AN annual exhibition of photographs and slides showing popular images of Teesdale has gone on display in Barnard Castle.

The photographs and slides feature all entries from a Focus on Teesdale competition. The 13 winners will make up the pictures for next year's Teesdale Calendar.

Visitors to the gallery will have the chance to buy the 2002 calendar, which features the winning shots.

The theme for this year's competition was bridges, which inspired more than 70 beautiful and imaginative entries from Teesdale residents.

The exhibition includes pictures of County Bridge, small footbridges, viaducts, Abbey Bridge, the pack horse bridge at Egglestone Abbey, a new footbridge over the River Tees near Mickleton and many others.

The exhibition, in the Castle Gallery at Witham Hall, opened on Thursday and runs until Wednesday. It will be open daily, except Sunday, between 10am and 4pm.

For further information on the exhibition and the annual photographic competition, contact Rosie Cross at Teesdale District Council, on (01833) 696280 or by email at art