Berwick on Tweed
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 View over Berwick-upon-Tweed town centre |
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| Berwick-upon-Tweed shown within Northumberland | |
| Population | 12,043 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | NT995525 |
| • London | 345 miles (555 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
| Postcode district | TD15 |
| Dialling code | 01289 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
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| Website | Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council |
Berwick-upon-Tweed [/ˈbɛrᵻk əpɒn ˈtwiːd/] (Scots: Sooth Berwick, Scottish Gaelic: Bearaig a Deas) is a town in the county of Northumberland. It is the northernmost town in England,2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) south of the Scottish border at the mouth of the River Tweed on the east coast.
The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded Berwick's population as 12,043. A civil parish and town council were created in 2008.
Berwick was founded as an Anglo-Saxon settlement during the time of the Kingdom of Northumbria, which was annexed by England in the 10th century. The area was for more than 400 years central to historic border wars between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and several times possession of Berwick changed hands between the two kingdoms. The last time it changed hands was when England retook it in 1482. Berwick remains a traditional market town and also has some notable architectural features, in particular its medieval town walls, its Elizabethan ramparts and Britain's earliest barracks buildings (1717–21 by Nicholas Hawksmoor for the Board of Ordnance).
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