Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, Area Durham, England. It is called after the castle around which it was built. It is the main negotiation in the Teesdale location, as well as is a preferred vacationer destination. The Bowes Museum has the most effective collection of European penalty and also ornamental arts in the North of England, housed in a splendid 19th-century French-style chateau. Its most renowned exhibit is the 18th-century Silver Swan robot, though art consists of work by Goya and also El Greco. Barnard Castle rests on the north financial institution of the River Tees, contrary Startforth and also 21 miles (34 km) south-west of the county town of Durham. Close-by towns include Bishop Auckland to the north-east, Darlington to the east as well as Richmond in North Yorkshire to the south-east. Barnard Castle's largest single employer is GlaxoSmithKline which has a production center on the borders of town. Barnard Castle is for all objectives (historical, ritualistic and 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 traditionally in Yorkshire was contributed to County Durham. Barnard Castle was the management centre of the previous Teesdale area of County Durham up until its abolition on 1 April 2009. The town is now carried out by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as principal authority and also by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a parish. The Town Council chooses a ritualistic Town Mayor every year. It is part of the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, which since 2017 is represented in parliament by Helen Goodman of Labour, though with a small bulk over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England region, which acts as a constituency for the European Parliament. In between 1894 and 1967 the town was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban Area.
