Stone Cross, West Midlands

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Stone Cross
Stone Cross shown within the West Midlands
OS grid reference	SP010940
Metropolitan borough	Sandwell
Metropolitan county	West Midlands
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WEST BROMWICH
Postcode district	B71
Dialling code	0121
Police	West Midlands
Fire	West Midlands
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	West Bromwich East
List of places: UK • England • West Midlands

Coordinates: 52°32′38″N 1°59′06″W / 52.544, -1.985

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.^[1] Stone Cross also has a small shopping area including a library, which opened in 1975.^[2]

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.^[3]^[4]

[edit] References

^ Raven, Michael (2004). [Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country,The Potteries and the Peak Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country,The Potteries and the Peak], 351. ISBN 0906114330.
^ Stone Cross Library. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
^ Travel West Midlands – Mecca, Stone Cross
^ West Bromwich Town Plan. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.