Killhope Cross

{{short description|Mountain pass in the Pennines, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{more citations needed|date=September 2011}}

{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Killhope Cross

| photo = A689 - geograph.org.uk - 213025.jpg

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| elevation_m = 627

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| traversed = A689

| map = Cumbria

| map_caption = Location of Killhope Cross

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| label = Killhope Cross

| coords = {{coord|54.7835|N|2.3132|W|type:pass_region:GB|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| location = Cornriggs (Weardale) &
Nenthead (Alston, Cumbria),
England

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}}

Killhope Cross (elevation {{cvt|627|m|disp=semicolon}})[http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=380500&y=543500&z=120&sv=killhope+cross&st=3&tl=Map+of+Killhope+Cross,+Durham+&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf Ordnance Survey shown on Streetmap.co.uk retrieved 25 February 2012] is a mountain pass in the English Pennines. The pass divides Weardale to the east and Cumbria to the west. The road over the pass, the (A689) from Hartlepool to Carlisle, Cumbria, connects the hamlet of Cornriggs in County Durham with the town of Alston, Cumbria. It is the equal highest paved pass in England with the Harthope Moss approximately {{convert|10|mi}} to the south, on the other side of Burnhope Seat ({{cvt|747|m|disp=semicolon}}).

The pass is named for a Grade-II-listed boundary cross at the highest point of the pass, described as "of uncertain date but possibly medieval".{{NHLE |num=1326948 |desc=Killhope Cross |grade=II |fewer-links= |accessdate=30 January 2021}}