Boxted Cross is a Village in the county of Essex.

Boxted Cross postcode: CO4 5SQ

Retail in Boxted Cross

There are great places to visit near Boxted Cross including some great towns, castles, woodlands, airports, historic buildings, cities, villages, country parks, shopping centres, parks and nature reserves.

Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon are some of Boxted Cross best towns to visit near Boxted Cross.

There are a several good castles in the area around Boxted Cross like Colchester Castle.

The area around Boxted Cross features a number of interesting woodlands including Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.

Don't miss London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport's airports if visiting the area around Boxted Cross.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Boxted Cross area like Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.

Boxted Cross is near some unmissable cities like Chelmsford,

Villages to visit near Boxted Cross include Hatfield Peverel.

Country Parks to visit near Boxted Cross include Thorndon Country Park, and Hainault Forest Country Park.

Lakeside Shopping Centre is a great place to visit close to Boxted Cross if you like shopping centres.

The area around Boxted Cross's best parks can be found at Bedfords Park.

The area close to Boxted Cross boasts some of the best nature reserves including Bedfords Park.

Boxted Cross History

There are some historic monuments around Boxted Cross:

• Earthwork in Brinkley Grove
• Roman Circus 200m south of Abbey House
• Balkerne Gate
• Bourne Mill
• Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site
• Kidman's Dyke in Walk Wood: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Earthwork called Court Knoll
• Bronze Age/Early Iron Age barrows identified by crop marks, Aldham Mill Hill
• Toppesfield Bridge
• Moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, a post-medieval great house
• St Botolph's Augustinian Priory
• Town Wall
• Site discovered by aerial photography S of King's Wood
• Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum
• Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts
• Site of pre-Roman settlement
• Lexden Tumulus Iron Age barrow and associated cemetery area: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Henge 70m north east of Cross Cottages
• The Benedictine Abbey of St John
• Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Crop mark site S of Ardleigh
• Dovecote 80m south west of Olivers
• Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Moat Farm Dyke: a northern extension of Lexden Dyke; part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Town ditch
• Remains of an apsidal Roman building at Butt Road and Southway
• Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum
• Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Colchester Castle and the Temple of Claudius
• Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north west of Stanway Hall Farm
• SE corner of Roman town in Easthill House Gardens
• Pitches Mount
• Group of barrows at Annan Road
• Wissington ring ditch cluster
• Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• Gryme's Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum
• The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum