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| Cross Hands | |
|---|---|
 site of the former railway station | |
  Cross Hands 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 | |
Cross Hands is a village[1] 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 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]
- ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Baines, Menna; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 503. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
- ^ Ammanford Built up area sub-division ONS Census 2011 Key Statistics
- ^ BBC News – Housing plans for former tip site in Cross Hands
- ^ "Cross Hands Food Park". Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ^ BBC News – £13.5m to create 1,000 jobs park at Cross Hands
- ^ "MAGIC Map Application – Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant". DEFRA MAGIC Map. DEFRA.
- ^ "Site of Special Scientific Interest, Carmarthenshire, Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant" (PDF). Natural Resources Wales.
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