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Cassop Vale

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Cassop Vale is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, covering 0.41 km². The county has 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Wingate Quarry and Pittington Hill are among the SSSIs within 5.9 km. Durham Station is about 6.6 km away to the north-west.

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Photo of Durham University Botanic Garden, a garden in County Durham, north east England.

Durham University Botanic Garden

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Ten hectares of woodland, glasshouses and themed plantings on the wooded southern edge of the city.

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Photo of Durham Cathedral, a church in County Durham, north east England.Iconic

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The great Norman cathedral on its rock above the Wear, shrine of St Cuthbert and the Venerable Bede.

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Photo: Prebends Bridge, a viewpoint in County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Prebends Bridge

Viewpoint near Durham

Graceful three-arch bridge over the Wear giving Durham's most-painted view of cathedral and wooded banks.

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Photo of Durham, a village in County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Durham

Village

A cathedral city looped by the River Wear, its Norman cathedral and castle rising together above the wooded riverbanks and cobbled Bailey.

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Photo of Crook Hall Gardens, a garden in County Durham, north east England.

Crook Hall Gardens

Garden near Durham

Series of intimate walled and cottage gardens around a medieval hall on the edge of Durham city.

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Photo of Wharton Park, a garden in County Durham, north east England.

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Garden near Durham

Restored hilltop park above Durham station with the classic postcard view over the cathedral and castle.

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