As part of Connecting Threads river-wide creative project Being a River, a series of five creative workshops will be held in the Upper Tweed exploring art, water, sensation and connection in and around the riverside at Drumelzier. Over five Thursday afternoons, explore how the river reflects our experiences through its flow, stillness, turbulence and depth. […]

Following the success of its inaugural event in 2025, the Newstead Sundials Festival returns on Sunday 6 September 2026, promising an even bigger celebration of the village’s rich heritage, creativity and community spirit. Set at the foot of the Eildon Hills on the banks of the River Tweed, Newstead is home to Trimontium, one of […]

As part of Connecting Threads river-wide creative project Being a River, there is the opportunity to attend a series of five creative workshops exploring art, place, colour and connection in and around the riverside environment of Berwick-upon-Tweed. These free, welcoming workshops are designed to support wellbeing through creativity, nature and connection. No previous art experience […]

Look out for Destination Tweed and Tweed Stories at the Merlindale Nature Festival! We’ll be there to chat about our projects, sharing stories about ecology and the river, and we’ll have the opportunity for you to share a story, special place or memorable moment with us and add it to our growing community archive. At […]

Join AOC Archaeology for excavations at an exciting multi-period site near Kelso

Join Gateshead-based artist Kate Liston for a creative writing workshop inviting you to participate in individual and collective writing experiments responding to the River Tweed. You will be led through tasks that invite you to remix language relating to the river, drawing from Border poetry, philosophical texts about boundaries, and river management documents. This is an opportunity […]