The Cross

The Cross is a wayside cross in Meriden, Solihull, England. The Cross is situated near the village green The Green, Meriden, as well as near Meriden Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Laurence Church and Packington Hall.

St Laurence Church

Church

Photo: Necrothesp, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Meriden is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England. Historically part of Warwickshire, it lies between the cities of Birmingham and Coventry. St Laurence Church is situated 1 mile southeast of The Cross.

Packington Hall

Manor estate

Photo: Amanda Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Packington Hall is a 17th-century mansion situated at Great Packington, near Meriden in Warwickshire, England and is the seat of the Earl of Aylesford. It is a Grade II* listed building. Packington Hall is situated 1½ miles northwest of The Cross.

Hampton-in-Arden railway station

Railway station

Photo: Simon Jobson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hampton-in-Arden railway station serves the village of Hampton-in-Arden in the West Midlands of England. It is situated on the West Coast Main Line between Coventry and Birmingham. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Trains. Hampton-in-Arden railway station is situated 2 miles west of The Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Berkswell and Hampton in Arden.

Berkswell

Village

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Berkswell is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, county of West Midlands, England. Historically in Warwickshire, Berkswell is situated in the rural east of the borough, approximately 2 miles west of the western city boundary of Coventry, at Eastern Green. Berkswell is situated 2 miles south of The Cross.

Hampton in Arden

Village

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Hampton in Arden is a village and civil parish located in the Forest of Arden in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, in the West Midlands of England. Hampton in Arden is situated 2½ miles west of The Cross.

Eastern Green

Suburb

Eastern Green is a mainly residential suburb in the far west of Coventry, England, and was formerly a village in Warwickshire. Its most western area is Upper Eastern Green and the eastern area is Lower Eastern Green, though residents generally do not distinguish between the two. Eastern Green is situated 3 miles southeast of The Cross.

The Cross

Type: Wayside cross
Category: historic site
Location: Meriden, Solihull, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.43794° or 52° 26′ 17″ north

Longitude

-1.64964° or 1° 38′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C4WC9Q2+54

OpenStreetMap ID

node 495631723

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=wayside_cross

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The Green, Meriden and Meriden Library.

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