Walkerburn
Walkerburn is a small town in the Scottish Borders location of Scotland, on the A72 concerning 8 miles (13 kilometres) from Peebles and also 10 miles (16 km) from Galashiels. It was founded in 1854 to house the workers for the Tweed mills owned by the Ballantyne family members. Walkerburn now has a population of around 660 (2019). The town also abnormally houses a handful of science-based markets as well as several effective little ventures. It is the residence of the Ballantyne Memorial Institute. With aid from the European Union, Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Borders Council, citizens created the WAVE Group uniting all the village clubs, societies and individuals to take a look at future regrowth. Burning Issues was founded as a regular monthly village e-newsletter and also the Walkerburn and Innerleithen Partnership was created to maximize European regeneration financing. The Community Council was reinvigorated and a new Community Development Trust took shape. The Pathway Group re-built Alexandra Park with brand-new tools in the swing park, a wildlife hedge, tree planting as well as walkways. The Public Hall was refurbished and also extended in the nick of time to offer a house for a village Healthy Living initiative which gives exercise and dancing classes and healthy cooking courses for all ages. The Development Trust started to take a look at the feasibility of more extending the strolling, riding and cycling routes around the town, developing Walkerburn as a new prime focus for tourism in the Tweed Valley. Over 80 houses in the town subscribed to a house composting scheme, town clean-ups as well as community occasions were once more well supported, home rates started to increase and also new houses were improved gap sites.