Traditional county: East Sussex · District / Borough: Rother · Region: South East
Explore Horns Cross, East Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Horns 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Horns Cross, East Sussex, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Horns Cross |
| Traditional County | East Sussex |
| District / Borough | Rother |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 50.972979 |
| Longitude | 0.598907 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Horns Cross marks a quiet junction where the low-lying lanes of East Sussex converge under an expansive, pale sky. It lies 6.1 miles west-north-west of Rye (from Rye: bearing 284°T, OS grid TQ 825 225), and is situated south-south-east of Mill Corner village. The light here catches the dampness of the earth, turning the fields a bruised, heavy green that seems to hold the history of the soil in its stillness. To the north-east, the Sherbourne Valley dips into a shallow basin, drawing the morning mist away from the hedgerows in long, ghost-white ribbons. Horns Cross remains defined by these modest shifts in elevation, where the land rises slightly toward the rounded crest of Yewtree Hill. The roads are narrow and hemmed by thick, ancient banks that dictate a slower pace of travel, forcing a deliberate attention to the passing hedgerows. A sharp, clean scent of crushed grass often hangs in the air, drifting up from the low meadows that buffer the horizon. This landscape avoids the grand gestures of the coast, preferring instead the subtle, enduring grip of the Wealden clay.
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Explore Horns 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: 50.972979, 0.598907. 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 built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |