| Coordinates: | 53.743°N -2.749°W |
| Static Image Name: | Howick Park Drive, Howick Cross - geograph.org.uk - 669729.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Howick Park Drive, Howick Cross |
| Official Name: | Howick Cross |
| Map Type: | Lancashire |
| Population: | 354 |
| Population Ref: | (2001 Census) |
| Os Grid Reference: | SD506276 |
| Civil Parish: | Penwortham[1] |
| Region: | North West England |
| Country: | England |
| Post Town: | PRESTON |
| Postcode Area: | PR |
| Postcode District: | PR1 |
| Dial Code: | 01772 |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Borough of South Ribble |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within South Ribble |
Howick Cross is a landmark and small hamlet in Penwortham, South Ribble, Lancashire, England. It is located just over 2 miles south west of the city of Preston. The hamlet is predominantly made up of a small community, a primary school, various farms and an electrical substation. The community had a population of 354 people in 2001.[2]
The wayside cross, probably medieval, was restored 1919. Only the base is original, a roughly hewn cube-shaped block 75 cm wide and 60 cm deep; this stands on stone plinth which has an inscription stating that it was restored to commemorate peace, 1919; and it carries a cross 1 metre high. (Henry Taylor Ancient Crosses and Holy Wells 1906.
It is located near the village of Hutton. Other nearby communities include the village of New Longton.
Howick was a civil parish from 1866 until 1 April 1934, when it was absorbed into the parish of Penwortham. Howick parish was part of Preston Rural District.[3] The former parish name survives in Howick C E School,[4] the Hutton and Howick Women's Institute (the oldest in Lancashire, founded by suffragette Edith Rigby)[5] and the former railway station.
Hutton and Howick railway station opened on 1 December 1897, on the Preston to Southport railway line. It was renamed on 3 November 1934 and closed, along with the line, on 7 September 1964.