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Barnard Castle

town in County Durham, England, UK
Place town Q808437
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Barnard Castle

Summary

Barnard Castle is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,870 views/month, #71 of 9,456).[2]

Key Facts

  • Barnard Castle is located in County Durham[3].
  • Barnard Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Barnard Castle's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Barnard Castle's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • Barnard Castle's shares border with is recorded as Hamsterley Forest[7].
  • Barnard Castle is named after Barnard Castle[8].
  • Barnard Castle's postal code is recorded as DN12[9].
  • Barnard Castle's Commons category is recorded as Barnard Castle[10].
  • Barnard Castle's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[11].
  • Barnard Castle's local dialing code is recorded as 01833[12].
  • Barnard Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as NZ047166[13].
  • Barnard Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.55, 'lon': -1.92}[14].
  • Barnard Castle's authority is recorded as Barnard Castle Town Council[15].
  • Barnard Castle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barnard Castle[16].
  • Barnard Castle has a population of {'amount': '+5344'}[17].
  • Barnard Castle has a population of {'amount': '+5189'}[18].
  • Barnard Castle has a population of {'amount': '+5495'}[19].
  • Barnard Castle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Barnard Castle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • Barnard Castle's category for people born here is recorded as Q113578800[22].
  • Barnard Castle's category of associated people is recorded as Q113578789[23].
  • Barnard Castle's historic county is recorded as County Durham[24].

Body

Geography

Barnard Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in County Durham[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+5344'}[17], {'amount': '+5189'}[18], and {'amount': '+5495'}[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5] and civil parish[6].

History and Context

Barnard Castle is named after it[8].

Why It Matters

Barnard Castle ranks in the top 0.75% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,870 views/month, #71 of 9,456).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

C. Northcote Parkinson United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → County Durham
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 54.55, 'lon': -1.92}
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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