Traditional county: West Sussex · District / Borough: Chichester · Region: South East
Explore Balls Cross, West Sussex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Balls 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.
| Place | Balls Cross |
| Traditional County | West Sussex |
| District / Borough | Chichester |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.027510 |
| Longitude | -0.592850 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Balls Cross exhales a quiet peace, a scattering of dwellings embraced by the gentle contours of West Sussex. It lies 4.8 km north-north-east of Petworth (from Petworth: bearing 13°T, OS grid SU 987 262), and is situated west of Kirdford village. Here, the ancient hedgerows, thick with hawthorn and dog rose, seem to whisper tales of bygone agricultural seasons, their thorny embrace softened by the diffused light that filters through the canopy of mature oak and ash. The land around Balls Cross is a patchwork of fields, their colours shifting subtly with the passing clouds, hinting at the deep, dark loam that sustains them. The air itself often carries the faint, honest scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, a natural perfume that speaks of an enduring connection to the soil.
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Explore Balls Cross, West 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: 51.027510, -0.592850. 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 | June 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. |