Kirby Cross

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Kirby Cross
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OS grid reference TM218208
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FRINTON-ON-SEA
Postcode district CO13
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51°50′28″N1°13′08″E / 51.841°N 1.219°E / 51.841; 1.219

Kirby Cross is a village in Tendring district, Essex, England. It is situated near to Kirby-le-Soken and Frinton-on-Sea. Historically, Kirby Cross was a hamlet within the parish of Kirby-le-Soken, [1] but since 1934 both settlements have been part of Frinton and Walton civil parish. [2]

It is the location of Kirby Cross railway station on the Sunshine Coast branch of the Great Eastern Main Line.

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