Cassop
Cassop (formerly New Cassop) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cassop-cum-Quarrington, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It has a population of about 500 and is located near the city of Durham. A former mining village, mining is no longer the main occupation of Cassop's inhabitants due to extensive mine closure over the last 30 years.
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Cassop Vale National Nature Reserve lies west of Cassop village | |
Cassop Location within County Durham | |
| Population | 500 (est) |
| OS grid reference | NZ345383 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DURHAM |
| Postcode district | DH6 |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
Cassop Primary School is believed to have been the first in the UK to generate some of its own electricity with its own wind turbine which was erected in February 1999.
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