Walkerburn
Walkerburn is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles (13 kilometres) from Peebles and 10 miles (16 kilometres) from Galashiels. It was founded in 1854 to house the employees for the Tweed mills had by the Ballantyne household. Walkerburn currently has a population of around 660 (2019). The town also unusually houses a handful of science-based industries as well as numerous effective little ventures. It is the residence of the Ballantyne Memorial Institute. With help from the European Union, Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Borders Council, citizens developed the WAVE Group uniting all the town clubs, cultures and individuals to check out future regrowth. Burning Issues was founded as a month-to-month town e-newsletter as well as the Walkerburn as well as Innerleithen Partnership was developed to take advantage of European regeneration funding. The Neighborhood Council was renewed and also a new Community Development Trust took shape. The Pathway Group re-built Alexandra Park with brand-new devices in the swing park, a wildlife bush, tree growing as well as walkways. The General Public Hall was restored and also prolonged just in time to offer a house for a village Healthy Living campaign which gives exercise and dance classes and also healthy food preparation courses for every ages. The Development Trust began to consider the expediency of further extending the walking, riding and cycling tracks around the village, establishing Walkerburn as a brand-new focal point for tourist in the Tweed Valley. Over 80 families in the town signed up to a home composting plan, town clean-ups and also area occasions were once again well supported, house rates began to rise and brand-new residences were improved space sites.