What is River Tweed?
The '''River Tweed''', or '''Tweed Water''', is a river {{convert|97|mi|km}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clayton |first1=Phil |title=Headwaters: Walking to British River Sources |url=https://archive.org/details/headwaterswalkin0000clay |date=2012 |publisher=Frances Lincoln Limited |location=London |isbn=9780711233638 |page=[https://archive.org/details/headwaterswalkin0000clay/page/193 193] |edition=First}}</ref> long. It flows east across the [[Scottish Borders|Border region]] in Scotland and northern England. [[Tweed (cloth)|Tweed cloth]] gets its name from here.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ahume.co.uk/page.asp?source=mens&id=What-Is-Tweed |title=Article on Tweed Cloth |access-date=2014-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216141246/https://www.ahume.co.uk/page.asp?source=mens&id=What-Is-Tweed |archive-date=2014-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Tweed is one of the great [[salmon]] rivers of Britain and the only river in England where an [[Environment Agency]] rod licence is not required for [[angling]]. Lots of people come here from all around the world to go fishing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-33844266|title=Wild fishing tax 'raid' concern|date=August 10, 2015|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Rivers of Scotland|Tweed]]