Gerrards Cross is a town and civil parish in south Buckinghamshire, England, separated from the London Borough of Hillingdon at Harefield by Denham, south of Chalfont St Peter and north bordering villages of Fulmer, Hedgerley, Iver Heath and Stoke Poges.
Gerrards Cross therefore had a long industrial history, from the Mesolithic flint-working site to the Roman pottery kilns to the medieval tile works. Later industrial sites have also been found, such as a charcoal-burning site found at Oakend Wood in advance of the construction of the M40.