Berwick-upon-Tweed: Elizabethan Ramparts and Three Bridges
North East, England
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Berwick-upon-Tweed: Elizabethan Ramparts and Three Bridges
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Berwick changed hands between England and Scotland again and again, and Elizabeth I spent a fortune — one source puts it at £128,648, the most expensive undertaking of her reign — on ramparts in the new Italian style, designed to take artillery fire and to fire back. They are among the finest of their kind left in the country, and the barracks of 1717–1721 inside them, attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor, are among Britain's earliest. Three bridges cross the Tweed side by side, and L.S. Lowry painted the town for years.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Walk the full circuit of the Elizabethan ramparts
2
of 4
See from outside the barracks of 1717–1721, attributed to Hawksmoor and among the earliest in Britain
3
of 4
Cross the Old Bridge and look at the Royal Border Bridge and the Royal Tweed Bridge
4
of 4
Follow the Lowry Trail round the spots he painted
Walk the full circuit of the Elizabethan ramparts
See from outside the barracks of 1717–1721, attributed to Hawksmoor and among the earliest in Britain
Cross the Old Bridge and look at the Royal Border Bridge and the Royal Tweed Bridge
Follow the Lowry Trail round the spots he painted
Before you go
Berwick Barracks is closed for redevelopment and is expected to reopen in autumn 2027.
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