Events
  • Free guided walks 07/04/2016

    Linda Bankier will be leading two guided walks in Berwick on Friday 15 April and Sunday 17 April 2016.  Free, but booking essential.

    Friday 15 April:  Georgian Berwick—A walk along Ravensdowne and Quay Walls, where the well-to-do lived,  starting at 2.30pm.

    Sunday 17 April: Greenses Arabs and Fish Tales—An historical walk around the High and Low Greens starting at 2.30pm.

    Book with Berwick Tourist Information Centre: 01670 622155


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  • Family History Day 29/03/2016

    On Saturday 16 April 2016, as the Our Families project of Berwick 900 draws to a close, a Family History Day will be held in the Town Hall, Berwick, from 10am until 4pm. There will be displays, talks, children’s activities, a performance by Berwick Youth Theatre – and an opportunity to book a session with a Family History expert to talk about your own research.  Free admission.  All welcome.

    Programme of Talks


    10.30am  Valerie Glass.  Northumberland & Durham Family History Society – come and find out about the North Northumberland...


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  • Wilson’s Women 20/03/2016

    On Sunday 27 March 2016, the Wilson’s Tales Project will present three dramatized tales in a performance entitled “Wilson’s Women: Heroines & Harlots”. They will take place at The Watchtower at 8.00pm, with tickets on sale at The Maltings at £8.00.

    The stories which will be performed are “Kate Kennedy”, “Grizzel Cochrane: A Tale of Tweedmouth Muir”, and “The Guidewife of Coldingham”.

    More information at www.wilsonstales.co.uk


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  • Science Day at the Museum 18/03/2016

    On Saturday 19th March, as part of British Science Week, Berwick Museum will be hosting a free event called “Light on the Rocks”, a day of family activities suitable for children over 7. It will be attended by Dr Tom Challands of Edinburgh University, who will be bringing his fossil preparation kit with him – a big hit last year. Join him to explore the Museum’s rock and fossil collections.  And Jenny Docherty will be demonstrating how to make a kaleidoscope.  11.00 – 3.30pmm

    And on Good Friday, another family activity day, “Tales from the Sea”, will be held at the Museum, 11.00am –...


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  • Net Fishing 09/03/2016

    A talk entitled “Kelt Fishcakes and Gilse: Net Fishing on the Tweed”, given by Martha Andrews and Jim Gibson, will be the Spring Lecture accompanying the Annual General Meeting of the Friends on Friday 18th March 2016. The AGM will begin at 7.00pm, in the Parish Centre (The Parade, Berwick), and after refreshments (around 7.30pm) the talk will follow.

    All welcome.


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