famous road
Black Mountain Pass (A4069)
Top Gear's favourite British road, a smooth, empty ribbon of hairpins and open bends over the western Brecon Beacons between Llangadog and Brynamman.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Cross Hands
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
About Cross Hands
Cross Hands works well as a base: 10 minutes from Tycroes, 18km from Black Mountain Pass (A4069).
Cross Hands is in Wales, United Kingdom, with about 4,500 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Tycroes, about 5 km away.
Cross Hands is a village in Carmarthenshire, Wales, approximately 12 miles (19 kilometres) from Carmarthen.
Cross Hands is notable for its Public Hall, erected in 1920 and designed by an unknown Italian designer in the classic Art Deco Style. Fully restored, the Public Hall has a fully functioning stage and cinemaRead more
screen and is protected as a Grade II* listed building. During the 1960s and 1970s the village was a useful halfway stop for motorists from South East Wales driving to/from Pembrokeshire with the local chip shop adjacent to the village crossroads being a very popular facility.
The continuous built up area which includes the villages of Cross Hands, Gorslas, Cefneithin and Pen-y-groes had a population of 5,717 in 2011.
Cross Hands is a growing residential and employment area and includes the established Cross Hands Food Park to the south west of the A48. A new business park, the Cross Hands Business Park, is being developed to the northeast of the A48 which the local authority hopes will create 1,000 jobs.
Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant, a Site of Special Scientific Interest notable for its species-rich neutral grassland, is 3⁄4 mile (1.2 kilometres) southwest of Cross Hands.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Cross Hands?
Within an hour or so of Cross Hands: Black Mountain Pass (A4069) (18 km), Pembrey Circuit (19 km), Three Cliffs Bay (25 km), Llyn y Fan Fach (26 km).
Are there any good drives near Cross Hands?
The nearest famous roads are Black Mountain Pass (A4069), Abergwesyn Pass (Devil's Staircase) and Countisbury Hill.
Where is Cross Hands?
Cross Hands is in Wales, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Tycroes.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 4,549
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Wales
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 51.7931, -4.0875
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Cross Hands
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
Pembrey Circuit
Wales's national motorsport centre on the Carmarthenshire coast, a fast former-airfield circuit once used by F1 teams including McLaren and Williams for secret testing.
19 km · about 20 min drive
beach
Three Cliffs Bay
Triple limestone peaks guard a sweep of sand where Pennard Pill meanders to the sea on the Gower: repeatedly voted among Britain's best beaches yet reached only on foot past a ruined castle. View from Pennard cliffs is the classic.
25 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Llyn y Fan Fach
A glacial corrie lake under the escarpment of the Black Mountain, home to the legend of the Lady of the Lake and the Physicians of Myddfai.
26 km · about 30 min drive
waterfall
Melincourt Falls
An 24m fall in the Neath Valley painted by Turner in 1795, reached by a short riverside path.
28 km · about 30 min drive
beach
Rhossili Bay
A sweeping three-mile beach on the Gower Peninsula with dramatic cliff views, Worm's Head promontory, and powerful surf.
29 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Llyn y Fan Fawr
The larger and wilder of the two Black Mountain lakes, sitting beneath Fan Brycheiniog at 600m with almost no visitors.
29 km · about 35 min drive
waterfall
Henrhyd Falls
At 27m the highest waterfall in south Wales, and the Batcave entrance in The Dark Knight Rises; reached by a steep wooded path.
29 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Cross Hands
10 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 18 kmBlack Mountain Pass (A4069)Top Gear's favourite British road, a smooth, empty ribbon of hairpins and open bends over the western Brecon Beacons between Llangadog and Brynamman.
- 45 kmCorn DuPen y Fan's twin summit at 873m, with a Bronze Age cairn and the finest view over the Beacons' north escarpment.
- 46 kmPen y FanThe highest peak in southern Britain at 886 metres, the flat-topped summit of the Brecon Beacons offering sweeping views across Wales.
- 51 kmAbergwesyn Pass (Devil's Staircase)Remote 16-mile single-track mountain road from Abergwesyn to Tregaron over the Cambrian Desert, its Devil's Staircase section stacking hairpins at 20%+ gradients. One of the emptiest drives in Britain. No fuel, little signal.
- 66 kmCwmystwyth Mountain RoadWild, lonely mountain road from Rhayader to Aberystwyth over the Cambrian Mountains, passing the Elan Valley dams and old lead mines of Cwmystwyth. Often called one of Britain's remotest drives.
- 66 kmCountisbury HillA long 1-in-4 climb on the A39 out of Lynmouth onto Exmoor, with sweeping views over the Bristol Channel.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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