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Where is Barnard Castle?

Barnard Castle is located in the county of Durham, North East England, 12 miles north-west of the town of Richmond, 15 miles west of the major town of Darlington, 109 miles south-east of Edinburgh, 219 miles north of Cardiff, and 222 miles north of London. Barnard Castle lies four miles north-west of the North Yorkshire border. Barnard Castle falls within the unitary authority of County Durham. It is in the DL12 postcode district. The post town for Barnard Castle is Barnard Castle.

Barnard Castle on a map

Map showing extent of Barnard Castle as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Barnard Castle
Map showing location of Barnard Castle within the UK
Location of Barnard Castle within the UK

Which county is Barnard Castle in?

Barnard Castle is in the ceremonial county of Durham, the historic county of Durham, and the administrative county of County Durham.

Ceremonial CountyDurham
Historic CountyDurham
Administrative CountyCounty Durham

Where is Barnard Castle in Durham?

Barnard Castle is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Durham, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Durham.

Map showing location of Barnard Castle within Durham
Location of Barnard Castle within Durham

What is the postcode for Barnard Castle?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Barnard Castle is DL12 8DA.

Where is Barnard Castle in DL12?

Barnard Castle is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DL12 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the DL12 postcode district.

Map showing location of Barnard Castle within DL12
Location of Barnard Castle within DL12

What is the post town for Barnard Castle?

The post town for Barnard Castle is Barnard Castle. Barnard Castle is in the DL12 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Barnard Castle.

What is the latitude and longitude of Barnard Castle?

The centre of Barnard Castle is located at position 54.54845° latitude and -1.9171° longitude.

Latitude54.54845°
Longitude-1.9171°

What is the easting and northing of Barnard Castle?

The centre of Barnard Castle is located at the grid reference easting 405460 and northing 517025 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting405460
Northing517025

What are the nearest towns to Barnard Castle?

Position of Barnard Castle relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Barnard Castle to the centre of the town.

north-west
12m
Barnard Castle is 12 miles north-west of Richmond
south-west
12m
Barnard Castle is 12 miles south-west of Bishop Auckland
south-west
12m
Barnard Castle is 12 miles south-west of Shildon
south
13m
Barnard Castle is 13 miles south of Wolsingham
south-west
13m
Barnard Castle is 13 miles south-west of Crook
south
14m
Barnard Castle is 14 miles south of Stanhope
south
14m
Barnard Castle is 14 miles south of Tow Law
south-west
14m
Barnard Castle is 14 miles south-west of Willington
west
15m
Barnard Castle is 15 miles west of Newton Aycliffe
west
15m
Barnard Castle is 15 miles west of Darlington

What are the nearest cities to Barnard Castle?

Position of Barnard Castle relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Barnard Castle to the centre of the city.

south-west
21m
Barnard Castle is 21 miles south-west of Durham
south
32m
Barnard Castle is 32 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne
south-west
32m
Barnard Castle is 32 miles south-west of Sunderland
north-west
33m
Barnard Castle is 33 miles north-west of Ripon
south-east
47m
Barnard Castle is 47 miles south-east of Carlisle
north-east
50m
Barnard Castle is 50 miles north-east of Lancaster
north-west
53m
Barnard Castle is 53 miles north-west of York
north
53m
Barnard Castle is 53 miles north of Bradford
north
54m
Barnard Castle is 54 miles north of Leeds
north
62m
Barnard Castle is 62 miles north of Wakefield

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