Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed

Coordinates: 55°46′20″N 2°00′08″W / 55.77222°N 2.00222°W / 55.77222; -2.00222
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Not to be confused with Berwickshire.

Berwick-upon-Tweed
UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code35UC
Ethnicity99.6% White
Websiteberwick-upon-tweed.gov.uk

Berwick-upon-Tweed was a

Eden and Tynedale
).

Its main town is Berwick-upon-Tweed, sited immediately to the north of the Tweed estuary. The town is ancient, the scene of a number of battles; it has perhaps the best remaining example of a (almost completely intact) town wall, built for defensive purposes.

On the south of the estuary, the port of Tweedmouth is the point of export of diverse goods, but especially grain and roadstone. The remainder of the borough is rural, bordered to the west by the Cheviot Hills, and to the east by a scenic coastline.

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the previous borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed with Belford Rural District, Glendale Rural District and Norham and Islandshires Rural District.

Berwick was the first district in Britain to hold a

directly elected mayor
. This referendum, on 7 June 2001, decided against an elected mayor.

The district was abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England effective from 1 April 2009 with responsibilities being transferred to Northumberland County Council, a unitary authority.

Settlements and parishes

The borough contained the settlements and

civil parishes
of: (towns highlighted in bold)

See also

External links

  • Statistics about the Berwick-upon-Tweed borough from the
    Census 2001

55°46′20″N 2°00′08″W / 55.77222°N 2.00222°W / 55.77222; -2.00222

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