Walkerburn
Walkerburn is a little village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles (13 km) 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 family members. Walkerburn now has a population of around 660 (2019). The town additionally abnormally houses a small number of science-based sectors as well as several successful small business. It is the home of the Ballantyne Memorial Institute. With help from the European Union, Scottish Enterprise as well as Scottish Borders Council, citizens developed the WAVE Group combining all the town clubs, cultures and also people to consider future regrowth. Burning Issues was founded as a regular monthly town e-newsletter as well as the Walkerburn and also Innerleithen Partnership was formed to maximize European regrowth funding. The Community Council was renewed and a brand-new Community Development Trust took shape. The Pathway Group re-built Alexandra Park with brand-new tools in the swing park, a wild animals hedge, tree growing as well as sidewalks. The General Public Hall was refurbished as well as prolonged just in time to provide a home for a village Healthy Living initiative which offers exercise and dance courses and healthy food preparation classes for all ages. The Development Trust began to take a look at the usefulness of more expanding the walking, riding and also cycling routes around the village, establishing Walkerburn as a new centerpiece for tourist in the Tweed Valley. Over 80 homes in the village signed up to a house composting plan, village clean-ups as well as neighborhood occasions were once again well supported, home prices started to increase and also brand-new homes were built on gap sites.
