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

  • 1st February 2016

    Faces of The Village

    Cheryl Damen

    Cheryl and her husband Ton live on one of the smallholdings in Horkesley Road with their young family who attend the local primary school. The family moved to Boxted in 2004 to live the Good Life with their horses, chickens and vegetable patch.

    Cheryl is a member of Boxted Parish Council and a great champion for local bridleways (because there is only one in Boxted!). She is also a Trustee for the Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust and works 3 days a week in London.

     


    Mobile Library

    Tuesdays 2 and 16 February.

    Boxted Playing Field car park 10.55 – 11.30 am
    Read a review of the book pictured above here:

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