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Town walls
Berwick town walls
Defences around the old town; you can walk much of the circuit on top of the ramparts, looked after by English Heritage.
A mini guide to
Berwick-upon-Tweed: things to do
Places worth your time in Berwick-upon-Tweed
Top places
Things to do in Berwick-upon-Tweed
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Former barracks and museum
Berwick Barracks
Former army barracks, also called Ravensdowne Barracks, with the King's Own Scottish Borderers regimental museum.
Railway viaduct
Royal Border Bridge
Robert Stephenson's railway viaduct of 1847-50, opened by Queen Victoria and still carrying East Coast Main Line trains.
Historic bridge
Berwick Bridge
Grade I listed stone bridge over the Tweed built between 1611 and 1624, also called the Old Bridge.
Parish church
Holy Trinity Church
Parish church in the town centre, a rare example of a church built in the Commonwealth period of the 1650s.
Town hall
Berwick Town Hall
Grade I listed town hall on Marygate with a tall steeple, once the headquarters of the borough council.
Castle ruins
Berwick Castle
Remains of the medieval castle beside the railway station, cared for by English Heritage with the ramparts.
Arts centre and cinema
The Maltings
Cinema and live arts venue near the river in the town centre.
Lindisfarne (Holy Island)
More areas to explore
Photo credits
- Berwick-upon-Tweed (area photo): Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Berwick town walls: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Berwick Barracks: Andrew Bowden from London, United Kingdon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Royal Border Bridge: Whatlep, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Berwick Bridge: Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Holy Trinity Church: James@hopgrove, Public domain, source
- Berwick Town Hall: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Berwick Castle: Euan Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Maltings: Maltingsberwick, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Holy Island & the causeway coast: matthew Hunt, CC BY 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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