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About Teesdale - Shopping and Markets

Teesdale is a world away from city high streets. It is a great place to potter for souvenirs, work by local artists and fresh local produce. Family-run businesses offer a personal service.

Speciality shopping
The historic town of Barnard Castle is full of character and a joy to visit.
In this day of retail parks and shopping malls, it is refreshing to find a town which offers its visitors shopping as it was meant to be.
One of the best antique centres in teh North of England, Barnard CAstle also offers a host of speciality shops specialising in providing traditional, top-quality merchandise with a truly personal service.
Barnard Castle is justifiably proud of its reputation for its excellent antique shops, many of which are located on "The Bank", a steep street leading downhill from the Market Cross with early 16th and 17th century buildings on either side. Together teh shops can offer antique hunters a tremendous selection of furniture, books, decorative items, clocks, cutlery, ironwork, silver and jewellery.

Markets
A FARMA Accredited FArmers' Market is held on the first Saturday of each month on the cobbles in the centre of Barnard Castle. Local producers gather to sell a wide range of quality fresh local produce.

Each Wednesday there is a weekly market in the centre of Barnard Castle offering an assortment of competitively-priced goods, from fruit and vegetables to clothing.

The Teesdale Mercury (www.teesdalemercury.co.uk) is England’s last remaining independent newspaper.

Farm shops such as Thorpe Farm Peel House offer a range of local and exotic produce to suit all tastes.

And if you can’t resist a visit to the high street stores Teesdale is within easy reach of the bigger centres of Darlington (30 minutes), Durham (45 minutes), Newcastle/Gateshead and the Metro Centre (70 minutes) and York (90 minutes).

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