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Pro
Stunnind medieval ramparts, historic buildings, river tweed, historic bridges
Con
Can be grey and grim if the weather isn't kind.
In a nutshell
Great place for a week end break and to explore Northumberland
spidermiss Says: Berwick walls were once part of a defence project commissioned for Queen Elizabeth I. The purpose of the walls was to keep the town safe from the Scots and French. The Scots and English fought many times, approximately 14 times, over the town.It's great to walk on the walls...
spidermiss Says: Spittal is a lovely seaside resort near Berwick Upon Tweed and was voted as one of the best beaches in Northumberland. It's a popular spot in summer by visitors and also by L.S. Lowry who spent his holidays in Berwick.I visited Spittal whilst doing the Lowry Trail and noted...
spidermiss Says: Royal Border BridgeThe Royal Border Bridge was designed by engineers, Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), Thomas Elliott Harrison (1808-1888) and George Barclay Bone (1821-1906). The bridge was completed in 1850. The bridge has 28 arches spanning over 695 metres. It cost 253, 000...
spidermiss Says: The painter, L S Lowry (1887-1976), used to visit Berwick Upon Tweed for his Summer Holidays until the year of his death in 1976. To him visiting Berwick and seeing the sea was a escape from industrialised Salford and Manchester! He did a lot of paintings and drawings in...
spidermiss Says: I visited Tweedmouth when I did the Lowry Trail and which is part of Berwick Upon Tweed. As well as a village there is a Berwick Harbour and also noted the sites where Lowry painted.There are great views of the river, the sea and Berwick Town Centre from Tweedmouth and the...
spidermiss Says: The town hall, know as the Guidhall then, was designed and built in the 1750s in a classical design by the Guild of Berwick. The spire's bells rung for the local church service as well as the town's curfew. The town's prison was part of the building and prisoners used to...
spidermiss Says: In picture 1 I saw the Berwick-Upon-Tweed Barracks & Main Guards. The attraction is only opened seasonally from Easter to the end of September. It was closed when I visited Berwick at the beginning of October 2012. Please click onto the link for further information about the...
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Caffe Nero: Perfect Place for a Coffee Stop
spidermiss Says: I regularly visited this branch during my stay in Berwick and ordered their hot chocolate and Americanos. I enjoyed their Americanos and you get a free drink after so many visits on a production of a loyalty card. You pay an average of 2.00 gbp-3.00 gbp per drink depending...
spidermiss Says: This family owned bakery has become a nationwide chain bakery since it's humble beginnings in the 1930s. Greggs offer a variety of baked goods including bread, rolls, buns and cakes which are baked on the premises. As well as baked goods, sandwiches and hot and cold drinks...
crmno8 Says: Bigger than Bedrocks with two floors and better lightshows, free entry on saturday and friday nights before 11pm. The nightclub also uses a state-of-the-art air conditioning system that completely changes the club air 16 times an hour. What's more, it keeps the place nice...
Bedrocks: Not much in the way of night life.
DebBowers Says: Bedrocks is the only nightclub in the town and it probably caters for the under 25's Slightly like Newcastle, girls go out in short skirts, flimsy tops and the boys in short sleeved shirts in the middle of winter. Not forgetting NO COATS !
I stopped in Berwick for a couple of days on my way home from Edinburgh. I travelled from Edinburgh to Berwick with Cross Country Trains and the journey took me 50 minutes. An advance single cost me 4.50 gbp (October 2012).
On my way home I decided to travel first class with East Coast from Berwick to Leeds. My train to York took me just under two hours. I had to change trains in York and the journey from there to Leeds took me 20 minutes. An advance 1st class single cost me 23.55 gbp (October 2012). Please see my travelogue about my journey home.
Updated Oct 13, 2012
Phone: 8457 48 49 50
Website: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
To be honest, this tip is just saying Berwick is certainly not a shopping Mecca. Berwick just has regular high street chain shops and just a couple of independant local shops selling local produce. There are a couple of shops worth dropping into, but I wouldn't recommend Berwick as somewhere to come specifically for shopping.
What to buy: Haggis is always a suggestion... there's a Fish & Chip shop in town that does it deep fried, lovely!
What to pay: Regular prices, cheaper than Edinburgh though, the nearest major shopping location.
Written Jan 8, 2003
Joe_Green Says: There is a rumour that goes about the place about Berwick, that somehow or other the town, just the town, is at war with Russia!! Yes, Russia, the biggest country in the world, huge nuclear arsenal, army approx 100 times bigger than berwick's entire population. Utterly...
Joe_Green Says: In Berwick (pronounced Berik, not Bur-wik) you'll encounter 2 of the greatest indeciferable accents in the english accent, Scottish, and Geordie. If you're in a shop, in a pub or anywhere, and someone turns, says what seems a slow, well considered sentence.... and you don't...
Do we speak the same language!
DebBowers Says: It can take some getting used to the Berwick dialect. The following are words you may hear and their meaning. Not sure if the spelling is correct though.Ladged = embarrassedBari= good, niceRadged= angry Do ya ken=do you knowAye=yesMuckle= big
Joe_Green Says: OK first off, this isn't as big a problem as maybe being Jewish in Baghdad, or dealing drugs in Thailand, but it's something you should at least be aware of. Berwick is in England, but it's population has a majority of Scots. Should you have the fortune/misfortune to arrive...
spidermiss Says: I struggled to find information about the stocks in Berwick. I would imagine the stocks were used during Medieval and Renaissance times to publically punish and immobilise victims where there was an opportunity for passers-by to mock and ridicule and also throw things at...
If it's your kind of thing, Berwick has a local football team called Berwick Rangers. They play in the Scottish 2nd Division and are currently 2nd in the league, (that's a promotion spot!!!) and 24th nationally if you want some perspective. It's about £10 to get in which is a scadal, cause I'll be honest this isn't world class football. In fact Scotland only has 2 genuinly major (i.e European Class) sides, Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers! But this is a proper league side non-the-less and if you brave the weather, you can join another 450 or so fans every other Saturday (when they're playing at home) and cheer them on.
Equipment: Best idea is to bring something warm, unless it's summer. If you've got a football strip, bring that!! (although if you're a novice on who's who in scottish football check with someone who knows first. Turn up in Rangers or Celtic top and immidiately you've signed yourself up as an ally of half the fans and a mortal enemy of the other half). Otherwise, bring yourself, a loud voice, and a tiny bit of football knowledge so you're not totally bored.
Written Jan 8, 2003
Address: Just out of town near the Commercial park.
Favorite thing: Before I had begun exploring the town I popped into the Tourist Information Centre on Marygate. The friendly staff gave me a town map and gave me recommendations what I should do during my short stay. The helpful tourist information office can provide a variety of services from booking accommodation to assist with planning itineraries.
Contact details:
Berwick Upon Tweed Tourist Information
106 Marygate
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1BN
Tel No. 01670 622155
Some useful Websites:
Visit Northumberland
Berwick Upon Tweed Town Council's Visitor Information
Updated Mar 23, 2013
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We moved to Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1990 from the south of England. We drove the the 400 miles with 2 children and 3 dogs whingeing and looking miserable, that was just the children, and as we passed by...
I spent a couple of days in Berwick Upon Tweed in October 2012 on my way back from Edinburgh. I've passed the town so many times on my way up to Scotland but never stopped so this was an opportunity...
This is where I live when I am not happily ensconsed in Leicester studying etc. Situated on the England/Scotland border, it's a lovely wee town with it's fair hlping of historical significance and a...
Pictured:The Royal Border Bridge With its location on the English - Scottish border, Berwick became one of the most heavily fortified towns in all of Great Britian. Over the centuries control of...
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