Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East
Explore Old Cassop, County Durham with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Cassop map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Old Cassop, County Durham, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Old Cassop |
| Traditional County | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.749150 |
| Longitude | -1.479668 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Old Cassop remains a quiet reach of high ground where the horizon holds a wide, attentive silence. It lies 4.6 miles east-south-east of Durham (from Durham: bearing 116°T, OS grid NZ 335 394), and is situated north-west of Cassop village. Low-lying limestone ridges define the terrain, shedding light across the fields with a pale, northern clarity that sharpens the edges of every stone wall. To the east, the rounded silhouette of Witch Hill rises against the clouds, a steady landmark that has watched the slow turnover of seasons since the first ploughs broke the earth. The air here carries the faint, bracing scent of the magnesian limestone grasslands that define the surrounding ridges. Just a short distance to the south, the slopes of Cassop Vale gather the evening shadows, deepening the hollows of the land into bruised purples and greys. Old Cassop persists as a place of sparse, honest architecture, where the dwellings seem to have grown from the soil rather than being placed upon it. The rhythms of the wind across these open spaces suggest a landscape that keeps its own counsel, unbothered by the restless pace of the modern world.
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Explore Old Cassop, County Durham, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.749150, -1.479668. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |