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We have compiled a number of interesting and useless facts which may or may not come in handy on your visit to Berwick. If you know of any more please contact us and we will add them to the list.

• Both of Berwick’s football and rugby teams play their matches in the Scottish leagues which is very unique for an English town.
• The local dialect of Berwick-Upon-Tweed is known as “Berwick”, it is a unique mixture of Lowland Scots and a North East English accent. With every new generation the accent leans more to the English side.
• Over 60% of its population work in the service sector. From shops, to restaurants, hotels and catering.
• An old tale has rumbled on for centuries that the town of Berwick-upon-tweed is still at war with the superpower Russia even though the rest of England was at peace. According to hearsay when war was declared on Russia in the Crimea.Queen Victoria signed as“Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, Berwick-upon-Tweed and all British Dominions”. In the peace treaty (Treaty of Paris) to conclude the war in 1856 apparently “Berwick upon Tweed” was left out and this officially left Berwick effectively at war with mother Russia.
• The painter LS. Lowry was a regular holiday maker in Berwick. He painted many pictures of the town and beaches.
• The 1970s sitcom “Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?” mention Berwick upon Tweed in one episode. The two northern Englishmen refer to Berwick as a “Scottish town”.

Are you looking for a Berwick upon Tweed hotels, this site provides information on hotels available in the area and things to do in the surrounding areas.

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Whether you are stopping over night at berwick upon tweed hotels or have a few days to look around here is a list of things to do in and around Berwick on Tweed.

• Take a picture of the Royal Border Bridge from the viewing point of the Royal Tweed Bridge.
• If train spotting is your thing then watch for the Tornado 60163 which passes over the Royal Border Bridge on the route of the East Coast MainLine.
• Don’t miss the Berwick Barracks, they now an English Heritage site, they were designed by Hawksmoor and built between 1717 and 1721.
• Take a stroll around the city center taking in the defensive ramparts.
• Go and visit Dewars Lane, it was once the subject of a painting by LS Lowry.
• The Guildhall, this building used to house the town’s prison. It was built in the classical style in the year 1750.
• Berwick Parish Church, Take a look round the Parish Church, it was built during the Commonwealth of Oliver Cromwell.
• Take a look at the The Union Bridge its five miles up the river and is the oldest surviving suspension bridge in the world. Witness some engineering history.

The Old Bridge

The old Bridge has a 15 span. It is made from Sandstone and measures 1164 feet in length. It was built between the years 1610 and 1624 and cost £15,000. Traffic still uses the bridge but only in one direction. James VI ordered the building of the bridge as it was a main route from London to Edinburgh.

Royal Border Bridge

The Royal Border Bridge was designed in 1847 and built by Robert Stephenson (well not with his own hands), the bridge was opened by Queen Victoria in 1850. It cost £253,000 to complete and has a railways 720 yards in length. The bridge itself has 28 arches in total. It carries the East Coast Main Line at a height of 126 feet above the River Tweed.

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