Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed, borough, Northumberland, northeastern England, on the Tweed River, at its mouth on the North Sea, at the Scottish border. It is the commercial center for an agricultural area. Industries include fishing and the manufacture of textiles and chemicals. In the borough several bridges span the Tweed River, including one from 1634 and the Royal Border Bridge (completed 1850), a stone structure 38 m (126 ft) high. Berwick-upon-Tweed passed between England and Scotland many times between 1147 (when the Tweed River was made the Scottish boundary) and 1482, when Edward IV claimed the town for England. Population (2001) 25,948.