South Cross, near Athlone
South Cross is a high cross in County Offaly, 11 km south of Athlone in County Westmeath.
The map records a high cross here and gives it the name South Cross, and nothing else: no inscription, no date and no link to an entry anywhere that says what it commemorates. This site has not been able to identify it, and will not guess.
- Kind
- High crosses
- County
- County OffalyThe county boundary encloses it, taken from the OpenStreetMap administrative boundaries. It is listed on this site under Athlone, which is the nearest settlement and is in County Westmeath.
- From Athlone
- 11 km south, in a straight line
Getting to South Cross
About these directions
Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.
Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.
How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
South Cross is in Athlone, County Westmeath. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.
The nearest scheduled stop is Clonmacnoise (12442), 150 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Clonmacnoise 150 m
bus 850Scheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Athlone covers the journeys into the town itself.
Other high crosses in Athlone
Nearest to South Cross first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from South Cross, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- 30 m
- 40 m
- 60 m
- 70 m
- 70 m
- 15 km
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/855669882, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.