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Barnard Castle is a market community in Teesdale, Area Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it was built. It is the main settlement in the Teesdale area, and also is a preferred vacationer location. The Bowes Museum has the very best collection of European penalty and attractive arts in the North of England, housed in a spectacular 19th-century French-style chateau. Its most famous display is the 18th-century Silver Swan robot, though art consists of work by Goya and El Greco. Barnard Castle remains on the north bank of the River Tees, contrary Startforth and also 21 miles (34 kilometres) south-west of the county town of Durham. Neighboring towns consist of 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 employer is GlaxoSmithKline which has a production facility on the outskirts of community. Barnard Castle is for all objectives (historic, ceremonial and management) located in Area Durham. The area limit with the North Riding of Yorkshire was adjusted 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 previous Teesdale area of County Durham until its abolition on 1 April 2009. The community is now administered by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as major authority as well as by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a parish. The Community Council chooses a ceremonial Town Mayor each year. It belongs to the Bishop Auckland legislative constituency, which since 2017 is represented in parliament by Helen Goodman of Work, though with a tiny bulk over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England region, which acts as a constituency for the European Parliament. Between 1894 as well as 1967 the community was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban Area.