This article is about the town in England. For the castle in the town, see Barnard Castle (castle). For the constituency, see Barnard Castle (UK Parliament constituency).
Town and civil parish in England
Barnard Castle
Town and civil parish
The "Butter Market" (the town's Market Cross)
Barnard Castle
Location within County Durham
Population
5,495 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference
NZ047166
Civil parish
Barnard Castle [2]
Unitary authority
County Durham
Ceremonial county
County Durham
Region
North East
Country
England
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
BARNARD CASTLE
Postcode district
DL12
Dialling code
01833
Police
Durham
Fire
County Durham and Darlington
Ambulance
North East
UK Parliament
Bishop Auckland
Website
barnardcastletowncouncil.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°33′N1°55′W / 54.55°N 1.92°W / 54.55; -1.92
Barnard Castle (locally[ˈbɑːnədˈkæsəl], BAH-nəd KASS-əl) is a market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes Museum's has an 18th-century Silver Swan automaton exhibit and paintings by Goya and El Greco.
It sits on the opposite bank to Startforth and is 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 and Richmond in North Yorkshire to the south-east. The largest employer is GlaxoSmithKline, with a manufacturing facility on the town's outskirts.[3][4][5]
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^"Home :Barnard Castle Town Council". Barnardcastletowncouncil.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^"GSK Barnard Castle". Devereux Architects. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
^"BBC – Domesday Reloaded: A BARNARD CASTLE FACTORY". domesday. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
^"Teesdale Mercury". teesdalemercury.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
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