Gerrards Cross, United Kingdom
Gerrards Cross is a town of 20,633 people in England, United Kingdom.
Why visit Gerrards Cross
Townapedia lists 8 museums and landmarks, 22 parks and trails, 54 places to eat, 5 places to stay and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Everyman, The Chalfont Viaduct, Chiltern Open Air Museum and Gerrards Cross Memorial Building.
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About Gerrards Cross
Gerrards Cross is a town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is contiguous with Chalfont St Peter, lying immediately south of it. Gerrards Cross is a short distance west of the London Borough of Hillingdon, from which it is separated by the parish of Denham. Other neighbouring villages include Fulmer, Hedgerley, Iver Heath and Stoke Poges.
From the Wikipedia article Gerrards Cross (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Things to do2
The Chalfont Viaduct
Bridge · 0.9 mi
Railway viaduct in south-east England, built in 1906
Museums and landmarks8
Chiltern Open Air Museum
Museum · 3.5 mi
Museum in the Chiltern Hills, United Kingdom
Gerrards Cross Memorial Building
Monument and historic site
Community centre and First World War memorial in Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Milton's Cottage
Museum · 3.1 mi
Grade I listed historic house museum in Chiltern, United Kingdom
Stoke and Wexham War Memorial
Monument and historic site · 3.1 mi
War memorial in Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Parks, trails and playgrounds22
Burnham Beeches
Park · 3.8 mi
Nature reserve in Buckinghamshire, England
Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood
Park · 2.7 mi
Protected area in Buckinghamshire, England
Northmoor Hill Wood
Park · 2.0 mi
Local nature reserve in Buckinghamshire, England
Bulstrode Park
Park · 1.0 mi
Grade II* listed park and garden in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Colne Valley regional park
Park · 3.4 mi
Area in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Stoke Common
Park · 2.2 mi
Nature reserve in Buckinghamshire, England
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Restaurants and cafes54
Lomito
Restaurant
55 Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross
Tu-Th 17:00-22:00; Mo 18:00-22:00; Fr 17:00-22:30; Sa 16:00-22:30;...
The Jolly Farmer
Bar and pub · 1.2 mi
Gold Hill West, Gerrards Cross
Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 12:00-22:00
Biggles
Restaurant · 1.9 mi
Tilehouse Lane, Uxbridge
Mo closed; Tu-Fr 12:00-14:30,18:30-22:30; Sa 18:30-22:30; Su 12:00-14:30
Costa
Cafe · Coffee Shop · 1.5 mi
High Street, Gerrards Cross
Mo,PH 06:30-18:00; Tu-Fr 06:30-18:00; Sa 07:30-17:00; Su 08:00-16:00
42 more on the map.
History
The site of a minor Iron Age hillfort, Bulstrode Park Camp, is to the south-west of the town centre. It is a scheduled ancient monument.
The area which is now Gerrards Cross was historically an area of wasteland known as Chalfont Heath, which later became known as Gerrards Cross Common. In the medieval period, there was no village in the area, which straddled the edges of five different parishes. The name Gerrards Cross, sometimes spelled Jarretts Cross, is recorded from at least 1448, and may relate to an early landowner, Gerard of Chalfont, who is recorded as having owned land in the area in the 14th century.
The origin of the 'cross' element of the name is uncertain; a cross is marked on early maps near the Bull Hotel and Latchmoor Pond at the western end of the common, but whether it was a standing cross marking a boundary or meeting place, or a name for a crossroads is unclear. The modern crossroads of the Oxford Road (the A40) and Windsor Road / Packhorse Road (B416) was not created until 1707, when an old north-south road through Bulstrode Park was diverted, which was many years after the name Gerrards Cross was first recorded.
Until the 19th century, development in the area was limited to a small number of buildings immediately adjoining the common, most of which were in the parish of Chalfont St Peter.
Read more of the history
In 1859, St James' Church was built on Oxford Road. It was initially a chapel of ease for the parish of Fulmer in which it lay, but in 1861 it became parish church of a new ecclesiastical parish called St James, Gerrard's Cross, created from parts of the parishes of Chalfont St Peter, Fulmer, Iver, Langley Marish, and Upton-cum-Chalvey. The creation of the ecclesiastical parish did not change the civil parish boundaries. A new civil parish of Gerrards Cross matching the ecclesiastical parish was subsequently created in 1895.
Gerrards Cross remained a relatively small village at the turn of the 20th century. The parish had a population of 552 at the 1901 census. In 1906, Gerrards Cross railway station opened on the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway, a new line jointly built by the two companies to improve their routes from the Midlands to London. The station is to the north-east of Gerrards Cross Common, and the area around the station was developed soon after the station opened; by 1911, the population of the parish had grown to 1,612, and it then grew steadily throughout the 20th century.
From the History section of Gerrards Cross on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable people from Gerrards Cross
Kenneth MoreBritish film and stage actor (1914–1982)Photo: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
Jenny HanleyBritish actressPhoto: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0
Yorick WilksBritish computer scientist (1939-2023)Photo: Al Silonov, CC BY-SA 3.0- Alexander RichardsonBritish Army officer and bobsledder (1887-1964)
- Joan Gale RobinsonEnglish novelist and illustrator (1910–1988)
- John Stanley BeardAustralian forester and ecologist (1916-2011)
- Angela DouglasBritish actress
- Michel de CarvalhoBritish sportsperson and actor
- Brian BatsfordBritish politician (1910-1991)
- Phyllis TateEnglish composer (1911–1987)
- Anthony Whitworth-Jonesopera director
Born in Gerrards Cross, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Where to stay5
Whitewebbs Bed and Breakfast
Motel and hotel · 1.3 mi
26 Lower Road, Gerrards Cross
Churches and places of worship11
All Saints' Church - Chalfont St Peter Parish
Church · Anglican · 0.6 mi
42 Oval Way, Gerrards Cross
Shopping9
Gas and EV charging3
Schools, colleges and libraries13
Healthcare3
Map of Gerrards Cross
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Getting there and nearby towns
RAF Northolt (NHT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 6 miles away.
- Chalfont Saint Peter 2 mi north, about 3 min by car
- Beaconsfield 4 mi northwest, about 7 min by car
- Rickmansworth 5 mi northeast, about 8 min by car
- Ickenham 5 mi east, about 8 min by car
- Chorleywood 5 mi north, about 8 min by car
- Slough 6 mi south, about 9 min by car
- Ruislip 6 mi east, about 9 min by car
- Croxley Green 6 mi northeast, about 9 min by car
- Hillingdon 6 mi southeast, about 9 min by car
- Burnham 6 mi southwest, about 9 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- M161 at Gerrards Cross on Slough Running Day 2013 (8732397467), Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0
- M161 at Gerrards Cross on Slough Running Day 2013 (8732396201), Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0
- M161 at Gerrards Cross on Slough Running Day 2013 (8732394863), Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0
- M161 at Gerrards Cross on Slough Running Day 2013 (8732393747), Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0
- M161 at Gerrards Cross on Slough Running Day 2013 (8733509066), Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0
- RML2366 and RML2323 at Gerrards Cross (16253929271), Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0
- RT4779 at Gerrards Cross on Slough Running Day 2013 (8732398925), Ed Webster, CC BY 2.0
- Gerrards Cross Common (2985243688), Timo Newton-Syms from Helsinki, Finland & Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hamptons International Lettings Gerrards Cross, Hamptonsinternational, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chiltern Open Air Museum Henton Mission, Dorothea Witter-Rieder, Public domain
- Gerrards Cross Memorial Building (9), Harry Mitchell, CC BY 4.0
- MiltonsCottage, MortimerCat, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Blackpark Lake, UKgeofan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kingcup Meadows 4, Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Northmoor Hill Wood chalk quarry 4, Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Uxbridge Alderglade 3, Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Stoke Poges Church, UKgeofan at English Wikipedia )UKGeofan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Fulmer Church, UKgeofan ( talk )UKgeofan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Everyman Gerrards Cross, The seeker123, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Dews Farm Sand Pits 4, Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Long Grove Wood 1, Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chalfont Viaduct - Give Helch a Break, Cnbrb, CC0
- Nile Stream, Burnham Beeches 073 (26927663105), Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, asturksever, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, asturksever, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, adam2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, asturksever, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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