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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

  • 18th April 2017


    History Group

    AGM & Castro’s Cuba

    an illustrated talk by Paula Short.

    Wednesday 19 April 7.15 pm at Boxted village hall.

    Evergreens

    A talk by Norman Jacobs: Light Entertainment from 1920 to 1940.
    Boxted village hall at 2.30 pm on Thursday 20 April.

    On 22 April, Langham and Boxted’s Borough Councillor, Nigel Chapman, will be undertaking a 14 + mile walk across our Rural North Ward along the beautiful Stour Valley from Bures to Dedham.

    He will be joining the Mayor of Colchester, Cllr Julie Young; her Escort, Cllr Tim Young; fellow ward councillors, Peter Chillingworth and Christopher Arnold; and others.
    This is in aid of the Mayor’s charities (Beacon Housea, Open Road, Rob George Foundation, Signpost and The Invicta Foundation) and also the Stour Valley Environment Fund (administered by the Essex Community Foundation) which Nigel set up as chairman of the Joint Advisory Committee of the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty & Stour Valley Project.

    The group would appreciate any sponsorship and the link to the My Donate page for sponsoring is:
    https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/simonamstutz1

     

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