Berwick-upon-Tweed (borough)
Berwick-upon-Tweed is a
local government district and
borough in
Northumberland in the north-east of
England, on the border with
Scotland. The district had a resident population of 25,949 according to the 2001 census, which also notes that it is the most ethnically homogenous in the country, with 99.6% of the population recording themselves in the 2001 census as
White.
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) City 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 stunningly beautiful coastline.
The borough was formed on
April 1,
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 the UK to have a
referendum on whether to have a
directly-elected mayor. This election took place on
June 7,
2001, and was a decisive victory for the
status quo.
The borough contains the settlements and
civil parishes of: (towns highlighted in bold)
*
Adderstone with Lucker,
Akeld,
Ancroft*
Bamburgh,
Beadnell,
Belford,
Berwick-upon-Tweed,
Bewick,
Bowsden,
Branxton*
Carham,
Chatton,
Chillingham,
Cornhill-on-Tweed*
Doddington,
Duddo*
Earle,
Easington,
Ellingham,
Ewart*
Ford*
Holy Island,
Horncliffe*
Ilderton,
Ingram*
Kilham,
Kirknewton,
Kyloe*
Lilburn,
Lowick*
Middleton,
Milfield*
Norham,
North Sunderland*
Ord*
Roddam*
Shoreswood*
Wooler*
Statistics about the Berwick-upon-Tweed borough from the
Office for National Statistics Census 2001
