diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/__init__.py b/cirq-core/cirq/__init__.py
index 5afab01a07d..2e9d2f54cf0 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/__init__.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/__init__.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     ConstantQubitNoiseModel,
     Device,
     DeviceMetadata,
+    GridDeviceMetadata,
     GridQid,
     GridQubit,
     LineQid,
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/devices/__init__.py b/cirq-core/cirq/devices/__init__.py
index 18a7100a035..926c72c5cb0 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/devices/__init__.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/devices/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     SymmetricalQidPair,
 )
 
+from cirq.devices.grid_device_metadata import (
+    GridDeviceMetadata,
+)
+
 from cirq.devices.grid_qubit import (
     GridQid,
     GridQubit,
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/devices/device.py b/cirq-core/cirq/devices/device.py
index 2986205572f..e6a4b8ae96f 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/devices/device.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/devices/device.py
@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import abc
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, AbstractSet, cast, FrozenSet, Iterator, Iterable
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Optional,
+    AbstractSet,
+    cast,
+    FrozenSet,
+    Iterator,
+    Iterable,
+)
 
 import networkx as nx
 from cirq import value
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/devices/grid_device_metadata.py b/cirq-core/cirq/devices/grid_device_metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18e809c399b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/devices/grid_device_metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+# Copyright 2022 The Cirq Developers
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Metadata subtype for 2D Homogenous devices."""
+
+from typing import (
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Optional,
+    FrozenSet,
+    Iterable,
+    Tuple,
+    Dict,
+)
+
+import networkx as nx
+from cirq import value
+from cirq.devices import device
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import cirq
+
+
+@value.value_equality
+class GridDeviceMetadata(device.DeviceMetadata):
+    """Hardware metadata for homogenous 2d symmetric grid devices."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        qubit_pairs: Iterable[Tuple['cirq.Qid', 'cirq.Qid']],
+        supported_gates: 'cirq.Gateset',
+        gate_durations: Optional[Dict['cirq.Gateset', 'cirq.Duration']] = None,
+    ):
+        """Create a GridDeviceMetadata object.
+
+        Create a GridDevice which has a well defined set of couplable
+        qubit pairs that have the same two qubit gates available in
+        both coupling directions.
+
+        Args:
+            qubit_pairs: Iterable of pairs of `cirq.Qid`s representing
+                bi-directional couplings.
+            supported_gates: `cirq.Gateset` indicating gates supported
+                everywhere on the device.
+            gate_durations: Optional dictionary of `cirq.Gateset`
+                instances mapping to `cirq.Duration` instances for
+                gate timing metadata information. If provided,
+                must match all entries in supported_gates.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: if the union of gateset keys in gate_durations,
+                do not represent an identical gateset to supported_gates.
+        """
+        qubit_pairs = list(qubit_pairs)
+        flat_pairs = [q for pair in qubit_pairs for q in pair]
+        # Keep lexigraphically smaller tuples for undirected edges.
+        sorted_pairs = sorted(qubit_pairs)
+        pair_set = set()
+        for a, b in sorted_pairs:
+            if (b, a) not in pair_set:
+                pair_set.add((a, b))
+
+        connectivity = nx.Graph()
+        connectivity.add_edges_from(sorted(pair_set), directed=False)
+        super().__init__(flat_pairs, connectivity)
+        self._qubit_pairs = frozenset(pair_set)
+        self._supported_gates = supported_gates
+
+        if gate_durations is not None:
+            working_gatefamilies = frozenset(
+                g for gset in gate_durations.keys() for g in gset.gates
+            )
+            if working_gatefamilies != supported_gates.gates:
+                missing_items = working_gatefamilies.difference(supported_gates.gates)
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Supplied gate_durations contains gates not present"
+                    f" in supported_gates. {missing_items} in supported_gates"
+                    " is False."
+                )
+
+        self._gate_durations = gate_durations
+
+    @property
+    def qubit_pairs(self) -> FrozenSet[Tuple['cirq.Qid', 'cirq.Qid']]:
+        """Returns the set of all couple-able qubits on the device."""
+        return self._qubit_pairs
+
+    @property
+    def gateset(self) -> 'cirq.Gateset':
+        """Returns the `cirq.Gateset` of supported gates on this device."""
+        return self._supported_gates
+
+    @property
+    def gate_durations(self) -> Optional[Dict['cirq.Gateset', 'cirq.Duration']]:
+        """Get a dictionary mapping from gateset to duration for gates."""
+        return self._gate_durations
+
+    def _value_equality_values_(self):
+        duration_equality = ''
+        if self._gate_durations is not None:
+            duration_equality = sorted(self._gate_durations.items(), key=lambda x: repr(x[0]))
+
+        return (
+            tuple(sorted(self._qubit_pairs)),
+            self._supported_gates,
+            tuple(duration_equality),
+        )
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return (
+            f'cirq.GridDeviceMetadata({repr(self._qubit_pairs)},'
+            f' {repr(self._supported_gates)}, {repr(self._gate_durations)})'
+        )
+
+    def _json_dict_(self):
+        duration_payload = None
+        if self._gate_durations is not None:
+            duration_payload = sorted(self._gate_durations.items(), key=lambda x: repr(x[0]))
+
+        return {
+            'qubit_pairs': sorted(list(self._qubit_pairs)),
+            'supported_gates': self._supported_gates,
+            'gate_durations': duration_payload,
+        }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_json_dict_(cls, qubit_pairs, supported_gates, gate_durations, **kwargs):
+        return cls(qubit_pairs, supported_gates, dict(gate_durations))
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/devices/grid_device_metadata_test.py b/cirq-core/cirq/devices/grid_device_metadata_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7febcc95844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/devices/grid_device_metadata_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+# Copyright 2022 The Cirq Developers
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""Tests for GridDevicemetadata."""
+
+import pytest
+import cirq
+import networkx as nx
+
+
+def test_griddevice_metadata():
+    qubits = cirq.GridQubit.rect(2, 3)
+    qubit_pairs = [(a, b) for a in qubits for b in qubits if a != b and a.is_adjacent(b)]
+
+    gateset = cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate, cirq.YPowGate, cirq.ZPowGate, cirq.CZ)
+    metadata = cirq.GridDeviceMetadata(qubit_pairs, gateset)
+
+    expected_pairings = frozenset(
+        {
+            (cirq.GridQubit(0, 0), cirq.GridQubit(0, 1)),
+            (cirq.GridQubit(0, 1), cirq.GridQubit(0, 2)),
+            (cirq.GridQubit(0, 1), cirq.GridQubit(1, 1)),
+            (cirq.GridQubit(0, 2), cirq.GridQubit(1, 2)),
+            (cirq.GridQubit(1, 0), cirq.GridQubit(1, 1)),
+            (cirq.GridQubit(1, 1), cirq.GridQubit(1, 2)),
+            (cirq.GridQubit(0, 0), cirq.GridQubit(1, 0)),
+        }
+    )
+    assert metadata.qubit_set == frozenset(qubits)
+    assert metadata.qubit_pairs == expected_pairings
+    assert metadata.gateset == gateset
+    expected_graph = nx.Graph()
+    expected_graph.add_edges_from(sorted(list(expected_pairings)), directed=False)
+    assert metadata.nx_graph.edges() == expected_graph.edges()
+    assert metadata.nx_graph.nodes() == expected_graph.nodes()
+    assert metadata.gate_durations is None
+
+
+def test_griddevice_metadata_bad_durations():
+    qubits = tuple(cirq.GridQubit.rect(1, 2))
+
+    gateset = cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate, cirq.YPowGate)
+    invalid_duration = {
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate): cirq.Duration(nanos=1),
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.ZPowGate): cirq.Duration(picos=1),
+    }
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="ZPowGate"):
+        cirq.GridDeviceMetadata([qubits], gateset, gate_durations=invalid_duration)
+
+
+def test_griddevice_json_load():
+    qubits = cirq.GridQubit.rect(2, 3)
+    qubit_pairs = [(a, b) for a in qubits for b in qubits if a != b and a.is_adjacent(b)]
+    gateset = cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate, cirq.YPowGate, cirq.ZPowGate)
+    duration = {
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate): cirq.Duration(nanos=1),
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.YPowGate): cirq.Duration(picos=2),
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.ZPowGate): cirq.Duration(picos=3),
+    }
+    metadata = cirq.GridDeviceMetadata(qubit_pairs, gateset, gate_durations=duration)
+    rep_str = cirq.to_json(metadata)
+    assert metadata == cirq.read_json(json_text=rep_str)
+
+
+def test_griddevice_metadata_equality():
+    qubits = cirq.GridQubit.rect(2, 3)
+    qubit_pairs = [(a, b) for a in qubits for b in qubits if a != b and a.is_adjacent(b)]
+    gateset = cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate, cirq.YPowGate, cirq.ZPowGate)
+    duration = {
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate): cirq.Duration(nanos=1),
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.YPowGate): cirq.Duration(picos=3),
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.ZPowGate): cirq.Duration(picos=2),
+    }
+    duration2 = {
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate): cirq.Duration(nanos=10),
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.YPowGate): cirq.Duration(picos=13),
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.ZPowGate): cirq.Duration(picos=12),
+    }
+    metadata = cirq.GridDeviceMetadata(qubit_pairs, gateset, gate_durations=duration)
+    metadata2 = cirq.GridDeviceMetadata(qubit_pairs[:2], gateset, gate_durations=duration)
+    metadata3 = cirq.GridDeviceMetadata(qubit_pairs, gateset, gate_durations=None)
+    metadata4 = cirq.GridDeviceMetadata(qubit_pairs, gateset, gate_durations=duration2)
+    metadata5 = cirq.GridDeviceMetadata(reversed(qubit_pairs), gateset, gate_durations=duration)
+
+    eq = cirq.testing.EqualsTester()
+    eq.add_equality_group(metadata)
+    eq.add_equality_group(metadata2)
+    eq.add_equality_group(metadata3)
+    eq.add_equality_group(metadata4)
+
+    assert metadata == metadata5
+
+
+def test_repr():
+    qubits = cirq.GridQubit.rect(2, 3)
+    qubit_pairs = [(a, b) for a in qubits for b in qubits if a != b and a.is_adjacent(b)]
+    gateset = cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate, cirq.YPowGate, cirq.ZPowGate)
+    duration = {
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.XPowGate): cirq.Duration(nanos=1),
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.YPowGate): cirq.Duration(picos=3),
+        cirq.Gateset(cirq.ZPowGate): cirq.Duration(picos=2),
+    }
+    metadata = cirq.GridDeviceMetadata(qubit_pairs, gateset, gate_durations=duration)
+    cirq.testing.assert_equivalent_repr(metadata)
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/json_resolver_cache.py b/cirq-core/cirq/json_resolver_cache.py
index 2e7cc71797f..2eb74bd732e 100644
--- a/cirq-core/cirq/json_resolver_cache.py
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/json_resolver_cache.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ def _parallel_gate_op(gate, qubits):
         'GeneralizedAmplitudeDampingChannel': cirq.GeneralizedAmplitudeDampingChannel,
         'GlobalPhaseGate': cirq.GlobalPhaseGate,
         'GlobalPhaseOperation': cirq.GlobalPhaseOperation,
+        'GridDeviceMetadata': cirq.GridDeviceMetadata,
         'GridInteractionLayer': GridInteractionLayer,
         'GridParallelXEBMetadata': GridParallelXEBMetadata,
         'GridQid': cirq.GridQid,
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/protocols/json_test_data/GridDeviceMetadata.json b/cirq-core/cirq/protocols/json_test_data/GridDeviceMetadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2379c7ffa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/protocols/json_test_data/GridDeviceMetadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+{
+  "cirq_type": "GridDeviceMetadata",
+  "qubit_pairs": [
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 0,
+        "col": 0
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 0,
+        "col": 1
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 0,
+        "col": 0
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 1,
+        "col": 0
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 0,
+        "col": 1
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 0,
+        "col": 2
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 0,
+        "col": 1
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 1,
+        "col": 1
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 0,
+        "col": 2
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 1,
+        "col": 2
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 1,
+        "col": 0
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 1,
+        "col": 1
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 1,
+        "col": 1
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GridQubit",
+        "row": 1,
+        "col": 2
+      }
+    ]
+  ],
+  "supported_gates": {
+    "cirq_type": "Gateset",
+    "gates": [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GateFamily",
+        "gate": "XPowGate",
+        "name": "Type GateFamily: cirq.ops.common_gates.XPowGate",
+        "description": "Accepts `cirq.Gate` instances `g` s.t. `isinstance(g, cirq.ops.common_gates.XPowGate)`",
+        "ignore_global_phase": true
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GateFamily",
+        "gate": "YPowGate",
+        "name": "Type GateFamily: cirq.ops.common_gates.YPowGate",
+        "description": "Accepts `cirq.Gate` instances `g` s.t. `isinstance(g, cirq.ops.common_gates.YPowGate)`",
+        "ignore_global_phase": true
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "GateFamily",
+        "gate": "ZPowGate",
+        "name": "Type GateFamily: cirq.ops.common_gates.ZPowGate",
+        "description": "Accepts `cirq.Gate` instances `g` s.t. `isinstance(g, cirq.ops.common_gates.ZPowGate)`",
+        "ignore_global_phase": true
+      }
+    ],
+    "name": null,
+    "unroll_circuit_op": true,
+    "accept_global_phase_op": true
+  },
+  "gate_durations": [
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "Gateset",
+        "gates": [
+          {
+            "cirq_type": "GateFamily",
+            "gate": "XPowGate",
+            "name": "Type GateFamily: cirq.ops.common_gates.XPowGate",
+            "description": "Accepts `cirq.Gate` instances `g` s.t. `isinstance(g, cirq.ops.common_gates.XPowGate)`",
+            "ignore_global_phase": true
+          }
+        ],
+        "name": null,
+        "unroll_circuit_op": true,
+        "accept_global_phase_op": true
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "Duration",
+        "picos": 1000
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "Gateset",
+        "gates": [
+          {
+            "cirq_type": "GateFamily",
+            "gate": "YPowGate",
+            "name": "Type GateFamily: cirq.ops.common_gates.YPowGate",
+            "description": "Accepts `cirq.Gate` instances `g` s.t. `isinstance(g, cirq.ops.common_gates.YPowGate)`",
+            "ignore_global_phase": true
+          }
+        ],
+        "name": null,
+        "unroll_circuit_op": true,
+        "accept_global_phase_op": true
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "Duration",
+        "picos": 1
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "Gateset",
+        "gates": [
+          {
+            "cirq_type": "GateFamily",
+            "gate": "ZPowGate",
+            "name": "Type GateFamily: cirq.ops.common_gates.ZPowGate",
+            "description": "Accepts `cirq.Gate` instances `g` s.t. `isinstance(g, cirq.ops.common_gates.ZPowGate)`",
+            "ignore_global_phase": true
+          }
+        ],
+        "name": null,
+        "unroll_circuit_op": true,
+        "accept_global_phase_op": true
+      },
+      {
+        "cirq_type": "Duration",
+        "picos": 1
+      }
+    ]
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/cirq-core/cirq/protocols/json_test_data/GridDeviceMetadata.repr b/cirq-core/cirq/protocols/json_test_data/GridDeviceMetadata.repr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7730e8a3219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cirq-core/cirq/protocols/json_test_data/GridDeviceMetadata.repr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cirq.GridDeviceMetadata(frozenset({(cirq.GridQubit(0, 2), cirq.GridQubit(1, 2)), (cirq.GridQubit(0, 0), cirq.GridQubit(1, 0)), (cirq.GridQubit(0, 1), cirq.GridQubit(1, 1)), (cirq.GridQubit(0, 0), cirq.GridQubit(0, 1)), (cirq.GridQubit(0, 1), cirq.GridQubit(0, 2)), (cirq.GridQubit(1, 1), cirq.GridQubit(1, 2)), (cirq.GridQubit(1, 0), cirq.GridQubit(1, 1))}), cirq.Gateset(cirq.ops.common_gates.XPowGate, cirq.ops.common_gates.YPowGate, cirq.ops.common_gates.ZPowGate, unroll_circuit_op = True,accept_global_phase_op = True), {cirq.Gateset(cirq.ops.common_gates.XPowGate, unroll_circuit_op = True,accept_global_phase_op = True): cirq.Duration(nanos=1), cirq.Gateset(cirq.ops.common_gates.YPowGate, unroll_circuit_op = True,accept_global_phase_op = True): cirq.Duration(picos=1), cirq.Gateset(cirq.ops.common_gates.ZPowGate, unroll_circuit_op = True,accept_global_phase_op = True): cirq.Duration(picos=1)})
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