Old Cassop, County Durham Weather
About Old Cassop, County Durham
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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About This Old Cassop, County Durham Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Cassop, County Durham, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Old Cassop includes coordinates 54.74915, -1.479668, in the county of County Durham, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Old Cassop is available on the Old Cassop map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the County Durham weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.