Berwick-upon-Tweed (borough)
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Berwick-upon-Tweed is a borough in Northumberland in the north-east of England, on the border with Scotland. The district had a population of 25,949 according to the 2001 census.
Its main town is Berwick-upon-Tweed, sited immediately to the north of the Tweed estuary. The town is ancient, the scene of a number of battles; it has perhaps the best remaining example of a (almost completely intact) City Wall, built for defensive purposes.
On the south of the estuary, the port of Tweedmouth is the point of export of diverse goods, but especially grain and roadstone. The remainder of the borough is rural, bordered to the west by the Cheviot Hills, and to the east by a stunningly beautiful coastline.
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