| Official Name: | Whitecross |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Population Ref: | |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NS968769 |
| Edinburgh Distance: | 18.1miles ESE |
| London Distance: | 341miles SSE |
| Map Alt: | Whitecross is in the east of the Falkirk council area in the Central Belt of the Scottish mainland. |
| Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | 55.9739°N -3.6568°W |
| Post Town: | LINLITHGOW |
| Postcode Area: | EH |
| Postcode District: | EH49 |
| Dial Code: | 01506 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
| Civil Parish: | Muiravonside |
| Unitary Scotland: | Falkirk |
| Lieutenancy Scotland: | Stirling and Falkirk |
| Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Falkirk East |
| Website: | falkirk.gov.uk |
| Static Image Name: | Whitecross village (geograph 2560698).jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Whitecross village, with Cockleroi beyond |
Whitecross is a small village within the Falkirk council area, close to the boundary of West Lothian council in Scotland. It lies 2miles west-southwest of Linlithgow and 2.5miles south-east of Polmont on the west bank of the River Avon. Until the end of World War II it was literally a handful of buildings, but expanded thereafter with a housing estate planned by Stirlingshire County Council in 1945.
The United Kingdom 2001 census reported the population as 819.[1] [2]
Manuel Junction, where the branch line from Bo'ness used by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society meets the Glasgow-Edinburgh via Falkirk line, lies north-east of Whitecross. The main local industries were a brickworks and coal mining, both now ceased. The Avon Aqueduct carries the Union Canal across the River Avon just south of Whitecross.
The ruins of Manuel Priory are close to Whitecross on the eastern, West Lothian, bank of the Avon. This was a Cistercian convent founded, or perhaps re-founded, in the reign of King Malcolm IV of Scotland (1153 - 1165). The remains of the 15th century Haining Castle lie in the grounds of the former Manuel brickwork north-east of Whitecross.