Luxury Holiday Cottage
Berwick upon Tweed - Northumberland Coast
Ness Street is a high quality four bedroom self catering holiday home located within the historic Elizabethan walled town of Berwick upon Tweed on the Northumberland Scotland border.
The property lies within the town's conservation area and is a grade II listed building. The sea is less than a 100 yard walk away.
A free broadband Internet connection is available to guests.
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Ness Street sleeps up to 8, but is equally suitable for smaller parties |
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North Northumberland - Ideal for Long or Short Breaks
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Berwick lies just south of the Scottish border at the mouth of the river Tweed. This Northumbrian town is an ideal touring base for the Borders area and the coastline, which has been designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty. Edinburgh and Newcastle are both within easy day trip reach by either rail or road. |
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Please be aware that Ness Street operates a no smoking policy both within the property and outside in the courtyard.
To make a booking please send an email or call 01289 318069 at anytime.
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Berwick News...
Not a replacement for the Berwick Advertiser! This section details noteworthy items for the vistor to Berwick, North Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.
24th August 2008
Penguins surround Berwick Lighthouse
35 Penguins have surrounded Berwick's lighthouse. They turned up unannounced some time in August. Wild penguins are normally only found in the Antarctic, so this appearance is somwhat unusual. Three stragglers have also been sighted on the pier, with one on a bench.
15th August 2008
Ness Street has now teamed up with The Hollies to offer bed and breakfast accommodation in Berwick. The Hollies offers a superior ensuite room for up to two people. So if you want to stay for just a few days on the Northumberland Coast have a look here.
11th July
The Barn at Beal adds a birds of prey centre to its list of attractions. Please download this brochure to discover more.
7th June 2008
A televison drama series is to be set in Berwick. "A Free Country" is being written by Northumberland-born Tony Saint and developed by independent production company Great Meadow. The series, which will be split into six 30-minute episodes, is based around civil servant Philip Selby, who loses his post at the Foreign Office and returns home to Berwick, where a referendum is taking place to decide whether the town should be part of England or Scotland. But Selby proposes a third way – independence. The series is billed as tapping into hotly topical issues of devolution and self-determination and is said to ask fundamental questions about identity, coming home and taking the chance to do things differently.
17th May 2008
Actor and comedian Alistair McGowan has said that if he had to be stranded anywhere in the world he would choose Berwick. The impersonator's affection for the town and surrounding area was revealed in a recent Daily Telegraph article. "I passed it (Berwick) for years on the train on the way to the Edinburgh festival and always thought it looked beautiful so one year I got off on the way back from Scotland. The coastline is incredibly dramatic, it's a neat and friendly historic town and it also has a fantastic train line right by the sea."
16th May 2008
Claire Gogerty, editor of Coast Magazine, names Berwick upon Tweed in her top 10 places to ly your beach towel. Berwick is described as "A handsome seafront town boasting many well-preserved Georgian buildings, plus bohemian shops."
14th May 2008
Highlights from the DVD "Berwick-upon-Tweed A Town Apart" are now available on this website by kind permission of Rev Alan Hughes.
29th April 2008
Berwick Parish church launches a new website.Group tours of the church, together with a talk about Berwick, are available. Please contact the Rev Alan Hughes via the church website.
9th April 2008
A group of food enthusiasts in Berwick-upon-Tweed announces plans to celebrate the rich food heritage of this historic border town and the surrounding area, thanks to a grant of up to £49,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project is being run by Slow Food Berwick-upon-Tweed and will involve people in local communities researching, recording and presenting all aspects of food production and processing in their district in the past and the present. The town’s name comes from the Anglo-Saxon “bere-wic”, meaning “barley farm” and barley continues to be a staple of the local economy today. Although farming, fishing and cooking have developed over the centuries, traditional skills are maintained by many local farmers, fishermen and food producers. Salmon are still caught in the Tweed at Berwick using the age-old method of net and coble, bees make honey in hives scattered in the fields and hills of Northumberland, kippers are produced in the 19th century smokehouse at Seahouses and the cornmill at Heatherslaw still uses water power to grind flour for use by local bakers.
5th April 2008
Berwick Museum and Art Gallery reopened on Good Friday. The museum, housed wthin English Heritage's Barracks Museum complex has undegone a major refurbishment during its winter closure.
3rd April 2008
Berwick Borough council rejects three separate applications to build wind farms in the north Northumberland area. Most of the opposition was based around the visual effect of the turbines on the beautiful local Borders countryside. The applications are likely to go to appeal, so this is not the end of the story.
26th March 2008
The Sallyport Hotel on Bridge Street, Berwick, now has its restaurant open for non residents. Certainly not the cheapest but probably one of the best places to dine locally. The restaurant specialises in local Northumberland and Scottish Borders produce, with fresh sea produce coming straight off the fishing boats at Eyemouth. Have a look here for sample menus and how to book.
18th March 2008
The Ravensholme hotel is severely damaged by fire. The hotel is a few hundred yards from Ness Street, towards the top of Ravensdowne. The hotel did offer a good Indian takeaway service. At the moment there is no news about if or when the hotel might reopen.
15th March 2008
Visit Scotland publishes a list of cafes and tea rooms in the Borders region that have been recommended by their customers. If you want to plan day trips to some of the border towns and villages near Berwick around a good lunch or afternoon tea have a look at the cafe days website. Recommended establishments can be found in Melrose, Selkirk, Reston, St Abbs, Kelso, Peebles, Innerleithen and Ancrum.
13th March 2008
The Farne Islands Puffin count begins. The Farnes are a group of islands just off the Northumberland coast to the south of Berwick. They are famous for their bird and seal populations. Every five years the Puffin breeding population is surveyed by the National Trust wardens. The islands can be easily reached by boat from Seahouses and a visit is highly recommended.
12th March 2008
Four people are airlifted from the Holy Island (Lindisfarne) causeway by helicopter after attempting to cross one hour after the end of safe crossing time. Please consult the tide tables published by Northumberland County Council before crossing. The tables are posted at the start of the causeway, or can be found online. Your car insurance will not cover any damage caused by an attempted crossing outside of the safe period.
9th March 2008
The Barn at Beal opens on 12th March. This is a new vistor centre located on the approach road to Holy Island (Lindisfarne). Facilities include a coffee shop and restaurant, free visitors centre and outdoor walks and trails. This should prove to be a useful stopping off point after a visit to Holy Island,as the Island's cafes tend to get quite full at peak times.
7th March 2008
Berwick Borough council's planning committee approves the redevelopment of two key sites within the town. The Playhouse, Berwick's former cinema, will be demolished and replaced by flats. Just across the road from the Playhouse lies the former site of the hardware store J J Youngman, which has relocated within Berwick. This increasingly derrelict property will be replaced with flats and a restaurant.
17th February 2008
Berwick votes to move from England to Scotland.A TV programme that set out to explore the differences between public services in England and Scotland propelled Berwick into the national and international news. Polls carried out by both the TV program and the local newspaper indicated a majority of Berwick residents would prefer to be part of Scotland. Berwick itself has changed hands between England and Scotland many times. However, the suburbs of Spittal and Tweedmouth which lie to the south of the River Tweed have always been part of Northumberland, so a move to Scotland could possibly split the town in two. Some locals have suggested independence along the lines of Andorra or Monaco.
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