Editing Hawick (section)

==Education and services==
[[File:Hawick Library 2021.jpg|thumb|left|Hawick Library, a Carnegie library, built 1904.]]
[[Hawick Library]] is a [[Carnegie library|Carnegie funded library]] that opened in 1904.<ref name="TES"/><ref name="Canmorelibrary">{{Canmore |num=95668 |desc=Hawick, North Bridge Street, Carnegie Public Library |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="HESLibrary">{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB51218|desc=LB51218|cat=B|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

Teviotdale Leisure Centre is the local public fitness centre, with a gym, children's soft-play area and swimming pool.<ref name="Teviotdale">{{cite web|url=https://www.liveborders.org.uk/health/swimming/swimming-pools/teviotdale-leisure-centre/| title=Teviotdale Leisure Centre |publisher=Live Borders |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> The previous public baths, now disused were built in 1913 on Commercial Road and closed in the 1980s.<ref name="Campbell">{{cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=Douglas M. |date=1993 |title=Scottish baths 1868-1914 : and their conservation |url=https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/8116?show=full |journal=Edinburgh Research Archive |pages=248  |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref>

The Borders Textile Towerhouse is a local museum focusing on the history of textiles in Hawick and the Borders area.<ref name="TowerHouse">{{cite web|url=https://www.liveborders.org.uk/culture/museums/our-museums/borders-textile-towerhouse/| title=Borders Textile Towerhouse |publisher=Live Borders |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> Examples of temporary exhibitions held include an exhibit on fashion designer [[Bernat Klein]] and a history of shops in the town.<ref name="BBCExhibit">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-50465342| title=Hawick's "forgotten shops" celebrated in new exhibition | date=24 November 2019 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="Klein">{{cite web|url=https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/18204935.klein-trustees-begin-weaving-legacy-project/| title=Klein trustees begin weaving legacy project | date=2 February 2020 |publisher=Border Telegraph |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> The museum occupies a restored heritage building, formerly a hotel and inn which incorporates Drumlanrig Tower, a 16th-century fortified tower.<ref name="DrumlanrigCanmore">{{Canmore |num=55397 |desc=Hawick, Kirkstile, Drumlanrig Tower, Heart Of Hawick |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="DrumlanrigHES">{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB34624|desc=TOWER KNOWE, DRUMLANRIG'S TOWER, INCLUDING BOUNDARY WALLS AND RAILINGS TO S|cat=B|access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Hawick High School - geograph.org.uk - 5956966.jpg|thumb|right|Hawick High School]]

Wilton Lodge Park is a large public park in the south-west of the town.<ref name="WiltonPark">{{cite web|url=https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20032/parks_and_outdoors/825/wilton_lodge_park| title=Wilton Lodge Park |publisher=Scottish Borders Council |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> The park is home to Hawick Museum, a public museum focusing on art and local history.<ref name="HawickMuseum">{{cite web|url=https://www.liveborders.org.uk/culture/museums/our-museums/hawick-museum/ | title=Hawick Museum |publisher=Live Borders |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref> The museum includes local artwork, some of which was produced by members of Hawick Art Club.<ref name="HawickArt">{{cite web|url=https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/18286957.scottish-art-showcased-hawick-museum/| title=Scottish art showcased in Hawick Museum | date=7 March 2020 |publisher=Border Telegraph |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

The [[Borders Abbeys Way]] passes through Hawick. A statue of the popular rugby commentator [[Bill McLaren]] (1923–2010) is in Wilton Lodge Park, to the west of the town centre.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-02-07 |title=New bridge honours "voice of rugby" |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-42980532}}</ref> In October 2021, the local council began construction of a new £2m footbridge to link local communities, as part of a broader improvements in the town to create an improved travel network in Hawick, alongside a new flood protection scheme.<ref name="Footbridges">{{cite web|url=https://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/business/two-communities-in-hawick-are-to-be-inter-connected-by-a-new-ps2m-footbridge-3407935 | title=Two communities in Hawick are to be inter-connected by a new £2m footbridge | date=5 October 2021 |publisher=Southern Reporter |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

[[Hawick Community Hospital]] is the local hospital for the area, itself replacing [[Hawick Cottage Hospital]] in 2005.<ref name=hh>{{cite web|url=https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/scottish-borders/|title=Hawick Cottage Hospital|date=26 April 2015 |publisher=Historic Hospitals|accessdate=5 February 2020}}</ref>

[[Hawick High School]] is a non-denominational [[secondary school]] in the town.<ref name="HighSchool">{{cite web|url=http://hawickhighschool.co.uk/| title=Homepage |publisher=Hawick High School |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> In September 2021, it was announced that a new circa £49 million will be built to replace the current school on its existing site by 2027.<ref name="SchoolNews">{{cite web|url=https://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/education/a-new-ps484m-hawick-high-school-will-be-completed-by-2027-3390264| title=A new £48.4m Hawick High School will be completed by 2027| date=21 September 2021|publisher=The Southern Reporter |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> Hawick High School is part of the Hawick cluster of schools including Burnfoot Community School, Denholm Primary School (in the Village of [[Denholm]]), Drumlanrig St Cuthberts Primary School, Newcastleton Primary School (in the village of [[Newcastleton]]), Stirches Primary School, Trinity Primary School and Wilton Primary School.<ref name="Cluster">{{cite web|url=https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/schools-learning/learning-communities |title=Learning clusters }}</ref>