Lottery funding helps secure historic bridge's future

Union Chain Bridge on the England Scotland border Credit: ITV Border

A historic suspension bridge on the England-Scotland border will be fully repaired and restored, after securing more than three million pounds of National Lottery Heritage funding.

The Union Chain crosses the River Tweed, between Fishwick in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland and is the world's oldest operational suspension bridge having opened in 1820.

The lottery money is being match-funded by Scottish Borders Council and Northumberland County Council.

Restoration work is due to get underway early next year.