St. Boswells Scotland
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Information on the village of St. Boswells in Scotland.
From its source at Tweed's Well, near the Lanarkshire boundary, the River Tweed runs east to join the North Sea at Berwick upon Tweed. With a length of some 156 kilometres (97 miles) it forms, for its last few miles, the border between Scotland and England. The first stretch of the Tweed is by far the steepest and by the time it reaches Peebles, it has fallen two thirds of its total drop o ... [more]
20/01/2004
Bridges of the Tweed Berwick Bridge – Built 1611 to 1634 by James Burrell. 355 metres long and 5 metres wide.Has 15 red sandstone arches with cutwaters which carry Doric columns and busts. The ar ... [more]
20/01/2004
When St Cuthbert's Way comes down from Bowden, it goes down Newtown Glen to the south bank of the River Tweed. It follows the course of the Tweed from Newtown St Boswells, past Dryburgh, St Boswe ... [more]
29/01/2004
Trevor Swan Remembers Our family have really been in the fishing industry since about 1809 when there was a Francis Swan fishing on the Tweed at Great Haugh. This was in the Blake papers and the Bl ... [more]
31/01/2004
The mouth of the River Tweed, at Berwick, has for many years been the home of a very large number of mute swans. As the result of a pollution incident in 1992, and the ensuing problems, The Berwick Swan & Wildlife Trust was set up. The Berwick Swan & Wildlife Trust ... [more]
06/03/2008
Last Update: 19/10/2009
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