Marcross
Marcross is a small village in the rural community of St Donats in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It consists of a public house and a few scattered houses, farms, and a small medieval church in the centre of the village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Wales
- Also known as: “Marcroes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Horseshoe Inn and Atlantic College.
Atlantic College
College
United World College of the Atlantic, commonly known by its former name Atlantic College, is an independent boarding school in Llantwit Major in Wales.
Nash Point Lighthouse
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nash Point is a headland and beach in the Monknash Coast of the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales, about a mile from Marcross. It is a popular location for ramblers and hiking along the cliffs to Llantwit Major beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broughton and Wick.
Broughton
Village
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broughton is a small village in the western part of the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales. It lies just northeast of Monknash and south of Wick. It contains a building known as "The Malthouse", now converted into flats.
Wick
Village
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wick is a small village and community in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, situated approximately 1.5 miles from the coast. The closest towns are Llantwit Major, Cowbridge and Bridgend. The community includes Broughton. Wick is situated 2 miles north of Marcross.
Sutton
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sutton is a small hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, just south of Llandow. Sutton is situated 2½ miles northeast of Marcross.
Marcross
- Category: locality
- Location: St Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.41208° or 51° 24′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.54733° or 3° 32′ 50″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9C3RCF63+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 296060259OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Marcross” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Marcross”
- Dutch: “Marcross”
- French: “Marcross”
- Irish: “Marcroes”
- Welsh: “Marcroes”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Marcross”. Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.