Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle is a market community in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is called after the castle around which it was built. It is the major settlement in the Teesdale area, and is a popular tourist destination. The Bowes Museum has the best collection of European fine as well as ornamental arts in the North of England, housed in a splendid 19th-century French-style estate. Its most famous display is the 18th-century Silver Swan automaton, though art includes job by Goya as well as El Greco. Barnard Castle remains on the north financial institution of the River Tees, opposite Startforth and also 21 miles (34 km) south-west of the county town of Durham. Nearby 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 biggest solitary company is GlaxoSmithKline which has a manufacturing facility on the borders of town. Barnard Castle is for all objectives (historic, ceremonial as well as management) situated in County Durham. The area limit with the North Riding of Yorkshire was adjusted in 1967: that part of the community of Barnard Castle traditionally in Yorkshire was included in County Durham. Barnard Castle was the management centre of the former Teesdale area of County Durham until its abolition on 1 April 2009. The community is now provided by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as principal authority and also by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a parish. The Town Council chooses a ceremonial Town Mayor every year. It belongs to the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, which as of 2017 is represented in parliament by Helen Goodman of Labour, though with a tiny majority over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England region, which serves as a constituency for the European Parliament. In between 1894 and 1967 the community was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban District.
