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

  • 25th September 2017


    Mobile Library

    Tuesday 26 September and 10 October

    Boxted Playing Field car park.

    With seven of the fleet of nine mobile library vehicles coming to the end of their working lives and mobile library use in decline, Essex County Council has launched a consultation to ask residents for their views on how library services to locations outside of town centres should be delivered. The consultation can be completed on the link below or a hard copy can be obtained from the library van.

    http://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/mobile-library-service-consultation


    Boxted W.I. invite you to:

    Sing-along-a-sound of Music Film Night!

    Tuesday 26 September 2017

    7:30 at Royal British Legion Club House, Straight Road, Boxted

    Tickets £5 (including tea, coffee & nibbles.) Bar available.

    Contact Deborah 272597 for tickets. Dress-up optional.

    Proceeds: Boxted W.I. & Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal




    Church Services

    Sunday 1 October

    Eucharist Service: 9.30 am St Peter’s Church, Boxted.

    11 am service at Boxted Methodist Church.

    Pictured above: the last leg the ascent up the church tower to the tower roof and parapet.

    Colchester Borough Council Community Zone Wardens will be attending
    Boxted Community Hub on Monday 2 October
    and regularly thereafter on the the above days if anyone needs recycling equipment/supplies.


    Evergreens Club

    Make a Cake

    Thursday 5 October from 2.30 pm in Boxted Village Hall

    Click here for the recipe for the Orange Polenta cake pictured above:




    https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/how-to-pack-a-shoebox/


    The land at Hill Farm, Boxted, is for sale:

    https://www.struttandparker.com/properties/hill-farm

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