Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

Name: Bowes Museum
Address: Barnard Castle, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1833 690606

#2 among attractions in Barnard Castle

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Facts and practical information

The Bowes Museum has a nationally renowned art collection and is situated in the town of Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°32'32"N, 1°54'56"W

Address

Barnard Castle United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1833 690606

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Barnard Castle

Day trips

Bowes Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Teesdale, Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs, Raby Castle, Egglestone Abbey.

0.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Teesdale, Barnard Castle
13 min walk • Nestled in the historic market town of Barnard Castle, Teesdale is a picturesque valley in the heart of the Durham Dales, part of the United Kingdom's scenic North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This tranquil area is defined by the River Tees, which...
6.2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Sleightholme Beck Gorge – The Troughs
157 min walk • Nestled in the rugged landscape of the North Pennines in the United Kingdom, Sleightholme Beck Gorge – also known as The Troughs – is a hidden gem that offers a tranquil escape into nature's embrace. This picturesque canyon, carved by the relentless flow of...
5.7 miNE
Forts and castles, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Raby Castle, Darlington
145 min walk • Raby Castle is a medieval castle located near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among 200 acres of deer park. It was built by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, between approximately 1367 and 1390. Cecily Neville, the mother of the Kings Edward IV and Richard III, was born here.
0.9 miSE
Ruins, Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Egglestone Abbey, Barnard Castle
22 min walk • Egglestone Abbey is a ruined Premonstratensian abbey on the southern bank of the River Tees, in northern England, 1+1⁄2 miles south-east of Barnard Castle.
4.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Baldersdale Woodlands
116 min walk • Baldersdale Woodlands is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England. It consists primarily of ancient, semi-natural woodland growing on steep valley slopes, including scree, on both banks of the River Balder over a stretch of some 3 km, upstream of the village of Cotherstone.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Shipley and Great Woods
108 min walk • Shipley and Great Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England. It occupies a steep ravine in the valley of the River Tees, just north of the village of Cotherstone.
2.1 miSE
Museum, History museum
Rokeby Park
55 min walk • Rokeby Park is a country house in the Palladian style in the civil parish of Rokeby, in Northern England. It is close to the confluence of the River Tees and River Greta, near Greta Bridge in what is now County Durham.
5.7 miNW
Garden, Park
Eggleston Hall
146 min walk • Eggleston Hall is a privately owned 19th-century English country house near Barnard Castle, in Teesdale, County Durham. It is a Grade II* listed building.
4.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff
Crag Gill
124 min walk • Crag Gill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district in south-west County Durham, England. It lies about 3 km east of the village of Eggleston, just off the B6282 road, which separates it from the Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells SSSI to the north.
3.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Cotherstone Castle
87 min walk • Cotherstone Castle was in the village of Cotherstone by the River Tees some 3 miles north-east of Barnard Castle in County Durham, England. This was a motte and bailey castle built around 1090. In 1200 the wooden building was replaced by a stone building, of which was licensed in 1201.
4.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Bowes Castle
110 min walk • Bowes Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Bowes in County Durham, England. Built within the perimeter of the former Roman fort of Lavatrae, on the Roman road that is now the A66, the early timber castle on the site was replaced by a more substantial stone structure between 1170 and 1174 on the orders of Henry II.