Saxon Cross
Saxon Cross is a wayside cross in Follifoot, Harrogate District, England. Saxon Cross is situated nearby to the community center Follifoot Village Hall, as well as near St Joseph and St James’ Church, Follifoot.Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Joseph and St James’ Church, Follifoot and Rudding Park.
St Joseph and St James’ Church, Follifoot
Church
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Joseph and St James' Church is an Anglican church in Follifoot, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was commissioned by Joseph Radcliffe and the Reverend James Tripp, originally as a chapel of ease to All Saints' Church, Spofforth. St Joseph and St James’ Church, Follifoot is situated 510 feet northeast of Saxon Cross.
Rudding Park
Hotel
Rudding Park Hotel, Spa and Golf is a Grade I listed Regency-style country house in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It is situated within the 2,000-acre Rudding Park estate at Follifoot on the southern outskirts of Harrogate. Rudding Park is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Saxon Cross.
Plumpton Rocks
Plumpton Rocks is a man-made lake and surrounding pleasure gardens 3.5 miles south-east of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England, near the village of Plompton. Plumpton Rocks is situated 1 mile northeast of Saxon Cross.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spofforth and Calcutt.
Spofforth
Village
Spofforth is a village in the civil parish of Spofforth with Stockeld, in North Yorkshire, England. It is about 3 miles north-west of Wetherby and 5 miles south of Harrogate, on the River Crimple, a tributary of the River Nidd. Spofforth is situated 1½ miles southeast of Saxon Cross.
Calcutt
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calcutt is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Calcutt is situated 2 miles north of Saxon Cross.
Starbeck
Suburb
Photo: Mel Stubbs, Public domain.
Starbeck is a village and suburb of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. The population of Starbeck Ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,226. It has many facilities, including Starbeck railway station, which serves the Harrogate Line. Starbeck is situated 2 miles north of Saxon Cross.
Saxon Cross
- Type: Wayside cross
- Description: architectural structure in Follifoot, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Categories: high cross and historic site
- Location: Follifoot, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.96836° or 53° 58′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.48091° or 1° 28′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C5WXG99+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 7279416395OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_crossWikidata ID
Q26669908
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