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

  • 23rd January 2017

    Boxted – Colchester Bus Service

    It has been agreed that Essex County Council will run a service between Boxted and Colchester run by Colchester Community Volunteer Carer’s Community Transport scheme. This will run the following timetable from Monday 23 January 2017 and the return fare will be £4.

    Mondays to Fridays;

    0745 Boxted Cooks Hill
    0747 Boxted Hobbs Drive
    0751 Straight Road Anglia Landscapes
    0754 Nayland Road Dog and Pheasant
    0756 Mile End Road Mile End Church
    0757 Mile End Road Tall Trees
    0800 North Station Lay By
    0805 Middleborough
    0807 Colchester High Street Hippodrome
    0810 Colchester Osborne Street

    1730 Colchester Osborne Street
    1733 Colchester Head Street
    1735 Middleborough
    1740 North Station Lay By
    1743 Mile End Road Tall Trees
    1744 Mile End Road Mile End Church
    1746 Nayland Road Boxted Road
    1749 Straight Road Anglia Landscapes
    1751 Boxted Hobbs Drive
    1753 Boxted Cooks Hill

    Church Services

    Sunday 29 January

    Joint Three Parishes Service led by Bishop of Colchester, Roger Morris (pictured above)
    http://www.chelmsford.anglican.org/areas-and-bishops/area-bishops/bishop-of-colchester

    9.30 am: at St Mary’s, Langham

    11 am service at Boxted Methodist Church led by Alan Beesley

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