Everything about Berwick-upon-tweed Borough totally explained
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's the most ethnically homogeneous in the country, with 99.6% of the population recording themselves in the 2001 census as
White. It is also the smallest district in England with borough status, and the third-least
densely populated local government district (after
Eden and
Tynedale).
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) town 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 district will be abolished as part of the
2009 structural changes to local government in England.
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, Wark on Tweed
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