Why visit Boxted
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 2 parks and trails, 4 places to eat and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include McLauchlans of Boxted pick-your-own fruit farm, Boxted Airfield Museum and Westhouse Wood.
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About Boxted
Boxted is a village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 5 miles (8 km) north of Colchester and 24 miles (39 km) northeast of the county city of Chelmsford. The village is in the parliamentary constituency of North Essex. There is a parish council.
From the Wikipedia article Boxted, Essex (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photos of Boxted
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Things to do1
McLauchlans of Boxted pick-your-own fruit farm
Farm and orchard · 0.6 mi
53 Straight Road, Boxted
Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00, Su 09:00-16:00
Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds2
Restaurants and cafes4
Boxted Hub Cafe
Cafe · 0.5 mi
Cage Lane, Boxted
Tu-Fr 08:30-16:30; Sa-Su 08:30-14:00
The Shepherd & Dog
Bar and pub · 1.1 mi
Mo-Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-17:00
History
Two historic manors are located in the parish: Boxted Hall and Rivers Hall, which are both mentioned in the Domesday records. Boxted was split into two settlements, "Boxted" and "Boxted Cross", during the plague when non-infected villagers moved across the valley from 'Old Boxted' to escape infection. A timber-framed cottage called Songers is reputedly the oldest private dwelling in Essex dating back to 1280.
In 1630 the village vicar, George Phillips, and many other Boxted residents emigrated to America as part of the Great Migration. Phillips subsequently founded a church at Watertown on the Charles River in Massachusetts. Other Boxted residents went to Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Several books have been written about the village, including "Boxted, Portrait of an English Village" and "Boxted Migration", both by Douglas Carter, and "Lest We Forget 1914-18" by various authors.
From the History section of Boxted, Essex on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable people from Boxted
- Adam Powellcricketer (1912-1982)
Born in Boxted, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Churches and places of worship2
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Map of Boxted
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Getting there and nearby towns
RAF Honington (BEQ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 28 miles away.
- Colchester 4 mi south, about 7 min by car
- Sudbury 10 mi northwest, about 16 min by car
- Halstead 12 mi west, about 19 min by car
- Tolleshunt Knights 12 mi southwest, about 19 min by car
- Ipswich 13 mi northeast, about 21 min by car
- Clacton-on-Sea 15 mi southeast, about 24 min by car
- Witham 15 mi southwest, about 25 min by car
- Braintree 16 mi west, about 26 min by car
- Harwich 16 mi east, about 26 min by car
- Kesgrave 16 mi northeast, about 26 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Stoke-by-Nayland - Church of St Mary, Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Archaeologist excavating a small feature in a trial trench, Robin Mathieson, Colchester Archaeological Trust, CC BY 4.0
- DC56PAN-RX56BWE 050518 CPS (27845584247), Chris Sampson, CC BY 2.0
- YX17NNM-11 230817 CPS (27907343299), Chris Sampson, CC BY 2.0
- YX17NNM-12 230817 CPS (27907345419), Chris Sampson, CC BY 2.0
- AB62PAN-YX62FVV 030318-1 CPS (27010309088), Chris Sampson, CC BY 2.0
- BIG9856-X346YGU-3 240218 CPS (40535581571), Chris Sampson, CC BY 2.0
- BIG9856-X346YGU-2 240218 CPS (40493003122), Chris Sampson, CC BY 2.0
- AB62PAN-YX62FVV 170318-2 CPS (39070915820), Chris Sampson, CC BY 2.0
- Street-level photo, edloach, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, edloach, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, smsm1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, edloach, CC BY-SA 4.0
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