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Berwick

Berwick-upon-Tweed
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About Berwick

Berwick-upon-Tweed, sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 2.5 mi (4 km) south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recorded Berwick's population as 12,043.

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Berwick-upon-Tweed, the last English town before Scotland, has changed hands 13 times over the last thousand years.

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More facts about Berwick

  1. In 1174 Scotland gave Berwick-upon-Tweed to England as part of the ransom for the captured William I, and 20 years later Scotland bought it back to fund King Richard's crusade.

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Coordinates: 55.7692, -2.0025

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