We are delighted to announce that our 2018 AGM will be held on Tuesday 25th September at Thirlestane Castle by kind permission of Edward Maitland-Carew.

We shall be at the Duns Show again this year.  Please come and visit us on Stand S14. We look forward to welcoming you.

If you would like to receive a copy of the latest publication with all up to date activity of the Berwickshire Civic Society, then please email Judy Torrance (Hon. Secretary) for a copy.

  Berwickshire Civic Society’s AGM Friday 17th November 2017 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT I hope you will find this Chairman’s report commendably brief, reflecting that when you read it I will have been trusted with this position Read more…

SCT Annual Conference 2016 – Celebrating Civic Pride Each year the Scottish Civic Society holds a conference and it is a great opportunity to network and gain a better understanding of what other organisations are Read more…

Once again the judges for Keep Berwickshire Tidy Awards reported that litter is still evident in many areas, particularly around the major roads.  However the judges were impressed by the tidiness of the major towns and mentioned Coldstream, Eyemouth and Duns. This year the judges were looking for areas that had improved since the 2015 judging and were particularly impressed with Chirnside and Edrom, Allanton and Whitsome. It was therefore decided that the award would be as follows. Keep Berwickshire Tidy Award 2016: Edrom, Allanton and Whitsome. Highly Commended: Chirnside. Commended: Cocksburnpath and Cove; Gavinton, Fogo and Polwarth. (more…)

After seventeen years in post the Society reluctantly accepted the resignation of its Treaurer  Robin Lindsay.  The Chairman, Matthew Gibb, thanked Robin for his excellent work and support over the years.  The Committee was unanimously Read more…

This year’s AGM took place at Marchmont House and we were delighted to see such a good turnout for the evening.  We are very grateful to Mr Hugo Burge for allowing us to hold our Read more…

The winner of the 2015 award was St Abbs.  Whilst a very small area it does receive hundreds of visitors each year and has a working harbour.  The judges deemed it picture perfect scoring the highest mark.  However all Read more…