Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, Region Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it was constructed. It is the primary negotiation in the Teesdale location, and is a preferred tourist destination. The Bowes Museum has the best collection of European fine and decorative arts in the North of England, housed in a magnificent 19th-century French-style chateau. Its most renowned exhibit is the 18th-century Silver Swan automaton, though art consists of job by Goya as well as El Greco. Barnard Castle sits on the north financial institution of the River Tees, contrary Startforth and 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 eastern and also Richmond in North Yorkshire to the south-east. Barnard Castle's largest solitary employer is GlaxoSmithKline which has a manufacturing center on the outskirts of town. Barnard Castle is for all functions (historical, ritualistic and administrative) situated in Area Durham. The county boundary 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 district of County Durham till its abolition on 1 April 2009. The community is currently provided by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as major authority as well as by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a church. The Town Council chooses a ceremonial Town Mayor yearly. It becomes part of the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, which since 2017 is represented in parliament by Helen Goodman of Labour, though with a little majority over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England area, which acts as a constituency for the European Parliament. Between 1894 and also 1967 the community was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban District.
