River Documental

River Tweed

River Tweed aka Tweed Water, The Tweed

Mouth: Tweedsmouth, Northumberland

Source: Ericstane, Scotland

Length: 156km

Etymology: Old Celtic origins meaning border.

Regions:

North East

Counties:

Northumberland
Berwickshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Roxburghshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Selkirkshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Peeblesshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Dumfriesshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Council Areas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿:

Scottish Borders
South Lanarkshire

Quick Trivia:

Much of the River forms the Scotland-England border at Berwickshire.
Only 37km of the River Tweed is in England; 30km of it is at the England-Scotland border, and 7km is purely in England.

Fishes

Brown Trout (Last Rep. 2025) [1][2][3]
Atlantic Cod (Last Rep. 2025) [1]
Channel Catfish (Last Rep. 2025) [1]
Pollack (Last Rep. 2025) [1]
Pink Salmon (Last Rep. 2025) [4][5]
European Grayling (Last Rep. 2021) [1][2][3]
Sea Trout [2][6]
Atlantic Salmon [2][6]
Arctic Charr [2]
Three-spined Stickleback [2][7]
River Lamprey [2]
Brook Lamprey [2]
Sea Lamprey [2]
Flounder [2]
Minnow [2]
Stone Loach [2]
Northern Pike [2][8]
European Perch [2][9]
Gudgeon [2]
Rainbow Trout [2]
European Bullhead [2][10]
Roach [2]
Common Dace [2][11]

An English-Scottish river that is a staple part of the Northern Border, flowing by places such as Selkirk, Kelso, and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Course (Mouth to Source)

Old Bridge
Royal Tweed Bridge
Royal Border Bridge
Common Burn
A1 Bridge
Whiteader Water
Union Bridge
Mill Burn
Ladykirk and Norham Bridge
Rutchey Burn
River Till
Oxendean Burn
Coldstream Bridge
Carham Burn

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