Tweed Stories
Tweed Stories is a growing online archive of stories, memories and special places submitted by communities who live, work and travel along the river, collected as part of the Destination Tweed project.
It celebrates the nature and history of this iconic river, from source to sea, with new stories uploaded every week!
Discover our Tweed Stories and your treasured places below, or use the search boxes to find particular themes or places of interest to you.
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Do you know the difference between a gargoyle and a grotesque? While ...
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Did you know there’s a giant in Tweedsmuir? In the heart of ...
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The geology of the River Tweed catchment is both diverse and historically ...
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Wandering through the scenic landscape of the Borderlands, you might stumble upon ...
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From the earliest Neolithic settlers to modern-day artisans, sheep farming has shaped ...
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Books possess a remarkable power to whisk us away to different times ...
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The River Tweed flows out to the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed where ...
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The Tweed ‘kettle’ was a custom whereby gentry living near the River ...
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It was a chilly but gloriously sunny day in January 2022 when ...
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My favourite memories of the Tweed, and Berwick in particular, are all ...
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BURNFOOT, LOWER DRYBURGH, RIVER TWEED. It was a sad but glorious morning ...
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James Valentine, working for his family company, took some of the earliest ...
Help us build the Tweed Stories archive!
The River Tweed has inspired generations, and now we’d love to add your story. Submit your story to help us celebrate the River Tweed and its people, places and history.