Having looked around at Places to visit I came across Berwick-upon-Tweed having been there on a Pontins/Butlins £9.50 family getaway many years ago I thought I would tell some interesting facts. Berwick-upon-Tweed is situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost town in England, on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed. It is situated 2.5 miles south of the Scottish border.
Actually when driving from Manchester to Berwick via the M6, you cross the Scottish / English Border about 4 times. That just reminds me it was when the foot and mouth was at its peak in 2001.
Berwick Rangers F.C. are the only English football club to playing the Scottish League.
A little further down the A1 coastal road you get to a really picturesque Island Called Holy Island, Also known by its Celtic name as Lindisfarne, Holy Island is accessible only at low tide, twice daily, by a three mile long causeway, built in 1954.
Holy Island was one of the principle centres of Christianity during the Dark Ages and was given to St Aidan in AD635 by the King of Northumbria.
Even more famous and influential was St Cuthbert, whose life and teaching was a magnet for pilgrims.
He died in AD 687 and was initially buried in the church, but later his remains were moved to Durham Cathedral.
Hotels near Holy Island
Sitting atop Beblowe Crag is the most prominent feature on the island, Holy Island Castle, built as a defence in Tudor times. Purchased in 1901 by Edward Hudson, the founder of Country Life magazine, Hudson commissioned the architect Edward Lutyens to transform the castle into a home, with much of the original fabric of the castle remaining to this day.
A short walk from the castle is a walled garden, planned by the famous designer Gertrude Jekyll in 1911, and was recreated by the National Trust in 2003.
Hotels near Berwick-upon-Tweed
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