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 location, and is a preferred traveler destination. The Bowes Museum has the best collection of European penalty as well as attractive arts in the North of England, housed in an amazing 19th-century French-style estate. Its most popular exhibition is the 18th-century Silver Swan robot, though art includes work by Goya and also El Greco. Barnard Castle remains 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 communities include Bishop Auckland to the north-east, Darlington to the eastern and Richmond in North Yorkshire to the south-east. Barnard Castle's largest single company is GlaxoSmithKline which has a manufacturing center on the outskirts of community. Barnard Castle is for all functions (historic, ritualistic and also administrative) situated in Area Durham. The region boundary with the North Riding of Yorkshire was adjusted in 1967: that part of the community of Barnard Castle traditionally in Yorkshire was contributed to County Durham. Barnard Castle was the administrative centre of the previous Teesdale district of County Durham up until its abolition on 1 April 2009. The town is currently administered by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as primary authority as well as by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a church. The Community Council elects a ritualistic Town Mayor each year. It belongs to the Bishop Auckland legislative constituency, which since 2017 is stood for in parliament by Helen Goodman of Work, though with a small bulk over the Conservatives. It remains in the North East England area, which acts as a constituency for the European Parliament. In between 1894 and also 1967 the town was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban Area.
