Religion
The town has 3 Grade I listed churches, the Church of St Helen, the Church of St Andrew, and St Peter's chapel at Auckland Castle. Another Grade I listed church, the Saxon church at Escomb is also close to the town. Additionally, the town has 3 grade II listed churches, Bishop Auckland Methodist Church on Cockton Hill Road, St Anne's church next to the town hall in the Market Place, and St Peter's Church on Princes Street.
The town is in the located within the Auckland Deanery and Archdeaconry of the Anglican Diocese of Durham. The Diocese has its administrative offices at Auckland Castle in the town. In the Roman Catholic faith the town is located in the St William Deanery of the Cleveland and South Durham Episcopal Area of the Hexham and Newcastle Diocese.
Other denominations are also represented in the town. For example the Baptist Church is next door to the hospital. Bishop Auckland Baptist Church is part of the family of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. and is part of the Northern Association of Baptist churches
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—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
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