Hoar Cross
Parish in East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.807, -1.81 |
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| OS grid ref: | SK 12 23 |
The small rural parish of Hoar Cross lies in the district of East Staffordshire, in Staffordshire, England. It occupies farmland and pockets of woodland that were historically part of Needwood Forest, giving it a quietly rural, village-like character rather than a built-up feel.
Its most prominent feature is the Victorian neo‑Gothic Hoar Cross Hall, a former country estate now operating as a hotel and spa, which brings tourism, weddings and events to the parish; the hall and the nearby parish church reflect the influence of the Meynell‑Ingram family. The local economy is largely agricultural with a boost from hospitality and leisure, and the area is popular with walkers and those seeking peaceful countryside within easy reach of the region’s market towns.
Postcode districts covering Hoar Cross
Most populated places nearby
- Birmingham 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Derby 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Wolverhampton 19.9 miles32 km
- Stoke-on-Trent 20.6 miles33.1 km
- Dudley 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Walsall 17.3 miles27.8 km
- West Bromwich 20.1 miles32.4 km
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 23.4 miles37.6 km
- Burton upon Trent 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Sutton Coldfield 16.8 miles27 km
- Nuneaton 23.8 miles38.3 km
- Cannock 11.4 miles18.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Bagots & Needwood Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Newborough Parish 1.8 miles3 km
- Newchurch Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Yoxall Built-up area 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Hamstall Ridware Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Crown Ward 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Abbots Bromley Built-up area 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Hanbury Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Blithbury Built-up area 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Tatenhill Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Draycott in the Clay Built-up area 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Colton & the Ridwares Ward 3.7 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Hoar Cross
DE13 8SP, DE13 8QS, DE13 8QT, DE13 8RD, DE13 8QR, DE13 8RB, DE13 8RG, DE13 8QU, DE13 8RE … See all
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 20.2 miles32.5 km
- Birmingham International Airport 24.5 miles39.5 km
- Rugeley Trent Valley Railway Station 5.6 miles9 km
- Rugeley Town Railway Station 6.4 miles10.3 km
Hotels near Hoar Cross Ad
- Hilton at St George's Park, Burton Upon Trent 4 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Ibis Styles Burton on Trent 3 6 miles9.6 km
- The Boars Head Hotel 3 5.1 miles8.2 km
- The White Hart Hotel 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Holiday Inn Express Burton Upon Trent 3 5.9 miles9.6 km
- Riverside Hotel Branston by Greene King Inns 4 6.2 miles10.1 km
- Dovecliff Hall Hotel 4 8.4 miles13.6 km
- The Hedgehog by Innkeeper's Collection 4 8.1 miles13 km
- The Cathedral Hotel 3 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Saracens Head 10 miles16.1 km
Local points of interest
- Blithfield Hall Estate 5.2 miles8.3 km
- Uttoxeter Racecourse Recreation 6.2 miles10 km
- Pirelli Stadium Stadium 7.7 miles12.5 km
- Chartley Castle Estate 7.8 miles12.6 km
- Radmore Abbey Historic site 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Ingestre Hall Estate 9.3 miles15 km
- Acton Hill Estate 11.5 miles18.5 km
- Greaves's Wood Forest 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Statfold Barn Railway Museum 12.7 miles20.5 km
- The Lamb Ground Stadium 13.3 miles21.4 km
- East Wood Forest 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Rough Wood Forest 14.1 miles22.6 km