Cross-at-Hand

Cross-at-Hand is a hamlet in Staplehurst, Maidstone, England. Cross-at-Hand is situated nearby to the hamlet Rabbit’s Cross, as well as near Wanshurst Green.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Staplehurst railway station and Staplehurst Library.

Staplehurst railway station

Railway station

Photo: Hassocks5489, Public domain.

Staplehurst railway station is on the South Eastern Main Line in England, serving the village of Staplehurst, Kent. It is 41 miles 70 chains down the line from London Charing Cross.

Staplehurst Library

Library

Photo: JuliaC2006, CC BY 2.0.

Staplehurst Library is situated 2 miles south of Cross-at-Hand.

The King’s Head Hotel

Pub

Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The King’s Head Hotel is a pub, which is situated 2 miles south of Cross-at-Hand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chainhurst and Langley Heath.

Chainhurst

Hamlet

Photo: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chainhurst is a wealden village in Kent, England, and is part of Marden civil parish and Maidstone District. It is about 2 miles north of Marden, below Bidborough Ridge, and south of the River Beult floodplain. Chainhurst is situated 3½ miles west of Cross-at-Hand.

Langley Heath

Village

Photo: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Langley Heath is a village, which is situated 3½ miles northeast of Cross-at-Hand.

Horden

Hamlet

Horden is a village in the Maidstone district of Kent, England. The population is included in the civil parish of Goudhurst. The village takes its name from the Horden family: Edward Horden was a courtier to three Tudor monarchs, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, serving as Clerk of the Green Cloth. Horden is situated 4 miles southwest of Cross-at-Hand.

Cross-at-Hand

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Staplehurst, Maidstone, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.18807° or 51° 11′ 17″ north

Longitude

0.54704° or 0° 32′ 49″ east

Elevation

62 feet (19 metres)

Open location code

9F325GQW+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8450738020

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13274829

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