Duns
Duns (population 2,594) is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was the county town of the historic area of Berwickshire. Duns has the biggest buying facilities in a distance of 15 miles (24 kilometres) as well as till 28 January 2015 housed the Berwickshire Sheriff Court, it no longer has any kind of primary workplaces of the Scottish Borders Council, however just maintains a Registry Office. Since the very early 1990s Duns and its instant location have actually seen significant housing development, some questionable. A development near the golf club when driving to Longformacus simply outside Duns is one such instance, as it was built upon greenfield sites. Opposite the old Berwickshire High School a brand-new modern-day Secondary school has actually been constructed to change the mid-1950s structures in which the school was formerly housed. The brand-new Secondary school opened up in February 2009. The old high school is now being redeveloped into a primary school, with the rugby and football club utilizing the old playing fields.
