Berwick-upon-tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town inside the county of Northumberland. It's the northernmost town in England. It's located 2.5 miles (4 kilometres) south of the Scottish border, at the mouth of the River Tweed, on the east coast of the UK. It is 56 miles (90 km) south east of Edinburgh, 65 miles (105 kilometres) north of Newcastle upon Tyne and 345 miles (555 km) north of London. The 2011 UK Census recorded Berwick's population as around 12,000. A civil parish and town council were created in 2008. Berwick was founded as an Anglo-Saxon settlement through the time of the Kingdom of Northumbria, which was annexed by England during the tenth century. The area was, for more than four hundred years, central to historic border wars between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and numerous occasions possession of Berwick was swapped between the two kingdoms. The last time it changed hands was when England retook it in 1482. Berwick remains a historic market town and also has some notable architectural features, for instance its medieval town walls, Elizabethan ramparts and Britain's earliest barracks buildings. Slightly more than 60 per cent of the population is employed in the service sector, which includes shops, hotels and catering, financial services and most government activity, including health care. About 13% is in manufacturing, 10 per cent in agriculture, and 8% in construction. Some existing and recent Berwick economic activities include salmon fishing, shipbuilding, engineering, sawmilling, fertilizer production, malting and the manufacturing of tweed and hosiery. For all of your property improvements, be sure that you use reputable pros in Berwick-upon-Tweed to ensure you get an excellent quality service.
