The Golden Cross is one of the oldest pubs in Coventry, West Midlands, and one of the longest-established alcohol-serving venues in England.

A restoration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries used timbers from the original wooden bell tower of St. Michael's Church.

After suppression of religious houses, inns such as the Golden Cross became important meeting places for city companies.

Groups such as the Golden Cross Philanthropic Society, formed in 1859, held regular meetings in the club room upstairs.

[3] The pub stands in the medieval heart of the city close to several other ancient buildings that survived the bombing raids of the Second World War, namely the shell of the old Coventry Cathedral of St. Michael, St. Mary's Guild Hall, Holy Trinity Church.