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Barnard Castle

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).

Barnard Castle
Town and civil parish
The "Butter Market" (the town's Market Cross)
Barnard Castle is located in County Durham
Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle
Location within County Durham
Population5,495 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ047166
Civil parish
  • Barnard Castle [2]
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARNARD CASTLE
Postcode districtDL12
Dialling code01833
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
Websitebarnardcastletowncouncil.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°33′N 1°55′W / 54.55°N 1.92°W / 54.55; -1.92

Barnard Castle (locally [ˈbɑːnəd ˈkæsəl], 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]

  1. ^ "Town population 2011". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Home :Barnard Castle Town Council". Barnardcastletowncouncil.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ^ "GSK Barnard Castle". Devereux Architects. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.
  4. ^ "BBC – Domesday Reloaded: A BARNARD CASTLE FACTORY". domesday. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Teesdale Mercury". teesdalemercury.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014.

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