Stone Cross, West Midlands
- Stone Cross, West Midlands
infobox UK place
latitude= 52.544
longitude= -1.985
official_name= Stone Cross
population=
os_grid_reference= SP010940
metropolitan_borough= Sandwell
metropolitan_county= West Midlands
region= West Midlands
country= England
post_town= WEST BROMWICH
postcode_area= B
postcode_district= B71
dial_code= 0121
constituency_westminster= West Bromwich East
Stone Cross is a residential area of West Bromwich in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England. It is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the town centre, and is situated around the A4034 road that links West Bromwich and Walsall.
Stone Cross takes its name from a wayside cross which stood until the 1890s. It was mostly developed with private and council housing during the 1920s and 1930s. In the centre of Stone Cross, there is a roundabout surrounding the Stone Cross pub. [cite book | url=Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country,The Potteries and the Peak | title=Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country,The Potteries and the Peak | last=Raven | first=Michael | page=351 | isbn=0906114330 | year=2004 ] Stone Cross also has a small shopping area including a library, which opened in 1975. [cite web | url=http://www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-culture/libraries/branch-libraries/libraries-in-west-bromwich/stone-cross-library/ | title=Stone Cross Library | publisher=Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | accessdate=2008-04-29 ]
The suburb is served by Tame Bridge railway station, which gives railway links to Birmingham, Walsall, Stafford and Wolverhampton. The centre is a major interchange of the National Express West Midlands 410 and 404 bus services giving commuters alternative routes to West Bromwich and Walsall. [ [http://www.travelwm.co.uk/events/detailed_results.asp?ID=35 Travel West Midlands – Mecca, Stone Cross] ] [cite web | url=http://www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/content/urbanform/planninganddevelopment/ldf/area-action-plans/west-bromwich-town-plan.en;jsessionid=bze0GcMJfwt8 | title=West Bromwich Town Plan | publisher=Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | accessdate=2008-04-29 ]
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* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=159126760 Stone Cross St George Association]
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