Wark on Tweed

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See also: Wark on Tyne in the same county

Wark on Tweed (usually referred to simply as Wark) is a village in the English county of Northumberland.

It is on the south bank of the River Tweed that, thereabouts, is the border between England and Scotland. It forms part of the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed despite being more than 15 miles upstream of the town that gives the borough its name.

The ruins of Wark on Tweed castle, originally an early 12th century motte-and-bailey, lie at the west end of the village. The castle was strategically important in the wars between Scotland and England. It was demolished and rebuilt on several occasions between the 12th and 16th centuries.