Flint Cross is a hamlet and a crossroads in the South Cambridgeshire

South Cambridgeshire

South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural local government district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Chesterton Rural District and South Cambridgeshire Rural District. It surrounds the city of Cambridge, which is administered separately from the district by...

 District, in the English county of Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...

. It is located at the crossroads of the A505 road

A505 road

The A505 is an A-class road in the United Kingdom. It follows part of the route of the Icknield Way and the corresponding Icknield Way Path.-Bedfordshire:...

 and the B1368 road.

Nearby settlements include the town of Royston

Royston, Hertfordshire

Royston is a town and civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.It is situated on the Greenwich Meridian, which brushes the towns western boundary, and at the northernmost apex of the county on the same latitude of towns such as Milton Keynes and...

 and the villages of Fowlmere

Fowlmere

Fowlmere is one of the southernmost villages in Cambridgeshire, England. It is very close to the Imperial War Museum Duxford, and 9 miles southwest of the city of Cambridge.- History :...

 and Duxford

Duxford

Duxford is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, some ten miles south of Cambridge.-History:The village formed on the banks of the River Cam, a little below its emergence from the hills of north Essex...

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Buildings in Flint Cross include the Coach House hotel. The hamlet is also the site of Bridgefoot Quarry and Grange Farm, which was damaged by a fire in June 2009.

The A505 at Flint Cross has seen a number of traffic accidents. A road safety scheme was implemented in October 2010 following a local campaign; however, a proposed reduction in the road's speed limit to 50mph was not initially included.