Butter Cross
You reach Butter Cross, an attraction, by heading 500 m east of Cheddleton. Around it, within 15 km, lie 44 more places, Alton Towers Resort (12 km) first on our list.
Attraction near Cheddleton
Just outside Cheddleton
Butter Cross is 500 m east of Cheddleton. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in Cheddleton
Warm weather in Cheddleton runs June to August, with highs of 18–20°C.
Butter Cross
Attraction.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- 500 m east of Cheddleton
Getting your bearings
The places near Butter Cross are numbered on the map in the order below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns within reach of Butter Cross
Leek is the biggest of the 7 bases nearby (19,388 people). These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.
Cheddleton
Leekbrook
Birchall
Longsdon
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Butter Cross is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheddleton | 500 m west of it | 4,027 | 7 |
| Leekbrook | 1.3 km north of it | 432 | 7 |
| Birchall | 2.1 km north of it | 377 | 7 |
| Longsdon | 2.6 km northwest of it | 280 | 7 |
| Leek | 2.8 km north of it | 19,388 | 7 |
| Wetley Rocks | 3.1 km southwest of it | 276 | 3 |
| Ipstones | 3.2 km southeast of it | 567 | 5 |
After Butter Cross
Among the 44 within 15 km are 3 attractions, 3 castles and a theme park.
Big drawTheme parkAlton Towers Resort12 km away · 2.5M visitors a year (2024)2Heritage railwayHeritage railwayChurnet Valley Railway700 m away3
AttractionThe Smiler12 km away4
Castle · National TrustMow Cop Castle14 km away5
AttractionOblivion12 km away6
AttractionGalactica13 km away7
CastleCaverswall Castle10 km away8
CastleAlton Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Butter Cross?
Butter Cross is 500 m east of Cheddleton, Staffordshire.
What is Butter Cross?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Butter Cross?
June to August are the warmest months in Cheddleton, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Butter Cross?
Within 15 km: Alton Towers Resort (12 km), Churnet Valley Railway (700 m), The Smiler (12 km) and Mow Cop Castle (14 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Alton Towers Resort: Dunderklumpen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Smiler: TowersStreet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mow Cop Castle: Nmwatson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oblivion: DAllardyce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Galactica: Andyfishburne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caverswall Castle: Samuel Hall Carter (1800-1889), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alton Castle: Dennis Thorley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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