Royal Border Bridge Royal Border Bridge Royal Border Bridge spans the River Tweed between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed railway viaduct built between 1847 and 1850, when it was opened by Queen Victoria. It was designed by Robert Stephenson for the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway and remains in regular use as part of the East Coast Main Line. Despite its name, the bridge does not span the border between England and Scotland, which is approximately further north. The bridge is long. It is constructed in stone with brick soffits to the arches. It has 28
River Camlad the border back into England, and flows just east of Chirbury before turning west again, and forms the border (for the second time) between England and Wales. It turns northwest into Wales (for the second time) to join the River Severn to the west of Forden. Early forms include the "Kemelet" (1227), "Kemlet" (1256), "Kelemet" 1274, "Camalet" and "Kenlet" (1577) and Camlet (1612). Ekwall proposes the Welsh "" meaning "a knot" (which is found in other river names) giving a hypothetical Old Welsh "Culmet" then "Cylmet" whence "Kelemet", alternatively "Cym(y)let" from the Old Welsh for "loop". River Camlad The River