Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town in the county of Northumberland. It is the northernmost town in England.It is located at the mouth of the River Tweed on the east coast, 2 1⁄2 miles south of the Scottish border. Berwick is approximately 56 mi east-south east of Edinburgh, 65 mi north of Newcastle upon Tyne and 345 mi north of London. The 2011 United Kingdom census recorded Berwick's population as 12,043. A civil parish and town council were formed in... Show more 2008 comprising the communities of Berwick, Spittal and Tweedmouth.Berwick was founded as an Anglo-Saxon settlement during the time of the Kingdom of Northumbria, which was annexed by England in the 10th century.The area was for more than 400 years central to historic border wars between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and several times possession of Berwick changed hands between the two kingdoms. The last time it changed hands was when Richard...