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Barnard Castle is a market community in Teesdale, Region Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it was developed. It is the main settlement in the Teesdale area, as well as is a popular visitor destination. The Bowes Museum has the best collection of European fine and decorative arts in the North of England, housed in a wonderful 19th-century French-style estate. Its most famous exhibition 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 km) south-west of the county town of Durham. Neighboring towns include Bishop Auckland to the north-east, Darlington to the east and also Richmond in North Yorkshire to the south-east. Barnard Castle’s biggest single employer is GlaxoSmithKline which has a production facility on the outskirts of community. Barnard Castle is for all purposes (historic, ceremonial and also administrative) located in County Durham. The region boundary with the North Riding of Yorkshire was readjusted in 1967: that part of the community of Barnard Castle historically in Yorkshire was contributed to County Durham. Barnard Castle was the administrative centre of the former Teesdale district of County Durham until its abolition on 1 April 2009. The town is now provided by Durham County Council Unitary Authority, as primary authority and also by Barnard Castle Town Council, as a church. The Town Council chooses a ceremonial Town Mayor annually. It becomes part of the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency, which as of 2017 is represented in parliament by Helen Goodman of Labour, though with a small bulk over the Conservatives. It is in the North East England region, which functions as a constituency for the European Parliament. In between 1894 and 1967 the community was administratively part of Barnard Castle Urban Area.