(Hamlet)
Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore Crossways, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Crossways 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 Crossways, Gloucestershire, 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 | Crossways |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.799753 |
| Longitude | -2.628320 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Crossways marks a quiet intersection of paths where the ancient rhythm of the Forest of Dean leaves its imprint upon the limestone earth. It lies 0.6 miles north-west of Coleford (from Coleford: bearing 315°T, OS grid SO 567 114). The morning light here often catches the jagged, iron-rich edges of the landscape, revealing a topography shaped by centuries of extraction and industry. To the west, the dense canopy of Dingle Wood Sssi shelters a terrain scarred by the archaic, deep-set hollows of iron ore mines. These subterranean echoes of past labour provide a stark contrast to the verdant expanse of Marion’s Inclosure, where young trees stretch toward a pale, restless sky. Crossways occupies a position of transition, caught between the industrial ghosts of the hills and the encroaching silence of the woodland. The air retains a sharp, metallic clarity, a vestige of the charcoal burners and miners who once defined the character of this Gloucestershire terrain. Here, the boundary between the managed forest and the stubborn, rocky outcrop remains thin and porous, allowing the wilder elements of the district to press against the edges of the road.
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Explore Crossways, Gloucestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.799753, -2.628320. 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. |