Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, Region Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it was developed. It is the main settlement in the Teesdale area, and is a popular visitor location. The Bowes Museum has the best collection of European fine as well as decorative arts in the North of England, housed in a spectacular 19th-century French-style chateau. Its most famous exhibit is the 18th-century Silver Swan robot, though art consists of job by Goya and also El Greco. Barnard Castle remains on the north financial institution of the River Tees, opposite Startforth as well as 21 miles (34 km) south-west of the county town of Durham. Nearby communities include Bishop Auckland to the north-east, Darlington to the eastern and also Richmond in North Yorkshire to the south-east. Barnard Castle's biggest solitary company is GlaxoSmithKline which has a production facility on the outskirts of town. Barnard Castle is for all objectives (historic, ritualistic as well as administrative) located in Region Durham. The county limit with the North Riding of Yorkshire was adjusted in 1967: that part of the community of Barnard Castle historically in Yorkshire was added to County Durham. Barnard Castle was the management centre of the previous Teesdale district of County Durham till its abolition on 1 April 2009. The community is currently provided by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as primary authority as well as by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a church. The Town Council elects a ritualistic Town Mayor each 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 little bulk over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England area, which serves as a constituency for the European Parliament. Between 1894 as well as 1967 the community was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban District.
