Walkerburn
Walkerburn is a small 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 household. Walkerburn now has a population of around 660 (2019). The village also abnormally houses a handful of science-based industries as well as many effective little ventures. It is the house of the Ballantyne Memorial Institute. With aid from the European Union, Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Borders Council, villagers formed the WAVE Group bringing together all the village clubs, cultures as well as people to take a look at future regeneration. Burning Issues was founded as a month-to-month village e-newsletter and the Walkerburn and Innerleithen Partnership was developed to take advantage of European regeneration financing. The Community Council was reinvigorated as well as a new Community Development Trust took shape. The Pathway Group re-built Alexandra Park with brand-new tools in the swing park, a wildlife bush, tree growing and sidewalks. The Public Hall was remodelled and also expanded in the nick of time to give a house for a village Healthy Living effort which supplies exercise and also dancing classes and healthy cooking classes for every ages. The Development Trust began to look at the feasibility of further expanding the walking, riding and also cycling trails around the village, establishing Walkerburn as a new focal point for tourist in the Tweed Valley. Over 80 families in the town subscribed to a home composting system, town clean-ups and also area occasions were once more well sustained, home costs started to climb as well as new homes were built on void sites.