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High Cross Leicestershire Map

Traditional county: Leicestershire · District / Borough: Harborough · Region: East Midlands

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Place	High Cross
Traditional County	Leicestershire
District / Borough	Harborough
Region	East Midlands
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	52.493664
Longitude	-1.303448
Place Type	Hamlet

About High Cross

High Cross commands a quiet intersection of geography where the Roman road of Watling Street marks a long-faded meridian of imperial ambition. It lies 4.4 miles south-east of Hinckley (from Hinckley: bearing 138°T, OS grid SP 473 886), and is situated west of Claybrooke Magna village. The horizon here is vast and stripped of artifice, allowing the low-angled winter light to illuminate the shallow contours of the surrounding fields. Beneath the thin topsoil, the Roman Town at High Cross remains a silent, buried entity, its forty-six hectares holding the ghosts of a strategic hub that once linked distant outposts of the empire. A short distance away, the High Cross 60M North West Of Highcross House stands as a scheduled monument, anchoring the identity of the place to the physical remnants of the past. The land breathes with a sparse, agricultural rhythm, defined more by the sweeping movement of the wind across open furrows than by the density of modern habitation. This is a landscape of subtle transitions, where the weight of history presses lightly upon the present, leaving High Cross to exist in a state of tranquil, enduring isolation.

Nearby Outdoor Places

High Cross 60M North West Of Highcross House (Scheduled Monument) — 0.0 mi, 266° W
Roman Town At High Cross Also In Warwickshire (Scheduled Monument) — 0.2 mi, 326° NNW · 46 ha
Bowl Barrow At Wigston Parva (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 335° NNW
Soar Brook (River) — 1.6 mi, 334° NNW
Mickle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.0 mi, 347° NNW
Withybrook Spinney (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 226° SW
The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.5 mi, 296° WNW
Long Spinney (Forest / Woodland) — 2.8 mi, 158° SSE
Toot Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.1 mi, 019° NNE
Sapcote Castle (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 018° NNE
Newnham Paddox (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.2 mi, 175° S · 176 ha
Burbage Wood And Aston Firs Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.6 mi, 341° NNW · 51 ha
Stoney Cove (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.6 mi, 022° NNE
Broughton Astley Brook (River) — 3.8 mi, 060° ENE
Burbage Common and Woods (Park) — 3.9 mi, 340° NNW
Queen's Park (Park) — 4.0 mi, 323° NW
Clint Hill Quarry (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.0 mi, 016° NNE
Concordia Theatre (Theatre) — 4.5 mi, 320° NW
Hinckley and District Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 319° NW
The Brave Soldier (Public Artwork) — 4.9 mi, 114° ESE
Croft Pasture Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 5.0 mi, 028° NNE · 6 ha
Lutterworth and District Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 121° ESE
Red Hall Top (Viewpoint) — 5.4 mi, 345° NNW
Cotesbach Educational Trust (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 135° SE
Brinklow Castle (Historic Ruins) — 6.0 mi, 202° SSW
Whetstone Gorse (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 062° ENE
Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 285° WNW
Bedworth Civic Hall (Theatre) — 7.1 mi, 262° W
Combe Abbey (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 7.2 mi, 219° SW · 316 ha
Griff Roundabout (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 273° W

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