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

  • 13th November 2017


    A Special Achievement Award from the Essex Association of Local Councils has been given to Boxted Parish Council in recognition of the Neighbourhood Plan for Boxted.

    Pictured left to right are: Nigel Chapman, Colchester Borough Councillor, Anne Brown, Essex County Councillor, Cheryl Damen, Chairman of Boxted Parish Council and John Gili-Ross, Chairman of EALC.

    Following successful independent examination and public referendum the Boxted Neighbourhood Plan was made (adopted) by Colchester Borough Council on 8th December 2016. From that date the Neighbourhood Plan becomes part of the development plan for Colchester Borough. Planning applications coming forward in the parish of Boxted will now be determined against policies in the Boxted Neighbourhood Plan and relevant policies in the Colchester Borough Local Plan.

    A copy of the Neighbourhood Plan can be found here:
    https://www.essexinfo.net/boxted-parish-council/assets/documents/np


    Boxted WI

    Tea Towel Printing.

    Tuesday 14 November at Boxted Village Hall from 7.30 pm.


    Evergreen Club

    Christmas Songs and Carols with Boxted Buskers

    Thursday 16 November from 2.30 pm in Boxted Village Hall.



    Church Services

    Sunday 19 November:

    St Mary’s Church, Langham

    8 am Said Eucharist with the Book of Common Prayer

    9.30 am Shoebox Sunday Family service

    Boxted Methodist Church

    11 am H C service at Boxted Methodist Church with Rev John Robinson

    pictured above: Jerry, the resident cat at Langham Church.

    https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/


    Mobile Library

    Tuesday 21 November and 5 December

    10.55 – 11.30 am

    Boxted Playing Field car park.
    Read a review of the book: The Underground Railway here


    Roast Lunch at Boxted Community Hub

    Sunday 26 November.

    Please book in advance. Tele 07909 545740

    A Medieval Christmas takes you on a musical journey from the onset of winter through Christmas and into the hope of the new year to come. The Medieval and Renaissance music that accompanies this journey comes mainly from England with a sprinkling of pieces from further across Europe. Interspersed with readings related to the experience of winter and the Nativity, Christmas celebrations and old traditions, Hexachordia captures in music and words the joy that is to be found at this time of the year.

    A discount price of £8 for tickets purchased in advance from Graham Pullen Tel 273804 or Stephen Whybrow Tel. 272773

    Rainbow Rangers after school club planting trees on a section of the King George field.

    The trees were donated by The Woodland Trust and planted alongside other trees previously donated by the Stour Valley Trust.

    Calendars for sale at Langham Community Shop.

    The North Essex Garden Communities Consultation

    The Issues and Options consultation on the 3 proposed garden communities runs until 22 January 2018 .
    The Braintree District Council website is hosting all 3 online consultations.

    http://braintree-consult.objective.co.uk/portal/negc/

    Date & Time Parish Venue Address Relative Garden Community
    Saturday 18thNovember

    10.00-14.00 Marks Tey Marks Tey Parish Hall Old London Road, Marks Tey
    CO6 1EJ Colchester / Braintree Border
    Monday 20thNovember

    15.00-19.00 Wivenhoe William Loveless Hall 85-87 High Street, Wivenhoe
    CO7 9AB Tendring / Colchester Border (TCB)
    Tuesday 21stNovember

    16.00-20.00 Great Tey Great Tey Village Hall Chappel Road, Great Tey

    CO6 1JQ Colchester / Braintree Border
    Thursday 23rdNovember C360 Community Marketplace AGM for North East Essex Firstsite Colchester Town Centre All
    Friday 24thNovember

    10.00-14.00 Colchester Town Colchester Market High Street, Colchester

    CO1 1PJ Colchester / Braintree Border & TCB
    Saturday 25thNovember

    10.00-14.00 Great Saling The Saling Millennium Village Hall Piccotts Lane, Great Saling

    CM7 5DW West of Braintree
    Monday 27thNovember

    16.00-20.00 Stebbing Old Friend’s Meeting House TBC West of Braintree
    Thursday 30thNovember

    15.00-19.00 Coggeshall Coggeshall Village Hall

    The Keys Room Stoneham Street, Coggeshall
    CO6 1UH Colchester / Braintree Border
    Saturday 2ndDecember

    10.00-14.00 Greenstead Greenstead Community Centre Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester
    CO4 3QE Tendring / Colchester Border
    Tuesday 5thDecember

    16.00-20.00 Feering Feering Community Centre Coggeshall Rd, Feering

    CO5 9QB Colchester / Braintree Border

    Wednesday 6thDecember

    16.00-20.00 Braintree Braintree Town Hall Market Square, Braintree

    CM7 3YG West of Braintree & Colchester / Braintree Border
    Thursday 7thDecember

    16.00-20.00 Easthorpe Easthorpe Church Hall Easthorpe Road, Colchester
    CO5 9HD Colchester / Braintree Border
    Tuesday 12thDecember

    10.00-14.00 Rayne Rayne Village Hall 3 Gore Road, Rayne

    CM77 6TX West of Braintree
    Thursday 14thDecember

    16.00-20.00 Elmstead Market Field School School Rd, Elmstead Market

    CO7 7ET Tendring / Colchester Border