high C = 11 |May high C = 15 |Jun high C = 18 |Jul high C = 19 |Aug high C = 19 |Sep high C = 17 |Oct high C = 13 |Nov high C = 9 |Dec high C = 7 |Jan low C = 1 |Feb low C = 1 |Mar low C = 2 |Apr low C = 4 |May low C = 7 |Jun low C = 10 |Jul low C = 12 |Aug low C = 12 |Sep low C = 10 |Oct low C = 7 |Nov low C = 3 |Dec low C = 2 |source 1 = Monthly averages for Sandbach, United Kingdom The Weather Channel'.' Retrieved 24 October 2010. |date=August 2010 }} The land area of Sandbach (including its four settlements) totals about 10.7 square kilometres (4.1 sq mi). The distance from London to Sandbach is . The nearest large town is Crewe, which is 6 miles (10 km) to the south-west by road and can be reached either via the A534 Wheelock/Haslington bypass or via Winterley and Haslington. The nearest city is Stoke-on-Trent in the neighbouring county of Staffordshire, approximately away by road. The town is served by the M6 motorway, junction 17 and Sandbach Station on the Crewe to Manchester mainline. Landmarks The Sandbach Crosses are an important historical feature on the cobbled market square: the two Saxon crosses, reportedly built in the 7th, 8th or 9th century, constitute a Scheduled Ancient Monument. A plaque near the crosses reads: Saxon crosses completed in the 9th century to commemorate the advent of Christianity in this Kingdom of Mercia about AD 653 in the reign of the Saxon king Penda. They were restored in 1816 by Sir John Egerton after destruction by iconoclasts. Sandbach is also home to many listed buildings, including Sandbach School, St Mary's Church and the Old Hall Hotel. Many of the local public houses, which were formerly stage coach stops, are listed, for example the Lower Chequer. Many of the buildings of the town were designed by the renowned architect Sir George Gilbert Scott; he designed Sandbach Literary Institution, Sandbach School, St John's, Sandbach Heath and the Almshouses. He also restored St Mary's Church. The town has Methodist, Baptist, Anglican and Catholic churches. Natural England has designated Sandbach Flashes, a group of 14 separate waterbodies, as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), described as: