Why visit Boxgrove
Townapedia lists 19 museums and landmarks, 8 parks and trails, 12 places to eat, 5 places to stay and 4 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Chichester Festival Theatre, Minerva Theatre, Chichester, Boxgrove Priory and Goodwood House.
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About Boxgrove
Boxgrove is a village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the Chichester District of the English county of West Sussex, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north east of the city of Chichester. The village is just south of the A285 road which follows the line of the Roman road Stane Street.
From the Wikipedia article Boxgrove (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Things to do4
Chichester Festival Theatre
Cinema and theater · 3.0 mi
Theatre building in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Cinema and theater · 3.0 mi
Theatre in Chichester, England
Museums and landmarks19
Boxgrove Priory
Monument and historic site · Anglican
Priory in Boxgrove, Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK
Goodwood House
Monument and historic site · 1.5 mi
Country house in Westhampnett, West Sussex, England, UK
Chichester Castle
Monument and historic site · 3.0 mi
Castle in Chichester, Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK
Novium Museum
Museum · 3.3 mi
Museum in Chichester, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Museum · 0.8 mi
Aviation museum in Tangmere, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Gamecock Terrace, Chichester
Feb 01-Nov 30 Mo-Su 10:00-17:00
Goodwood Motor Circuit
Monument and historic site · 1.7 mi
Goodwood Art Foundation
Museum · 1.4 mi
English non profit art gallery
Halnaker Hill Causewayed Enclosure.
Monument and historic site · 1.7 mi
Neolithic causewayed enclosure,
Neolithic causewayed enclosure and associated remains on Court Hill
Monument and historic site · 4.0 mi
Archaeological site in Singleton, West Sussex, England, UK
Noviomagus Reginorum
Monument and historic site · 3.3 mi
Roman settlement in West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Parks, trails and playgrounds8
Brandy Hole Copse
Park · 3.4 mi
Nature reserve in West Sussex, England, UK
Cass Sculpture Foundation
Park · 1.4 mi
Charitable commissioning body
Oaklands Park
Park · 2.9 mi
Public park in Chichester, West Sussex, England
Goodwood Country Park
Park · 2.5 mi
Country park in West Sussex, England
Litten Gardens
Park · 2.9 mi
Public park in Chichester, West Sussex, England
Restaurants and cafes12
History
Boxgrove is best known for the Lower Palaeolithic archaeological site discovered in a gravel quarry known as Eartham Pit located near the village but in Eartham Parish. Parts of the site complex were excavated between 1983 and 1996 by a team led by Mark Roberts of University College London.
Numerous Acheulean flint tools and remains of animals (some butchered) dating to around 500,000 years ago were found at the site. The area therefore was used by some of the earliest occupants of the British Isles. Remains of Homo heidelbergensis were found on the site in 1994, the only postcranial hominid bone to have been found in Northern Europe. Teeth from another individual were found two years later.
The ancient hundred of Boxgrove was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) as comprising nine settlements with 246 households. The settlements were Aldingbourne, Halnaker, Strettington, Runcton, East Hampnett, Merston, Westhampnett and Upwaltham, and Boxgrove village itself had 13 households.
A Benedictine monastery was founded at Boxgrove by Robert de Haia (or de la Haye) early in the 12th century. The priory church remains as the Church of England parish church of St Mary and St Blaise, minus the original nave, and mostly dates from the 13th century.
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Several parishioners of Boxgrove were prosecuted for playing cricket in the churchyard in 1622. There were three reasons for the prosecution: one was that it contravened a local bye-law; another reflected concern about church windows which may or may not have been broken; the third was the charge that "a little childe had like to have her braines beaten out with a cricket batt".
The population of the parish in 1861 was 666, and the area 3,676 acres (1,488 ha), of which 1,700 were arable, and the remainder downland.
From the History section of Boxgrove on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable people from Boxgrove
- Charles BucknerRoyal Navy admiral (1735-1811)
- William ClaytonAmerican politician
Born in Boxgrove, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Where to stay5
The Old School Bed And Breakfast
Motel and hotel · 1.6 mi
Stane Street, Chichester
Churches and places of worship11
Shopping5
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries5
Map of Boxgrove
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Getting there and nearby towns
Goodwood Aerodrome (QUG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 2 miles away.
- Tangmere 1 mi south, about 1 min by car
- Chichester 3 mi southwest, about 5 min by car
- Fontwell 3 mi east, about 5 min by car
- Barnham 4 mi southeast, about 6 min by car
- Walberton 4 mi east, about 7 min by car
- Fishbourne 5 mi west, about 8 min by car
- Bognor Regis 6 mi south, about 9 min by car
- Birdham 7 mi southwest, about 11 min by car
- Littlehampton 8 mi southeast, about 13 min by car
- Selsey 9 mi south, about 15 min by car
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Photo credits
- Boxgrove priory, Oxenhillshaw ( talk ), Public domain
- Boxgrove Priory Ruins1, Chris Shaw, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Boxgrove Priory Church1, Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Boxgrove Priory Church2, Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Minerva Theatre, Chichester b, A bit iffy, Public domain
- Boxgrove Priory Ruins, Peter I. Vardy, Public domain
- Chichester Castle remains, Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Keith Williams Architects Novium Museum Chichester, ACT124, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chichester Greyfriars, Prior Park, Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Former St Andrew's Church, Oxmarket, Chichester, The Voice of Hassocks, CC0
- St George's Church, Eastergate (From Southeast), The Voice of Hassocks, CC0
- St John the Evangelist's Church, Chichester, Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0
- St Richard of Chichester's Church, Cawley Road, Chichester (NHLE Code 1392318), The Voice of Hassocks, CC0
- Goodwood House, Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0
- St Andrew's Tangmere 4, Charlesdrakew, CC0
- St Mary the Virgin Church, Aldingbourne (NHLE Code 1027736), The Voice of Hassocks, CC0
- Westhampnet Church, Charlesdrakew, Public domain
- St Andrew's Church, Oving (NHLE Code 1232757), The Voice of Hassocks, CC0
- Goodwood House, West Sussex, England-2Oct2011, Ian Stannard from Southsea, England, CC BY-SA 2.0
- WestbourneHouseSchoolChichester, LauraKameen, CC BY-SA 4.0
- CSF-Cragg-Declination-bluebells-1, Cass Sculpture Foundation, CC BY 3.0
- Otter Gallery 2018-06 DSC 8290.edm, Rebutia Marsoneri, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Brandy Hole Copse World War II defences 07, Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Theatre Oaklands Park Chichester, Pete Chapman, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Street-level photo, tallguy, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, richardc, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, tallguy, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, apatookonpri, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, chris_debian, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, noid, CC BY-SA 4.0
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