Walkerburn
Walkerburn is a small town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles (13 km) from Peebles and also 10 miles (16 km) from Galashiels. It was founded in 1854 to house the employees for the Tweed mills had by the Ballantyne family members. Walkerburn currently has a population of around 660 (2019). The village additionally abnormally houses a handful of science-based industries and also lots of effective tiny ventures. It is the residence of the Ballantyne Memorial Institute. With aid from the European Union, Scottish Enterprise as well as Scottish Borders Council, citizens created the WAVE Group bringing together all the village clubs, cultures as well as people to check out future regeneration. Burning Issues was founded as a regular monthly village newsletter as well as the Walkerburn and also Innerleithen Partnership was developed to make the most of European regrowth funding. The Area Council was reinvigorated and a brand-new Community Development Trust took shape. The Pathway Group re-built Alexandra Park with brand-new equipment in the swing park, a wildlife bush, tree growing and also walkways. The Public Hall was remodelled as well as expanded just in time to offer a house for a village Healthy Living initiative which offers workout and also dancing classes and healthy and balanced food preparation courses for any ages. The Development Trust began to consider the expediency of additional expanding the walking, riding and cycling trails around the village, creating Walkerburn as a new prime focus for tourism in the Tweed Valley. Over 80 households in the town joined to a home composting system, village clean-ups and neighborhood events were again well sustained, residence prices started to rise as well as brand-new houses were improved space sites.
