{"id":15204,"date":"2026-06-28T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=15204"},"modified":"2026-08-05T11:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:04:14","slug":"northumberland-berwick-upon-tweed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=15204","title":{"rendered":"Northumberland Day 2: Berwick-upon-Tweed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We all slept really well last night. It was about 8am before anyone stirred. We slept with the window wide open and it was a little chilly in the morning (had to pull the duvet up!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had breakfast in the cottage – nothing fancy. Cup of tea and a bacon roll. We then sorted ourselves out and it started to rain!! It didn’t last long. Jon washed all the squished bugs off his windscreen and bird muck from the car – they got him good and proper! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heading 30 minutes north of Lucker takes us to the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed – the most Northerly Town in England … and the only town in England to play football in the Scottish Leagues. The Scottish Border is just a couple of miles north. This town has changed hands between Scotland and England thirteen times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We arrived into the town over the higher of two road bridges. To our left was a very impressive rail viaduct. The car park was just outside the Elizabeth city walls. The car park was huge – we needn’t have worried about finding a space. We had to read the notice board a couple of times as the long stay car park was actually free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The walls were impressive. We had planned to do a Treasure Trail in Berwick<\/a><\/strong> to take us around some of the sights in town. As we left the car park, you could tell there had been high-jinx around the town. A traffic cone had been placed at the top of the Queen Victoria Memorial Fountain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The trail took us up on top of the wall – it was pretty wide with a grassy top with paths, benches and info boards. There’s little remaining of the original walls; these walls were built during Queen Elizabeth Is reign and her most expensive project.<\/p>\n\n\n

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