Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle is a market community in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it was developed. It is the main negotiation in the Teesdale location, and also is a prominent tourist destination. The Bowes Museum has the most effective collection of European penalty as well as attractive arts in the North of England, housed in a splendid 19th-century French-style estate. Its most well-known exhibit is the 18th-century Silver Swan automaton, though art consists of work by Goya as well as El Greco. Barnard Castle remains on the north financial institution of the River Tees, contrary Startforth as well as 21 miles (34 kilometres) south-west of the county town of Durham. Neighboring communities consist of Bishop Auckland to the north-east, Darlington to the east and Richmond in North Yorkshire to the south-east. Barnard Castle's biggest solitary employer is GlaxoSmithKline which has a manufacturing center on the outskirts of community. Barnard Castle is for all purposes (historical, ceremonial as well as administrative) situated in County Durham. The area limit with the North Riding of Yorkshire was readjusted in 1967: that part of the town of Barnard Castle historically in Yorkshire was contributed to County Durham. Barnard Castle was the administrative centre of the previous Teesdale area of County Durham till its abolition on 1 April 2009. The community is now provided by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as major authority as well as by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a parish. The Town Council elects a ceremonial Town Mayor every year. It becomes part of the Bishop Auckland legislative constituency, which as of 2017 is stood for in parliament by Helen Goodman of Labour, though with a small majority over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England area, which functions as a constituency for the European Parliament. Between 1894 and also 1967 the community was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban District.
