Spion Kop, Nottinghamshire

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Spion Kop
Spion Kop shown within Nottinghamshire
OS grid reference	SK555665
District	Mansfield
Shire county	Nottinghamshire
Region	East Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Mansfield
Postcode district	NG20
Police	Nottinghamshire
Fire	Nottinghamshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
European Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Bassetlaw
List of places: UK • England • Nottinghamshire

Coordinates: 53°11′32″N 1°09′52″W / 53.1923, -1.1644

Spion Kop is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England.

It is located about a mile to the south of Warsop on the A60, Mansfield Road. It is a modern settlement named after the Battle of Spion Kop which took place during the Second Boer War in Natal, South Africa in January 1900.