Stump Grinding in Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is called after the castle around which it was built. It is the main settlement in the Teesdale location, as well as is a preferred vacationer location. The Bowes Museum has the most effective collection of European penalty and ornamental arts in the North of England, housed in a splendid 19th-century French-style estate. Its most renowned display is the 18th-century Silver Swan robot, though art consists of work by Goya and also El Greco. Barnard Castle remains 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 largest solitary company is GlaxoSmithKline which has a production facility on the borders of town. Barnard Castle is for all functions (historic, ceremonial and administrative) situated in Region Durham. The region limit with the North Riding of Yorkshire was readjusted in 1967: that part of the community of Barnard Castle traditionally in Yorkshire was contributed to County Durham. Barnard Castle was the administrative centre of the previous Teesdale area of County Durham until its abolition on 1 April 2009. The town is currently provided by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as major authority and by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a church. The Town Council elects a ceremonial Town Mayor every year. It belongs to the Bishop Auckland legislative constituency, which as of 2017 is represented in parliament by Helen Goodman of Work, though with a small bulk over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England area, which functions as a constituency for the European Parliament. In between 1894 and also 1967 the community was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban District.