Burnmouth

Burnmouth is the first village in Scotland going north from Berwick upon Tweed.

Burnmouth lies at the point where a burn slices through the high cliffs lining this coast en route to the sea. There may have been a mill here in the middle ages, but little else until a fishing harbour was built in the 1830s, later extended in 1879 and 1959.

The East Coast Main Line railway passes along the top of the cliff here, and Burnmouth had a railway station from 1846 to 1962.

Burnmouth itself is split into two areas; Upper Burnmouth and Lower Burnmouth. Upper Burnmouth is sited at the top of the cliff. Lower Burnmouth is hidden away at the foot of cliff and stretches out along the foreshore.

Lower Burnmouth is further split into three smaller communites these are Partanhall, Cowdrait and Ross. Partanhall is located to the north of the harbour. Cowdrait is located to the south of the harbour. And the tiny community of Ross is located just south of Cowdrait. Ross which now consists of only four houses was considered a seperate community, as it lies just across the parish boundary, in the parish of Mordington.

Burnmouth has a small Kirk (Church) sited halfway down the brae (The cliff, between between lower and upper Burnmouth). Until 2005 the village had a small primary school. The two main pubs (The Flemington and The Gulls Nest) are alongside each other on the main road that circumvents Burnmouth. There is a bitter rivalry between the two establishments as it is seen a defining factor in the village to which pub you attend.

Burnmouth hosts an annual bike race, known as the "Brae Race" which takes place every August. The course consists of the steep road which ascends from the lower to upper Burnmouth.