Then after crossing the river the path crosses a grass field at top of the steep bank. Instead the path crosses the A1 by the picnic area at East Ord which means waiting for a gap in the traffic. The path doesn’t pass under the bridge carrying the busy A1 over the river. Looking back to the bridge which carries the A1 across the river The path beside the river is well used by people from the town, and unfortunately suffers from plenty of detritus in the bushes.
I took this path and after crossing a ploughed field I reached the top of the river bank.
A little way further along the road past Tesco a path crosses the farmland towards the river. Looking from the top of Scotgate down Marygate Looking upstream from the Royal Tweed Bridge A footpath across farmland towards the river bankĪfter crossing the river, rather than dropping immediately down to riverside, I went via Tesco to pick up a sandwich for lunch. The first sight of the river is from the New Bridge as you walk across it, unless you’ve came from the south, in which case you crossed the river as you arrived in Berwick. In hindsight I perhaps should have started it at the end of the pier (which is really a breakwater), or over in Spittal, on the beach. The walk starts in the centre of Berwick-upon-Tweed. I had wanted to do it on a summers day, but I decided it had been sitting on my to do list long enough, grasped the bull by the horns and went for it on a windy and overcast early spring day. It would include visiting the Union Chain Bridge and the villages of Horncliffe and Norham. I have had my eyes on a walk following the River Tweed for some time, a footpath follows the south side of the river from Berwick to Norham and beyond.
Overcast, light drizzle, strong westerly windīerwick – River Tweed – Union Chain Bridge – Horncliffe – Norham
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