Berwick, the Interesting Places?

By Beth, Tiffany, Kieran, and Daniel

Today, the four of us went around Berwick with a camera and shot photographs of the places we think are considered "interesting" places around town. These places included the town hall, the walls, barracks, train station, castle, the bridges, and the river Tweed.

We started with the walls around town. The walls were built by Queen Elizabeth 1st in 1558 to defend the town from the Scots.

There are three bridges in Berwick, the Old Bridge, the Royal Border Bridge , and the Royal Tweed Bridge. The first two are used for people to walk over and for cars to drive on, while the third one is used for trains to come in and out of Berwick.

For many years soldiers were placed inside private houses and local taverns, but, in 1717 the government built the barracks to house the soldiers. Designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, Berwick Barracks were finished in 1721. They are located near the walls and have a great view over the town.

Berwick Upon Tweed, like the name implies, has the River Tweed going through it, which you can see from the photos above and below. It is 97 miles long starting at Tweedsmuir and ending in Berwick. It also flows through Galashiels, Peebles, Kelso, Melrose, and Coldstream. It is a great place to go salmon fishing.

Berwick at one point in it's history, had a castle. Berwick Castle, which it was known as, was founded by the Scottish King David I. In 1296 to 1298, the English King Edward, had it refurbished, before he had to return it to Scotland. Because Berwick was thrown between England and Scotland so many times, it sustained a lot of damage over the years.

Eventually, though, most of the castle, including the Great Hall, was destroyed in order to make the Berwick Railway Station in 1847. It is England's most northerly railway station before you go into Scotland.

With that, we conclude this article about Berwick. We hope that you enjoy this and find it a tad bit useful.

Beth, Tiffany, Kieran, and Daniel

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