Cross Hands
Village in Carmarthenshire, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cross Hands is a village[1] in Carmarthenshire, Wales, approximately 12 miles (19 kilometres) from Carmarthen.
Cross Hands | |
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site of the former railway station | |
Location within Carmarthenshire | |
OS grid reference | SN562127 |
Community | |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LLANELLI |
Postcode district | SA14 |
Dialling code | 01269 |
Police | Dyfed-Powys |
Fire | Mid and West Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
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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 cinema 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.[2]
Cross Hands is a growing residential[3] 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,[4] is being developed to the northeast of the A48 which the local authority hopes will create 1,000 jobs.[5]
Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant, a Site of Special Scientific Interest notable for its species-rich neutral grassland[clarification needed], is 3⁄4 mile (1.2 kilometres) southwest of Cross Hands.[6][7]