, allowing them to include more artillery emplacements and five large stone bastions.
The 16th century walls included four gates. In the 18th century most of the remaining parts of the medieval walls were steadily lost.
Today the walls are, in the view of historians Oliver Creighton and Robert Higham, by some measure the best-preserved example of town defences in Britain designed for post-medieval warfare. They are protected as a scheduled monument and a grade I listed building. Wikipedia.
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Music: Scotsman over the Border / Tom Billy's Jig. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane
Day 17 – Holy Island, Berwick-upon-Tweed & Alnwick Castle
This is day 17 of my UK holiday adventure.
So today we drove to Holy Island, which one has to plan, because the road to the island is under water because of the tides.
Then we walked the old City borders of Berwick-upon-Castle and then stood outside of Alnwick Castle.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne:
Berwick-upon-Tweed:
Alnwick Castle:
Music by Shaggy - It Wasn´t Me (LosGarcia Remix) (Tropical House)
Berwick Seaview Club site
Perched on a hillside in the seaside resort of Spittal and offering spectacular views along the Northumberland coast and over the estuary towards the historic town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Beautiful beaches, castles and fascinating islands are all within easy reach while Berwick is a 30-minute walk away with its Elizabethan ramparts, military barracks, shops and restaurants.
Metal detecting: Berwick-Upon-Tweed dig
Best finds: Musket balls and an 1872 Queen Victoria penny
BERWICK UPON TWEED & THE HOLY ISLAND - FAMILY HOLIDAY
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Hi everyone, welcome to or back to my channel, I hope that you are all well. So in this video I will be showing you what we got up to when we had a walk around Berwick upon tweed & we also visited The holy island aswell before heading home from our family holiday!
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