SUMMARYA study is conducted to investigate forced convective ow and heat transfer over a bank of staggered cylinders. Using a novel numerical formulation based on a non-orthogonal collocated grid in a physical plane, the e ects of Reynolds number and cylinder spacing on the ow and heat transfer behaviour are systematically studied. It is observed that both the Reynolds number and cylinder spacing in uence the recirculatory vortex formation and growth in the region between the cylinders; in turn, the rates of heat transfer between the uid and the staggered cylinders are a ected. As the cylinder spacing decreases, the size and length of eddies reduce. For su ciently small spacings, eddy formation is completely suppressed even at high Reynolds number. Pressure drop and Nusselt number predictions based on numerical study are in excellent agreement with available correlations. The study provides useful insight on the detailed ow and heat transfer phenomena for the case of a bank of staggered cylinders.