Ayton is a small village located in the historic county of Berwickshire, today part of the Scottish Borders region. It is on the Eye Water, from which it is said to take its name: Ayton means 'Eye-town'. It contains the former ancient tollbooth or town hall with a clock tower, the Hemelvaart Bier Cafe and a village store.
Clock Tower House, Ayton
Ayton Castle, built in 1851 in the Scottish Baronial style by William Mitchell-Innes, feudal baron of Ayton, to the design of James Gillespie Graham
Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. The county takes its name from Berwick-upon-Tweed, its original county town, which was part of Scotland at the time of the county's formation in the twelfth century, but became part of England in 1482 after several centuries of swapping back and forth between the two kingdoms. After the loss of Berwick, Duns and Greenlaw both served as county town at different periods.
St Abb's Head on the Berwickshire coast
Town Hall, Greenlaw: Built 1829 as County Hall.
County Buildings, 8 Newtown Street, Duns
The East Coast Mainline as it crosses the border