Castle · Barnard Castle · County Durham

Barnard Castle Grounds

Look for Barnard Castle Grounds in Barnard Castle. Another 4 places to visit lie within 5 km. Officially, it is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Barnard Castle Grounds, Robert Scarth from London, England (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Barnard Castle

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 4%

#309 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Castle in Barnard Castle

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#309 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (15 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle Grounds is inside Barnard Castle’s built-up area, with 4 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Barnard Castle has 227 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Barnard Castle

If warmth matters, go June to August: Barnard Castle reaches 17–19°C.

Jan6° / 1°79 mm

Feb6° / 0°73 mm

Mar8° / 2°62 mm

Apr11° / 3°54 mm

May14° / 5°50 mm

Jun17° / 8°64 mm

Jul19° / 10°62 mm

Aug19° / 10°71 mm

Sep16° / 8°64 mm

Oct12° / 6°79 mm

Nov9° / 3°84 mm

Dec6° / 1°93 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Barnard Castle, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Barnard Castle. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Barnard Castle’s full climate →

About

Barnard Castle Grounds

It is looked after by English Heritage. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 15 languages. The first name on our list around it is The Bowes Museum, 700 m away.

Barnard Castle’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 15 languages
Town: in Barnard Castle
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/barnard-castle

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The places near Barnard Castle Grounds are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

The biggest base of the 8 is Barnard Castle (5,783 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Barnard Castle

5,783 people · 5 places to visit

2 · 100 m southwest of it

Startforth

1,391 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 4.3 km northwest of it

Cotherstone

554 people · 3 places to visit

4 · 8.8 km northeast of it

Staindrop

1,339 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Barnard Castle Grounds is	People	Places to visit
Barnard Castle	It’s in town	5,783	5
Startforth	100 m southwest of it	1,391	5
Cotherstone	4.3 km northwest of it	554	3
Staindrop	8.8 km northeast of it	1,339	2
Cockfield	11 km northeast of it	1,351	1
Mickleton	11 km northwest of it	388	0
Gainford	12 km east of it	1,127	2
Middleton-in-Teesdale	13 km northwest of it	879	1

Make a day of it

While you are near Barnard Castle Grounds

Within 15 km are 9 places, among them 3 castles, 2 historic houses and a museum.

Museum · English HeritageThe Bowes Museum700 m away 2

Abbey or priory · English HeritageEgglestone Abbey1.9 km away 3

CastleRaby Castle9.6 km away 4CastleCastle · English HeritageBowes Castle6.4 km away 5

Historic houseRokeby Park4 km away 6

Historic houseLartington Hall3 km away 7

Fort · English HeritageStanwick Camp14 km away 8CastleCastleRavensworth Castle13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Barnard Castle Grounds: common questions

Where is Barnard Castle Grounds?

Barnard Castle Grounds is in Barnard Castle, County Durham, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Barnard Castle Grounds?

Castle in England.

Who runs Barnard Castle Grounds?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Barnard Castle Grounds?

June to August are the warmest months in Barnard Castle, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Barnard Castle Grounds a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Barnard Castle Grounds?

Within 15 km: The Bowes Museum (700 m), Egglestone Abbey (1.9 km), Raby Castle (9.6 km) and Bowes Castle (6.4 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Barnard Castle Grounds: Robert Scarth from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Bowes Museum: Alden Chadwick, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Egglestone Abbey: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Raby Castle: malcolm tebbit, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rokeby Park: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lartington Hall: TSP, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stanwick Camp: Lizzyp at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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