Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town in the county of Northumberland. It is the northernmost town in England. It's situated 2.5 miles (4 km) to the south of the Scottish border, at the mouth of the River Tweed, on the east coast of the United Kingdom. It is 56 miles (90 km) south east of Edinburgh, 65 miles (105 kilometres) north of Newcastle upon Tyne and 345 miles (555 kilometres) north of London. The 2011 UK Census recorded Berwick's population as 12,043. A civil parish and town council were created in 2008. Berwick was established as an Anglo-Saxon settlement through the historical period of the Kingdom of Northumbria, which was annexed by England in the tenth century. The area was, for more than four hundred years, central to historical border wars amongst the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and a number of occasions possession of Berwick changed hands between the two kingdoms. The last time it changed hands was when England retook it in 1482. Berwick remains a traditional market town and also has some notable architectural features, for example its medieval town walls, Elizabethan ramparts and Britain's earliest barracks buildings. Slightly more than 60% of the population works in the service sector, such as shops, hotels and catering, financial services and most government activity, such as health care. About 13 per cent is in manufacturing, 10% in agriculture, and 8 per cent in building. Some current and recent Berwick economic activities include salmon fishing, shipbuilding, engineering, sawmilling, fertilizer production, malting and the manufacturing of tweed and hosiery. For all your home improvements, make sure that you use trustworthy pros in Berwick-upon-Tweed to ensure that you get an excellent quality service.