The first knitting machine was brought to Hawick in 1771 by John Hardie, building on an existing carpet manufacturing trade.
The closure of once significant employers, including mills like Peter Scott and Pringle have impacted job availability in the town over the last few decades, and the population has declined partly because of this, at 13,730 in 2016, the lowest level since the 1800s.
In the centre of the High Street is the Scots baronial style town hall, built in 1886, and the east end has an equestrian statue, known as "the Horse", erected in 1914.
In the centre of the High Street is the Scots baronial style town hall, built in 1886, and the east end has an equestrian statue, known as "the Horse", erected in 1914.
A statue of Bill McLaren, the late popular rugby commentator, is in Wilton Lodge Park, to the west of the town centre. == Town twinning == Bailleul, Nord, France ==Notable people== ===Arts=== Dame Isobel Baillie (1895–1983), singer Brian Balfour-Oatts (born 1966), art dealer Sir John Blackwood Brian Bonsor (1868–1948), classical composer Andrew Cranston (born 1969), artist Will H.
The A7 Edinburgh–Carlisle road passes through the town, with main roads also leading to Berwick-upon-Tweed (the A698) and Newcastle upon Tyne (the A6088, which joins the A68 at the Carter Bar, south-east of Hawick). The town lost its rail service in 1969, when, as part of the Beeching Axe, the Waverley Route from Carlisle to Edinburgh via Hawick railway station was closed.
A statue of Bill McLaren, the late popular rugby commentator, is in Wilton Lodge Park, to the west of the town centre. == Town twinning == Bailleul, Nord, France ==Notable people== ===Arts=== Dame Isobel Baillie (1895–1983), singer Brian Balfour-Oatts (born 1966), art dealer Sir John Blackwood Brian Bonsor (1868–1948), classical composer Andrew Cranston (born 1969), artist Will H.
In March 2007, this was described by the Rough Guide publication World Party as one of the best parties in the world. People from Hawick call themselves "Teries", after a traditional song which includes the line "Teribus ye teri odin". === Film === Hawick is home to Alchemy Film and Arts, and its flagship annual event Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, regarding experimental film and artists' moving image within the UK and Europe.
Drumlanrig's Tower, now a museum, dates largely from the mid-16th century. In 2009 another monument the Turning of the Bull (artist, Angela Hunter, Innerleithen) was unveiled in Hawick.
Engineering firm Turnbull and Scott had their headquarters in an Elizabethan-style listed building on Commercial Road before moving to Burnfoot. In recent times, unemployment has been an issue in Hawick, and the unemployment claimant rate remained ahead of the overall Scottish Borders between 2014 and 2017.
It was then said to be the farthest large town from a railway station in the United Kingdom, but this changed as a result of the opening of the Borders Railway, which in 2015 reopened part of the former Waverley Route to Tweedbank, near Galashiels.
The closure of once significant employers, including mills like Peter Scott and Pringle have impacted job availability in the town over the last few decades, and the population has declined partly because of this, at 13,730 in 2016, the lowest level since the 1800s.
Engineering firm Turnbull and Scott had their headquarters in an Elizabethan-style listed building on Commercial Road before moving to Burnfoot. In recent times, unemployment has been an issue in Hawick, and the unemployment claimant rate remained ahead of the overall Scottish Borders between 2014 and 2017.
Despite efforts to improve the economic situation, employment and poverty remain relatively important in the context of the Scottish Borders, with the number of children living in poverty in the town 10% higher than the average for the region in 2017.
Developments such as a new central business hub, Aldi supermarket, and distillery, all set for opening in 2018/19, are expected to benefit Hawick.
Despite this, continued business closures, for example Homebase and the Original Factory Store in 2018, suggest continued economic decline for the town. == Transport == Hawick lies in the centre of the valley of the Teviot.
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