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Barnard Castle (County Durham)

Open to visitorsan English Heritage site — check opening times and admission before you go

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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A ringwork castle once stood here — today it survives as earthworks in County Durham. It is the only ringwork castle the Albion Guide lists in the county. Other castles nearby include Cotherstone Castle and Bowes Castle.

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More places to visit near Barnard Castle (County Durham)

Photo of Barnard Castle Farmers' Market, a farm & farm shop in County Durham, north east England.

Barnard Castle Farmers' Market

Farm & farm shop near Barnard Castle

One of the North East's most popular monthly markets, artisan Teesdale food and crafts.

0.5 km N

Photo of The Bowes Museum, a visitor attraction near Barnard Castle, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

The Bowes Museum

Attraction near Barnard Castle

French chateau-style museum in Barnard Castle housing fine art and the celebrated Silver Swan automaton.

0.7 km E

Photo of High Cup Nick, the glacial valley cut into the North Pennines escarpment, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

North Pennines

National Landscape near Wearhead

England's high, quiet backbone of moorland tops, waterfalls and old lead-mining dales, designated in 1988

4.8 km NW

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

6.4 km SW · spans 8 counties

Photo of Romaldkirk, a village in County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Romaldkirk

Village

Teesdale village of three greens with stocks, a pump and a large church, the Rose & Crown at its heart.

7.9 km NW · County Durham

Photo of Eggleston Hall Gardens, a garden in County Durham, north east England.

Eggleston Hall Gardens

Garden near Eggleston

Walled Teesdale garden of winding paths, borders and a stream around a 16th-century churchyard, with a plant nursery.

8.7 km NW