Paxton to Berwick upon Tweed, Scottish Borders & Northumberland ©
A 10 mile linear river walk which meanders around the river Whiteadder before heading westwards along the Tweed past the bottom of the Paxton House estate as far as the Chain Bridge. Here the route crosses back into England and turns eastwards along the bank of the river Tweed for a further 6 miles into Berwick over the old Bridge. Warning some of these riverside paths would be dangerous when the river is in flood and the banks can become slippery at times.
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Music: Lament of the Glen. Mike Stobbie
Paxton House From Above
Take in an aerial view of Paxton House. Situated in the Scottish Borders, near Berwick upon Tweed, Paxton House is a fantastic wedding and events venue.
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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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England Scotland Anglo-Scottish border patrol High Gaitle Caravan Park to Kershope Forest
Had a great stay at High Gaitle Caravan Park. Walked along the busy A6071 for abit then joined the A7 where i had the option of walking along part the dismantled border railway overgrown in parts but passable. I would meet up with the border again at the eastern end of Scotsdike. Then the border followed the river Esk. I went through Canonbie which had a shop which was very handy. It was a walk along the B6357 to Rowanburn which had a honesty shop in a old red phone box with local produce. Tonights camping spot is Kershope Forest
Scots' Dike is a three and a half mile / 5.25 km long linear earthwork, constructed by the English and the Scots in the year 1552 to mark the division of the Debatable lands and thereby settle the exact boundary between Scotland and England. The method adopted to dig the Scots' Dike was to dig two parallel ditches, and throw the material excavated therefrom into the intervening space, thus forming an earthen mound of varying height.
Borders Railway Waverley Route. line was controversially closed in 1969, as part of the Beeching cuts.
Canonbie was the main population centre within the Debatable Lands
Rowanburn was founded as a coal mining community in the late 19th century to house miners from the Canonbie coalfield. There is a memorial to the now closed coal mines in the hamlet.
Kershope Burn is a burn running in its entirety along the border between England and Scotland.
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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.
Tweed View Care Home - Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
Tweed View Care Home is a beautiful Victorian building situated upon the northern bank of the River Tweed in Northumberland, UK. Yet from its lofty position overlooking the River Tweed, it still remains in the heart of historic Berwick-upon-Tweed. Originally constructed as a convent, it offers the peace and tranquillity that is so important in today's frenetic world. With the incorporation of all modern amenities, allied to the high standards of comfort and care, favourable comparison to a traditional country hotel can clearly be made. Residents can enjoy visually stunning and uniquely spectacular vistas of the river and valley, with many of the bedrooms offering their own riverside views.
Places to see in ( Eyemouth - UK )
Places to see in ( Eyemouth - UK )
Eyemouth is a small town and civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is 2 miles east of the main north-south A1 road and just 8 miles north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Eyemouth is very nearly due east of Glasgow. In fact Eyemouth's latitude is 55.8691°N, whilst Glasgow's is 55.8642°N, so Eyemouth is about 600 yards further north.
The town's name comes from its location at the mouth of the Eye Water. The Berwickshire coastline consists of high cliffs over deep clear water with sandy coves and picturesque harbours. A fishing port, Eyemouth holds a yearly Herring Queen Festival. Notable buildings in the town include Gunsgreen House and a cemetery watch-house built to stand guard against the Resurrectionists (body snatchers). Many of the features of a traditional fishing village are preserved in the narrow streets and 'vennels', giving shelter from the sea and well-suited to the smuggling tradition of old.
Eyemouth is not far from the small villages of Ayton, Reston, St. Abbs, Coldingham and Burnmouth. The coast offers opportunities for birdwatching, walking, fishing and diving. Accommodation includes several hotels, B&Bs and a holiday park. The geology of the area shows evidence of folding that led James Hutton to announce that the surface of the earth had changed dramatically over the ages.
Other places of interest nearby include the fortifications of Berwick-upon-Tweed also designed by Sir Richard Lee, and its military museum, Paxton House, the Union Bridge and the Chain Bridge Honey Farm, and scores of quiet country roads skirting the Cheviot Hills, frequently snow-capped in winter. Many visitors pause on their journey on the A1 to photograph their arrival in Scotland or their departure to England at the border crossing. Though the border has significance to many visitors, most local people think of themselves as 'Borderers' rather than as Scots or English. Nearby the border is a nature trail through the mysteriously named 'Conundrum' Farm. Typical Border towns and villages, such as Kelso, Grantshouse, Abbey St Bathans, Cove, Cockburnspath (pronounced 'coburnspath' or 'copath' by locals), Cornhill, Wooler, Morpeth, Alnmouth and Alnwick are all within easy reach for day trips from Eyemouth. Near Chirnside stood Ninewells House, since demolished, where David Hume, whom many regard as foremost among the philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment, if not the greatest of all time, spent much of his life.
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Burgie House - this large and luxurious holiday retreat is possibly one of the most outstanding homes that Scotland offers.
Chain Bridge between England and Scotland
Chain Bridge between England and Scotland. We'd visited the Chain bridge honey farm and walked down to the river.
Meadow Hill Guest House, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Meadow Hill Guest House, Duns Road, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1UB, England
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Berwick upon Tweed area
Some shots to show the beauty of the area in which we live.
Scenes from Berwick-upon-Tweed
An afternoon's walk around Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, UK
Traquair House Scotland
Traquair House is the oldest inhabited house in Scotland dating back to the 12th C. It is famed for its Real Ale Brewery and is a few miles from Peebles.
Tweed View House, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Tweed View House, East Ord, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2NS, England
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Places to see in ( Eyemouth - UK )
Places to see in ( Eyemouth - UK )
Eyemouth is a small town and civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is 2 miles east of the main north-south A1 road and just 8 miles north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Eyemouth is very nearly due east of Glasgow. In fact Eyemouth's latitude is 55.8691°N, whilst Glasgow's is 55.8642°N, so Eyemouth is about 600 yards further north.
The town's name comes from its location at the mouth of the Eye Water. The Berwickshire coastline consists of high cliffs over deep clear water with sandy coves and picturesque harbours. A fishing port, Eyemouth holds a yearly Herring Queen Festival. Notable buildings in the town include Gunsgreen House and a cemetery watch-house built to stand guard against the Resurrectionists (body snatchers). Many of the features of a traditional fishing village are preserved in the narrow streets and 'vennels', giving shelter from the sea and well-suited to the smuggling tradition of old.
Eyemouth is not far from the small villages of Ayton, Reston, St. Abbs, Coldingham and Burnmouth. The coast offers opportunities for birdwatching, walking, fishing and diving. Accommodation includes several hotels, B&Bs and a holiday park. The geology of the area shows evidence of folding that led James Hutton to announce that the surface of the earth had changed dramatically over the ages.
Other places of interest nearby include the fortifications of Berwick-upon-Tweed also designed by Sir Richard Lee, and its military museum, Paxton House, the Union Bridge and the Chain Bridge Honey Farm, and scores of quiet country roads skirting the Cheviot Hills, frequently snow-capped in winter. Many visitors pause on their journey on the A1 to photograph their arrival in Scotland or their departure to England at the border crossing. Though the border has significance to many visitors, most local people think of themselves as 'Borderers' rather than as Scots or English. Nearby the border is a nature trail through the mysteriously named 'Conundrum' Farm. Typical Border towns and villages, such as Kelso, Grantshouse, Abbey St Bathans, Cove, Cockburnspath (pronounced 'coburnspath' or 'copath' by locals), Cornhill, Wooler, Morpeth, Alnmouth and Alnwick are all within easy reach for day trips from Eyemouth. Near Chirnside stood Ninewells House, since demolished, where David Hume, whom many regard as foremost among the philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment, if not the greatest of all time, spent much of his life.
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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
Muster on the Maury at The Paxton House 2015
Taped May 2015
The Old School House, Berwick-upon-Tweed
The Old School House, Thornton, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2LP, England
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Traquair House In The Jacobite Rebellion - Britain's Secret Homes
The role of Traquair House in the Jacobite rebellion.