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 primary negotiation in the Teesdale location, as well as is a prominent tourist destination. The Bowes Museum has the best collection of European fine as well as attractive arts in the North of England, housed in a splendid 19th-century French-style chateau. Its most famous 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 as well as 21 miles (34 km) south-west of the county town of Durham. Neighboring towns include Bishop Auckland to the north-east, Darlington to the eastern as well as Richmond in North Yorkshire to the south-east. Barnard Castle's largest solitary company is GlaxoSmithKline which has a manufacturing center on the borders of community. Barnard Castle is for all objectives (historic, ritualistic and also administrative) located in Area Durham. The area border 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 former Teesdale district of County Durham until its abolition on 1 April 2009. The town is currently administered by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as major authority and by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a parish. The Community Council elects a ceremonial Town Mayor annually. 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 remains in the North East England area, which works as a constituency for the European Parliament. Between 1894 as well as 1967 the community was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban District.