Barnard Castle, a tranquil market town in Teesdale is home to the magnificent Bowes Museum and is a great day out for guests of the Briar Rose. The former home of Sir Roderick Murchison is pictured below
Read what the Times correspondent has to say in the link below
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-weekend-in-barnard-castle-co-durham-cccb92k03