Anthony’s Cross

Anthony's Cross is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England.

Type: Hamlet
Description: village in Gloucestershire, England, UK
Also known as: “Anthony’s Cross, Gloucestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Newent Community School and May Hill.

Newent Community School

School

Newent Community School is a secondary school in Newent, Gloucestershire, England. It is an Academy of 1,063 students, serving the town, rural community and Gloucester.

May Hill

Peak

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

May Hill is a prominent English hill between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye. Its summit, on the western edge of Gloucestershire and its northern slopes in Herefordshire, is distinguishable by a clump of trees on its summit, which forms an official Site of Special Scientific Interest. May Hill is situated 2 miles southwest of Anthony’s Cross.

Post Office

Post office

Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cliffords Mesne and Aston Ingham.

Cliffords Mesne

Village

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cliffords Mesne is an English village in Gloucestershire, in Newent civil parish, two miles south-west of the town. The village became the home of the autobiographical author Winifred Foley from the mid-1970s, after the success of her first book of Gloucestershire reminiscences, A Child in the Forest.

Aston Ingham

Village

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aston Ingham is a village in south-eastern Herefordshire, England, near Newent and about 7 miles east of Ross-on-Wye. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 398. Aston Ingham is situated 2 miles west of Anthony’s Cross.