Cross Hands is a town in
Carmarthenshire, Wales, approximately from
Carmarthen.
Cross Hands Public Hall is one of only three of its kind in Wales. The Public Hall was 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 2 listed building.
The continuous built up area which includes the villages of Cross Hands,
Gorslas
Gorslas is a village and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, located on the A476 road northwest of Cross Hands. The village population at the 2011 census was 4,066. Neighbouring villages are Cefneithin and Penygroes. The community is border ...
,
Cefneithin and
Pen-y-groes Penygroes or Pen-y-groes may refer to any of several places in Wales:
*Penygroes, Gwynedd
** Penygroes railway station, a former station in the town
*Penygroes, Pembrokeshire
*Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire
Pen-y-groes is a village in Carmarthen ...
had a population of 5,717 in 2011.
Cross hands is a growing residential 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, is being developed to the northeast of the A48 which the local authority hopes will create 1,000 jobs.
Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant
Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated in 1993 for its botany, botanical features.
SSSI
Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant SSSI is a set of unimproved cattle-grazed pasture and hay me ...
, a
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...
notable for its species-rich neutral grassland, is south-west of Cross Hands.
New link road
On 2 December 2012, Carmarthenshire County Council announced plans for a new road to enable traffic on the
A476 to bypass the congested Cross Hands roundabout. At an estimated cost of £20 million, the route will start from
Gorslas
Gorslas is a village and a community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, located on the A476 road northwest of Cross Hands. The village population at the 2011 census was 4,066. Neighbouring villages are Cefneithin and Penygroes. The community is border ...
, northeast of the roundabout, and continue to the Cross Hands Food Park junction on the
A48 A48 may refer to :
* A48 motorway (France), a road connecting the A43 and Grenoble
* A48 road (Great Britain), a road connecting Gloucester, England and Carmarthen, Wales
* Autovía A-48, a motorway under construction connecting Cadiz and Algeciras ...
. It will reconnect with the existing A476 southwest of the Cross Hands roundabout.
South Wales Guardian – £20m plan to help end roads misery
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References
External links
Cross Hands Food Park
Villages in Carmarthenshire
Swansea Bay (region)
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