Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, Region Durham, England. It is called after the castle around which it was constructed. It is the major negotiation in the Teesdale location, and is a preferred traveler destination. The Bowes Museum has the very best collection of European penalty and attractive arts in the North of England, housed in a magnificent 19th-century French-style estate. Its most renowned exhibit is the 18th-century Silver Swan robot, though art includes job by Goya and also El Greco. Barnard Castle rests on the north bank of the River Tees, opposite Startforth and 21 miles (34 kilometres) south-west of the county town of Durham. Neighboring 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 employer is GlaxoSmithKline which has a production facility on the borders of community. Barnard Castle is for all objectives (historic, ceremonial and also management) located in Area Durham. The region boundary with the North Riding of Yorkshire was readjusted in 1967: that part of the town 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 up 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 church. The Town Council chooses a ceremonial Town Mayor yearly. It belongs to the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, which since 2017 is represented in parliament by Helen Goodman of Work, though with a small majority over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England region, which serves as a constituency for the European Parliament. Between 1894 and 1967 the community was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban Area.
