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Butcher's Cross East Sussex Map

Traditional county: East Sussex · District / Borough: Wealden · Region: South East

Explore Butcher's Cross, East Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Butcher's Cross map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Butcher's Cross, East Sussex

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PlaceButcher's Cross
Traditional CountyEast Sussex
District / BoroughWealden
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.008944
Longitude0.221590
Place TypeHamlet

About Butcher's Cross

Butcher's Cross marks a quiet convergence of lanes where the rolling topography of the High Weald begins to sharpen into steep, wooded gills. It lies 2.9 miles north-north-west of Heathfield (from Heathfield: bearing 334°T, OS grid TQ 559 256), and is situated north-east of Skippers Hill village. The sunlight here often catches the damp, dark silt of Hornslodge Gill as it carves a slow, serpentine path through the valley floor nearby. A sense of historical industry lingers in the deep, iron-rich clays that once supported the furnaces of the Wealden ironworks. Beyond the immediate road junctions, the horizon is dominated by the silhouette of Argos Hill Windmill, a sentinel watching over the shifting Atlantic weather patterns that brush against the ridge. Butcher's Cross remains a place of transition, where the dense hedgerows and ancient field boundaries dictate the pace of movement. Every season brings a different quality of light to the damp margins of King's Marsh, turning the wetland into a reflective mirror for the pale, shifting skies of East Sussex. This landscape holds the weight of centuries in its quiet, unremarkable folds, demanding a slower, more deliberate observation from those who pass through.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Five Ashes (Park) — 0.5 mi, 170° S
  • King's Marsh (Wetland) — 0.8 mi, 194° SSW
  • Hornslodge Gill (River) — 0.9 mi, 134° SE
  • Woolbridge Furnace (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 058° ENE
  • Castle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 348° NNW
  • High Weald (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) — 1.6 mi, 030° NNE · 15k acres
  • Argos Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.8 mi, 026° NNE
  • Argos Hill Windmill (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 023° NNE
  • Wilderness Wood (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 238° WSW
  • Mayfield Village Sign (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 065° ENE
  • Stockland Farm Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 261° W · 6 ha
  • Sheriff's Gill (Valley) — 2.1 mi, 021° NNE
  • Hastingford Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.2 mi, 276° W
  • Rotherfield Hall (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.3 mi, 336° NNW · 27 ha
  • Markly Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 153° SSE
  • Millennium Green (Park) — 2.5 mi, 003° N
  • Mayfield Iron Furnace (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 056° ENE · 2 ha
  • Waste Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.7 mi, 240° WSW
  • Little Forge (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 276° W
  • Jarvis Brook (River) — 2.9 mi, 334° NNW
  • New Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.3 mi, 174° S
  • Old Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.4 mi, 151° SSE
  • Old Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.8 mi, 072° ENE
  • Eridge Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 5.4 mi, 013° NNE · 546 ha
  • Wadhurst Castle (Historic Park or Garden) — 5.9 mi, 054° NE · 59 ha
  • The Picture House Uckfield (Cinema) — 6.0 mi, 245° WSW
  • Eridge Rocks (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 359° N
  • Wiinnie The Pooh: The North Pole (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 309° NW
  • Winnie The Pooh: Eeyore's Sad And Gloomy Place (Attraction) — 6.6 mi, 308° NW
  • Priory (remains of) (Historic Ruins) — 6.9 mi, 135° SE

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About This Butcher's Cross Map Page

Explore Butcher's Cross, East Sussex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.008944, 0.221590. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.