Our Travels and Adventures Through The UK: Berwick-upon-Tweed

After leaving Alnwick Castle, we headed to Berwick-upon-Tweed. This quaint village is futher up the eastern coast of the UK and is the northern most village in England. It is right on the coast of the North Sea. It sits at the mouth of the River Tweed and is only 2 1/2 miles south of the border of Scotland. This village has a most colorful history and has changed hands between the Scots and the English 13 times!

Berwick-upon-Tweed is / was a walled city. The wall was once constructed in 1318 by the Scots as fortification against England, later most of it was torn down and reconstructed by the English as fortification against the Scots when it was taken by the King of England, Edward I. The more I read about this 'back and forth' between the Scottish and the British, the more confused I become, but there is a wonderfully old, historic wall around the village, but much of the village has grown out to the north of those walls. Someone in Scotland said that half of it is in England and half is in Scotland. I did not find that to be the case in my research, but perhaps due to growth, it has expanded over the border.

We stayed at a charming B&B for the night, having decided it was too long of a drive to go all the way back to Glasgow because tomorrow we would be heading to Edinburgh, just a short distance from Berwick. We arrived into Berwick in the early evening, and once we got our luggage to our place we began walking around the village in search of a place to eat. Interestingly enough, because it was Sunday, we found our choices very limited.

Finally found this place to eat dinner.

We had planned to take a walk down to the sea after we ate, but as we were heading that way, a severe rainstorm began. We quickly turned around and headed back to our B&B, soaking wet by the time we got there! In the morning we took time to walk around the village some and walk on top of the wall. Beautiful views from up there!