•     Introduction
•     Berwick-upon-Tweed    to Coldstream
  •     Mouth of the Tweed
  •     Berwick Bridge
  •     Royal Tweed Bridge
  •     Royal Border Bridge
  •     Berwick A1 Bridge
  •     Union Bridge, Horncliffe
  •     Ladykirk and Norham Bridge
  •     Coldstream Bridge
•     Coldstream to   Leaderfoot
  •     Hunter's Bridge Kelso
  •     Kelso Bridge
  •     Mertoun House Footbridge
  •     Mertoun Bridge
  •     Dryburgh Footbridge
  •     Drygrange Bridge, Leaderfoot
  •     Drygrange Old Bridge, Leaderfoot
  •     Leaderfoot Viaduct
•     Leaderfoot to   Walkerburn
  •     Gattonside Suspension Bridge
  •     Melrose Bridge
  •     Redbridge Viaduct, Tweedbank
  •     Galafoot Bridge, Galashiels
  •     New A7 Tweed Bridge
  •     Tweed Bridge, Sunderland Hall
  •     Yair Bridge
  •     Low Peel Bridge
  •     Walkerburn Bridge
•     Walkerburn to   Peebles
  •     Innerleithen Railway Bridge
  •     Tweed Bridge, Innerleithen
  •      Cardrona Bridge
  •     Cardrona Railway Bridge
  •     Kailzie Bridge
  •     Priorsford Footbridge, Peebles
  •     Tweed Bridge, Peebles
  •     Fotheringham Footbridge, Peebles
  •     Neidpath Viaduct
•     Peebles to Patervan
  •     Manor Bridge
  •     Lyne Footbridge
  •     Stobo Bridge
  •     Dawyck Mill Bridge
  •     Crownhead Bridge
  •     Merlindale Bridge, Drumelzier
  •     Easter Stanhope Bridge
  •     Patervan Bridge
•     Patervan to Tweed   Source
  •     Polmood Bridge
  •     Hearthstane Bridge
  •     Glenrusco Pipe Bridge
  •     Carlow's Bridge, Tweedsmuir
  •     Hawkshaw Bridge
  •     Grange Hill Bridge
  •     Fingland Bridge
  •     Tweedshaws Bridge
  •     Tweed Source
•     Former Bridges and   Fords
•     Reference
•     Links
•     Bridges On The Tyne
•     Bridges on the   Derwent
•     Bridges on the Tees
•     Bridges on the   Coquet
•     Bridges on the   Wansbeck
•     Bridges on the Blyth
•     Bridges on the Aln
•     Bridges on the Wear

BERWICK BRIDGE

"A beautiful red sandstone bridge of fifteen segmental arches with Doric columns on many of the cutwaters."

The Buildings Of England, Northumberland. Nikolaus Pevsner. 1992.

Also called The Old Bridge, it was begun in 1611 and completed in 1626. Built of red sandstone it is 1164 feet long, 17 feet wide and 45 feet high at its highest point above the river. It is low-lying compared to the railway viaduct and traffic is one-way, from north to south, with narrow footpaths and pedestrian refuges above the cutwaters. A timber bridge existed here in the 12th century and was probably the first of several before the present bridge was built. It is Grade 1 listed.

On the north side are the Quay Walls and the red roofs of the old houses make a fine sight. The town slopes quite steeply up from the bridge and the Elizabethan fortified walls can be walked, with views of the town and out to sea. To the south is Tweedmouth, which also rises steeply away from the river and has a distinctive character.

 Berwick Bridge