Butter Cross
Butter Cross is a wayside cross in Melton District, Leicestershire, England. Butter Cross is situated nearby to the pub The Grapes Inn, as well as near the sports venue Jackson’s.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melton Mowbray railway station and The Grapes Inn.
Melton Mowbray railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melton Mowbray railway station serves the market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and operated by East Midlands Railway, though CrossCountry operates most of the services as part of its Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airport route. Melton Mowbray railway station is situated 1,200 feet south of Butter Cross.
Melton Carnegie Museum
Museum
Photo: Brian Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Melton Carnegie Museum is a museum in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, which documents the history of the market town. It is managed by Leicestershire County Council and supported by Melton Borough Council and is Heritage Lottery Funded. Melton Carnegie Museum is situated 1,200 feet east of Butter Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melton Mowbray and Thorpe Arnold.
Melton Mowbray
Photo: Rpriv2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Melton Mowbray, usually referred to locally as just Melton, is a market town in the county of Leicestershire, England. It is famous for the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie and as the centre of Stilton Cheese production.
Thorpe Arnold
Village
Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thorpe Arnold is a farming village in the civil parish of Waltham on the Wolds and Thorpe Arnold, in the district of Melton, in Leicestershire, England. It is approximately 1.2 miles northeast of Melton Mowbray.
Burton Lazars
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Burton Lazars is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burton and Dalby, in the Melton district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Burton Lazars is situated 1½ miles southeast of Butter Cross.
Butter Cross
- Type: Wayside cross
- Category: historic site
- Location: Melton District, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.7644° or 52° 45′ 52″ northLongitude
-0.88647° or 0° 53′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C4XQ477+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3758946280OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_cross
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