Walkerburn
Walkerburn is a little town in the Scottish Borders location of Scotland, on the A72 concerning 8 miles (13 kilometres) from Peebles as well as 10 miles (16 kilometres) from Galashiels. It was founded in 1854 to house the workers for the Tweed mills owned by the Ballantyne family. Walkerburn currently has a population of around 660 (2019). The village additionally unusually houses a handful of science-based industries and also several successful tiny ventures. It is the home of the Ballantyne Memorial Institute. With help from the European Union, Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Borders Council, citizens formed the WAVE Group uniting all the town clubs, societies as well as people to look at future regeneration. Burning Issues was founded as a regular monthly town newsletter and also the Walkerburn as well as Innerleithen Partnership was formed to maximize European regrowth financing. The Community Council was rejuvenated and a new Community Development Trust took shape. The Pathway Group re-built Alexandra Park with new tools in the swing park, a wild animals hedge, tree planting and also walkways. The Public Hall was remodelled and extended just in time to offer a home for a town Healthy Living campaign which gives exercise and also dance classes and also healthy and balanced cooking classes for all ages. The Development Trust started to consider the expediency of additional expanding the strolling, riding and also biking tracks around the village, creating Walkerburn as a brand-new prime focus for tourist in the Tweed Valley. Over 80 families in the town registered to a residence composting system, town clean-ups as well as area occasions were again well sustained, home prices started to climb and brand-new homes were built on void sites.
