White Cross is a small rural hamlet in Cornwall, England, the sort of place whose name often marks a historic wayside cross at a country crossroads. It typically consists of a handful of cottages and farms set among rolling fields, with the dramatic Cornish coast and moorland never far away, giving a strong sense of place and landscape.
Economically life here tends to revolve around agriculture with many people commuting to nearby towns, while seasonal visitors come for walking and quiet countryside stays. Socially it’s usually a close-knit community with traditional stone buildings and a local character shaped by Cornwall’s wider mining and maritime heritage, even where the hamlet itself wasn’t a major industrial centre.
Postcode districts covering White Cross
Most populated places nearby
- Redruth 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Falmouth 17.8 miles28.6 km
- St. Austell 9.3 miles14.9 km
- Truro 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Camborne 19.3 miles31 km
- Newquay 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Bodmin 11.8 miles19 km
- Helston 24.2 miles39 km
Neighbouring places
- St. Enoder Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Indian Queens and Fraddon Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Summercourt Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Colan Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Quintrell Downs Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
- St. Columb Minor & Colan Ward 2.5 miles4.1 km
- St. Columb Major Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- St. Dennis & St. Enoder Ward 2.6 miles4.1 km
- St. Columb Major, St. Mawgan & St. Wenn Ward 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Carloggas Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Newquay Porth & Tretherras Ward 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Trethosa Built-up area 3.9 miles6.2 km
Example postcodes in White Cross
Transport links
- Newquay Cornwall Airport 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Exeter International Airport 72.2 miles116.2 km
- St Columb Road Railway Station 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Quintrell Downs Railway Station 2.6 miles4.1 km
Hotels near White Cross Ad
- Lazy Waves Boutique B&B 4 5 miles8 km
- Lewinnick Lodge 4 6.4 miles10.2 km
- Priory Lodge Hotel 5 miles8 km
- The White House Hotel 5 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Scarlet Hotel 4 5.4 miles8.8 km
- Holiday Inn Express Bodmin - Victoria Junction 3 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Oceanside 5.5 miles8.8 km
- The Harbour 5 5.3 miles8.5 km
- The Headland Hotel and Spa 5 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Bedruthan Hotel and Spa 4 5.5 miles8.8 km
Local points of interest
- Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre Museum 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Lane Theatre Theatre 3.7 miles6 km
- The Japanese Garden Gardens 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Trenance Gardens Gardens 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Tolcarne Beach Beach 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Newquay Heritage Archive & Museum Museum 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Beacon Cove Beach Beach 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Huer's Hut Historic site 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Fistral Beach Beach 6 miles9.6 km
- St Eval Kart Circuit Recreation 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Crantock Beach Beach 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Poly Joke Beach Beach 7.4 miles12 km