Berry Down Cross Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Berry Down Cross (geograph 4479400).jpg
Static Image Caption:Berry Down Cross
Coordinates:51.1753°N -4.0446°W
Official Name:Berry Down Cross
Shire County:Devon
Region:South West England
Os Grid Reference:SS5743

Berry Down Cross is a village in Devon, England. The village has two Bronze Age round barrows located within it and both are listed as scheduled monuments by Historic England.

Junction

Berry Down Cross is infamous for its A3123 road junction, which gained a reputation for being unsafe. A house that had stood on the bend of the junction since the 1700s was crashed into by cars seventeen times over three years.[1] [2] In 2020, the Department for Transport announced a £2.2 million scheme to improve the safety of the road including a 40mph speed limit and cat's eyes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Improvement work begins . Devon Live . 2020-03-16.
  2. Web site: Devon family ‘living in fear’ as cars keep crashing into home . ITV . 2019-08-13 . 2020-03-16.
  3. Web site: Matt . Smart . Berry Down Cross improvements added to major road safety scheme for A3123 . North Devon Gazette . 2020-03-16.