Destination Tweed - River Tweed Trail
Destination Tweed will celebrate and share the nature, history and stories of the River Tweed, one of the UK’s most highly designated and inspirational river corridors. A five-year, partnership-led investment which began in 2022 will deliver a source to sea River Tweed Trail, which respects its special status and connects communities and attractions with sensitive, impactful and innovative interpretation.
Led by Tweed Forum, and developed in collaboration with Scottish Borders Council, a range of project partners and landowners, Destination Tweed features the creation of a 113 mile walking trail and facilitated 108 mile cycling route from Moffat, past the source of the river, to Berwick-upon-Tweed where the river meets the sea. The multi-faceted initiative will see an investment of around £25 million in the area.
The SSDA is committed to ensuring the delivery of the best possible River Tweed Trail visitor experience and will undertake the role of tourism business engagement along the route.
Visitors will have the opportunity to do the walking or cycling trails either in their entirety or in part over a few days with different itinerary options being developed.
We are looking to work with businesses and communities to enhance and develop quality visitor experiences along the route to ensure our visitors have the best possible experience and economic benefit to the region is maximised.
If you are interested in finding out more about the River Tweed Trail, have a business idea or need support then please contact Neen Kelly – Destination Tweed Tourism Business Engagement Officer.
River Tweed Trail October Newsletter
Find out about the new River Tweed Trail logo having been launched by Scotland’s Deputy First Minister and be inspired from other businesses near and far as we develop a world class trail experience. Read our October newsletter.
River Tweed Trail September Newsletter
Read more about the Tourism Business Engagement Action Plan, browse the new Destination Tweed website and have your say on what might be included in a Business Toolkit. Read our September newsletter.
River Tweed Trail July Newsletter
Catch up on the first River Tweed Trail newsletter telling you more about the Trail and about the Tourism Business Engagement Project.Read our July newsletter.
Making a World Class Trail
We want the River Tweed Trail to be world class and for visitors to have a great experience with local businesses benefitting. To do that we need to ensure that all the support services and logistics needed for the Trail are in place and high quality experiences are developed.The River Tweed Trail needs to have:Transport…
Experience Design Workshops
We held two tourism innovation workshops on Monday 4th November in Berwick-upon-Tweed and on Tuesday 5th November at Glentress. We had 38 attendees across the two events. The workshops were for existing businesses and interested entrepreneurs who wanted to know more about the Trail, explore new ideas and hopefully develop some new products, services and…
River Tweed Trail Business Support
Do you have a new business idea or want to grow your business to make the most of the opportunities around the River Tweed Trail? There are free resources, tools, training and one to one support or mentoring from business advisers. If you want to speak to a business adviser about your project, then use…
The River Tweed Trail Tourism Business Engagement Action Plan
The River Tweed Trail Tourism Business Engagement role is funded by the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund. We have developed an Action Plan to undertake activity over the coming months to include: Strategic objective: The strategic foundations of business awareness and engagement, product development and future marketing for the River Tweed Trail are in place,…
Destination Tweed appoints Tourism Business Engagement Officer
Tourism Business Engagement Officer, Neen Kelly, appointed to help local businesses make the most of the River Tweed Trail. Photo: Lloyd Smith The £25 million Destination Tweed project has appointed destination development expert, Neen Kelly as Tourism Business Engagement Officer to help local businesses make the most of the opportunities provided by the planned River…
