Between the Town Ward and Inner Ward of Barnard Castle there is a strange thing to find inside a castle’s perimeter: a valley, seen below with the modern wooden bridge across it.

This ruin is to the left as you look in the above photo:-

Interior valley seen from the bridge:-

Valley from above:-

North west corner building (circular tower to right):-

From top of circular tower:-

Weir and bridge over River Tees from the castle:-

Middleton-in-Teesdale is a market town in ….. Teesdale, County Durham, England.

As its name suggests it stands by the River Tees.

This bridge over the Tees is on the east/south approach to the town:-

River looking east from the bridge:-

Looking west:-

This Coop in the town has deco touches. (Stitch of two photos. The buildi ng isn’t really curved):-

The River Tees is out of sight (down the hill in the photo below and round a corner) from Barnard Castle’s main street (variously known as Horse Market and The Bank) but you can see hills. Seeing hills from the High Street is one of the good lady’s conditions for somewhere being a proper town:-

Further up the street there was a piece of minor Art Deco. Now Heron Foods, I’ve no idea what it was originally:-

The town of Barnard Castle takes its name from the castle which sits on a promontory above the River Tees. At the time we visited going inside the castle required booking in advance due to Covid. As we hadn’t booked, we couldn’t go in.

Castle from town side:-

Entrance to Castle:-

Round tower:-

North face of castle:-

Panorama of castle from over the Tees. (The curvature is due to a stitch of two photos):-

Part of castle from the bridge over the Tees. Note town sign on the wall by the road:-

Castle wall from below:-

Looking north from River Tees bridge, castle on right:-

Castle from viewpoint by River Tees:-

Closer view. The bridge over the Tees can be seen to bottom right:-

Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, County Durham. It lies beside the River Tees over which there were at least two bridges.

One of these is a relatively narrow traffic-light controlled bridge which lies just below the ruins of the mediæval castle (of which more later.)

The second I got to by walking along a path by the riverside. Its purpose is more obscure:-

On the way up to it we passed this weir:-

Weir and second bridge through trees:-