The Bowes Museum

The Bowes Museum is a park in Barnard Castle, County Durham, England. The Bowes Museum is situated nearby to the pitch Barnard Castle Bowls Club, as well as near Saint Mary’s Catholic Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bowes Museum and Barnard Castle.

Bowes Museum

Museum

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The Bowes Museum is an art gallery in the town of Barnard Castle, in County Durham in northern England. It was built to designs by Jules Pellechet and John Edward Watson to house the art collection of John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier, and opened in 1892.

Barnard Castle

Park

Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barnard Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham, England. Barnard Castle is situated 2,200 feet west of The Bowes Museum.

Barnard Castle School

School

Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barnard Castle School is a co-educational private day and boarding school in the market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, in the North East of England. Barnard Castle School is situated 1,300 feet east of The Bowes Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Startforth and Westwick.

Startforth

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Startforth is a village on the Pennines end of south Teesdale, England. The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It was in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.

Westwick

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Westwick is a village in County Durham, in England. The population of the civil parish was less than 100. Details are maintained in the parish of Whorlton. It is situated to the east of Barnard Castle near the River Tees.

Stainton

Village

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stainton is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north east of Barnard Castle. Stainton is situated 2 miles northeast of The Bowes Museum.

The Bowes Museum

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Barnard Castle, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.542° or 54° 32′ 31″ north

Longitude

-1.91563° or 1° 54′ 56″ west

Operator

The Bowes Museum

Open location code

9C6WG3RM+QP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 34116257

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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