The Headless Cross
The Headless Cross is a wayside cross in Derby, England. The Headless Cross is situated nearby to the pub Greyhound Inn, as well as near the health club Heat.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pickford’s House Museum and Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
Pickford’s House Museum
Museum
Pickford's House Museum of Georgian Life and Costume is in Derby, England. It is named after architect Joseph Pickford, who built it as his family home in 1763-65. It was opened as a museum in 1988. The building is Grade I listed. Pickford’s House Museum is situated 960 feet east of The Headless Cross.
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Janet Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Derby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass. Derby Museum and Art Gallery is situated 2,400 feet east of The Headless Cross.
St John the Evangelist’s Church, Derby
Church
Photo: HJ Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St John the Evangelist's Church, Derby is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Derby. St John the Evangelist’s Church, Derby is situated 490 feet northeast of The Headless Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Zealand and Cathedral Quarter.
New Zealand
Neighborhood
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Zealand is an inner-city suburb of Derby in Derbyshire, England. It is surrounded by the Mackworth Estate, Rowditch and The West End suburbs. New Zealand also incorporates an area called the Morley Estate.
Cathedral Quarter
Neighborhood
Photo: Nick Moyes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Quarter is one of five areas within Derby city centre, based around the name of the Cathedral. It is bound by St Alkmund's Way and Ford Street to the north and west, the River Derwent to the east, and Albert Street, Victoria Street, Wardwick and Friargate to the south.
Little Chester
Suburb
Little Chester, also known as Chester Green after the area of open parkland at its centre, is a suburb of the city of Derby, in Derbyshire, England. It is located approximately 0.6 miles north of the city centre, on the east bank of the River Derwent.
The Headless Cross
- Type: Wayside cross
- Category: historic site
- Location: Derby, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.92526° or 52° 55′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.49002° or 1° 29′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C4WWGG5+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 1269030993OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_cross
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