Hansley Cross

Hansley Cross is a locality in Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Hansley Cross is situated nearby to the locality Bradley in the Moors, as well as near the village Alton.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Smiler and Oblivion.

The Smiler

Roller coaster

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Smiler is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England. The Infinity Coaster model from Gerstlauer set a world record for most inversions on a roller coaster when it opened in 2013, featuring 14 inversions that include dive loops, sidewinders, corkscrews, and other inverting elements.

Oblivion

Roller coaster

Photo: DAllardyce, Public domain.

Oblivion is a steel roller coaster at the Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England. Marketed as the "world's first vertical drop roller coaster", it was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard as the first Dive Coaster.

Thirteen

Roller coaster

Photo: Freddo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thirteen is a steel roller coaster at Alton Towers in England. Manufactured by Intamin, the ride opened to the public on 20 March 2010 as the world's first roller coaster to feature a vertical freefall drop, where the track and train fall approximately 5 metres in darkness.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alton and Denstone.

Alton

Village

Photo: Paul Buckingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alton is a village in Staffordshire, England. It is noted for the theme park Alton Towers, the UK's biggest and most famous theme park built around the site of Alton Mansion, which was owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury, and designed by Augustus Pugin.

Denstone

Village

Photo: Linda Bailey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Denstone is a village and civil parish situated between the towns of Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire and Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It is located next to the River Churnet. Denstone is situated 2½ miles east of Hansley Cross.

Whiston

Village

Whiston is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Kingsley. It is located within the Churnet Valley on the A52 road east of the village of Froghall. Whiston is situated 3 miles northwest of Hansley Cross.

Hansley Cross

Type: Locality
Location: Alton, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.97915° or 52° 58′ 45″ north

Longitude

-1.91187° or 1° 54′ 43″ west

Elevation

568 feet (173 metres)

Open location code

9C4WX3HQ+M7

GeoNames ID

13275684

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