Boxted's beautiful Constable Country

Village Notices

  • Proposed New Housing Development

    Proposed New Housing Development

    Proposed 150 New Homes in Boxted The Parish Council have engaged with a team from Planning Direct to draft an initial objection.   You can read the draft document and relevant information on the Boxted Parish Council website and have your…

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  • Pylons In Boxted

    Pylons In Boxted

    Please give a thought to Boxted residents who could be impacted by the preposterous 50m high pylons (height of a 15-story building) being proposed to cut cross Langham and Straight Roads heading diagonally to Queens Head Road area…

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  • Hedgehogs need you!

    Hedgehogs need you!

    Sign up to have a hole drilled in your fence to create a passage for hedgehogs to pass through your garden easily while out looking for food and a mate. Increasingly hedgehogs can be found in urban areas, as…

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  • Footpath Walks

    Footpath Walks

    The Boxted Wildlife group have revived the concept of the Village Walk once a month on a Saturday morning around the village ending with refreshments at the Hub.

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  • Sign the Petition to Save Our Bridge

    Sign the Petition to Save Our Bridge

    Petition Sign the petition to save our bridge.

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Village Resources

  • 4th December 2017


    Mobile Library

    Tuesday 5 and 19 December

    10.55 – 11.30 am

    Boxted Playing Field car park.
    Read a review of the book, Life after Life, here:


    Evergreens Club

    Christmas Party

    Thursday 7 December from 2.30 in Boxted Village Hall.



    Church Services

    Sunday 10 December

    Boxted Methodist Church

    11 am Service
    3 Parishes Confirmation Service

    10.30am at St Mary’s Church, West Bergholt

    with Bishop Roger. The 3 parishes are West Bergholt, Langham with Boxted and Great Horkesley. There will be no Sunday morning services in Langham or Boxted.


    Boxted WI

    Mulled Wine tasting and Stollen Cake

    Tuesday 12 December from 7.30 pm in Boxted Village Hall.

    Click here for Jamie Oliver’s homemade Mulled wine recipe




    Neighbourhood Watch

    A business on Boxted Straight Road was broken into on the night of Sunday 3 December.

    If you see anything suspicious please call the police on 101.

    Or 999 in an emergency.

    General Crime Prevention advice can be found on Colchester Neighbourhood Watch website

    https://www.essexinfo.net/colchesternhw/

    Locally made Christmas wreaths are available for sale in Langham Community Shop.


    An archaeological excavation was carried out at Hill Farm, Boxted Cross, Essex prior to the construction of residential dwellings.

    Read the summary of the Archaeological excavation here

    The Essex County council website lists the following roads in Boxted as being on the gritting schedule:

    Straight Road
    Langham Road
    Dedham Road
    Carter’s Hill
    part of Church Road
    Burnt Dick Hill
    Park Road

    All the information on gritting in the County can be found here:

    http://www.essexhighways.org/Roads-and-Pavements/winter-travel/salting-routes.aspx