Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed, more commonly known simply as Berwick (pronounced Berrick) is an ancient walled town at the far Northern reach of the Northumberland Coast. Throughout history this has been an area of intense conflict, and evidence of this is visible today, with it's huge fortified town walls. In Elizabethan times the Town had huge defensive walls built to deter the potential invasion of the Scots. Berwick changed hands between the English and the Scots 13 times before finally being re-captured in 1482 by the English, in who's hands it has remained ever since.
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed, more commonly known simply as Berwick (pronounced Berrick) is an ancient walled town at the far Northern reach of the Northumberland Coast. Throughout history this has been an area of intense conflict, and evidence of this is visible today, with it's huge fortified town walls. In Elizabethan times the Town had huge defensive walls built to deter the potential invasion of the Scots. Berwick changed hands between the English and the Scots 13 times before finally being re-captured in 1482 by the English, in who's hands it has remained ever since.